Corpus Christi mayor walks the plank to open Buc Days festival

Every year, Corpus Christi’s mayor is ”kidnapped” by pirates and forced to walk the plank into Corpus Christi Bay to open Buc Days, a tradition dating back to 1938.

Every year, the mayor of Corpus Christi faces an occupational hazard unlike any other in Texas politics: being kidnapped by pirates and forced to walk the plank into the salty waters of Corpus Christi Bay.

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