This week, Corpus Christi officials have engaged in a very public spat with leaders in Three Rivers, a small town of about 1,800 people that’s located about 70 miles northwest — and upstream — of Corpus Christi over a looming water crisis. Since Monday, the two cities have traded pointed jabs in dueling news releases that accuse the other of blundering the response to the situation — and it’s not the first time Corpus Christi has met criticisms in such a way.
“Unfortunately, their approach with Three Rivers and throughout the Region seems to be creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and garnering significant and negative Local, State and National attention,” Three Rivers noted in a statement on Tuesday, March 24.
“Has this approach been the best for the Region? YOU BE THE JUDGE!” the statement further reads…