Gov. Greg Abbott blasted Corpus Christi leadership in a news conference March 10, suggesting that the state may need to go in and “micromanage that city and run that city” because of the handling of the water supply shortage.
The news conference was not related to Corpus Christi’s water situation; Abbott’s statement was in response to a reporter asking about Corpus Christi potentially entering into a water emergency.
State officials approved a low-interest loan of about $757 million to finance the proposed Inner Harbor desalination plant — a venture that was halted in September but has since been revived…