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Brent Casey urges San Patricio County to pursue ‘justice,’ alleges misappropriation and warns of water contamination
Summary
At the April 13 commissioners court meeting, resident Brent Casey accused county officials of misappropriating county property and funds and warned that the county’s water supply has been compromised; he urged citizens to seek state intervention if the court does not act.
Brent Casey, a resident who identified himself during the public-comment period of the San Patricio County Commissioners Court meeting on April 13, urged the court to pursue “justice” for what he described as county property kept on private land and alleged misappropriation of county funds.
Casey said the situation has persisted for more than a year and warned the court and residents that county water has been compromised. “We have county material sitting on private property that belongs to we the citizens of San Patricio County,” Casey said. He added, “We have documentation of misappropriated funds that belong to we the citizens of San Patricio County,” and warned that contamination or depletion of water is a looming risk, saying “they compromised this water” and “you can’t drink money.”
The comment drew no recorded response from the court during the meeting. The statement, made in the citizens-to-be-heard portion of the agenda, was the only public comment filed on the docket that morning.
The court did not announce any investigative or remedial action in response to Casey’s remarks during the meeting. Because Casey’s assertions involve allegations of wrongdoing and potential environmental harm, they remain unresolved in the record: no county official provided a contemporaneous factual rebuttal or described a follow-up review at the meeting.
Next steps: the record shows the court continued with its business after public comment and did not schedule an immediate response or an agenda item to address Casey’s allegations.
