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Leal Stumbles, Grow Corpus Shrivels

Priscilla Leal, District 3 Councilperson decided to get tough on staff today and in the process may have inadvertently demonstrated her own ignorance.

Suzie Canales Executive Director of Citizens for Environmental Justice revealed today that Mayor Adame was said to have known about toxic chemicals found in ground samples on a site for a planned public housing project since shortly after he took office but has failed to take any action or even make public the information.

By Suzie Canales, Executive Director of Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ)
Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ) has learned that the Corpus Christi Housing Authority has suspended their plan to build the D.N. Leathers Townhomes, a development that was to be located at 1001 Coke Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 because the land is contaminated.

One of the first things that new Mayor Joe Adame did when he assumed office was had all newspapers near the entrance of the City Council Chamber moved to the 6th floor of the building.

City Council today voted unanimously to kill the new stormwater fee, retaining the current system which hads residential owners subsidizing large commercial entities.

Make the Coliseum a Festival Park & Memorial

When Mayor Joe Adame was confronted with the fact that the law stood in the way of moving ahead on proposals for developing the Coliseum last week, he announced that he still had the same vision as five years ago, tear it down, master plan it and then parcel it out to developers. He went on to say that if none of the proposals worked that’s what he proposed the committee recommend.

Mayor & Some Council Members Disclosure Forms Incomplete. Bidders say Adame will step down from Coliseum Committee. Maybe there is a reason some council members except Nelda Martinez and Priscilla Leal were willing to weaken the Ethics Policy prohibiting members contracting with the City.