The female mayor of a Texas city has become the first of its leaders to be formally reprimanded and suspended from office for alleged misconduct.
Paulette Guajardo, who runs Corpus Christi, southeast of San Antonio near the southernmost tip of the state, was suspended for 30 days by the city council on Friday.
The mayor was accused of committing perjury during a 2025 deposition hearing, failing to keep information from the city’s economic development corporation confidential and aiding in fraud against taxpayers by supporting a tax incentive for a hotel development based on undated flood maps…