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Hours of public comment focus on petition to remove Mayor Guajardo and water crisis
Summary
A long public-comment period at the March 24 Corpus Christi Council meeting centered on a petition to remove Mayor Paulette Guajardo and on urgent water-supply concerns. Commenters presented competing views and referenced prior investigations and evidence; the council later opened procedural steps on the petition.
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period at the City Council meeting on March 24 to press contrasting demands: some speakers urged the council to reject a petition to remove Mayor Paulette Guajardo and to focus on water-supply solutions, while others demanded formal review of ethics and misconduct allegations and asked the council to pursue removal proceedings.
Sharon Sedwick, identifying herself from District 3, told the council that multiple law-enforcement agencies and an independent investigation had found no evidence against the mayor and urged support for her. "We support our mayor," she said. Other residents echoed that…
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