Corpus Christi mayor suspended 30 days

Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo has been suspended for 30 days after a jury of city councilmembers found her guilty on three charges, including perjury in a 2025 deposition hearing — the charge that triggered a 5-1 vote to suspend her. She was also reprimanded for the charge.

Another charge accused her of misconduct, malfeasance, or willfull neglect of her duties by aiding fraud against the taxpayers related to the alleged need for complying with newly defined FEMA flood maps and/or altered FEMA screenshot.

The final charge accused Guajardo of failing to keep confidentiality of a CCREDC meeting…

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