PASADENA, Texas – A contentious Pasadena council meeting took a turn when Mayor Thomas Schoenbein directed officers to escort Council Member Bianca Valerio out of the council chambers following an exchange involving public speaker Alisia Cardenas and questions about the ongoing controversy surrounding a proposed 6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
The confrontation unfolded during public comments as Cardenas addressed allegations circulating on social media that she was a Pasadena Police Department supporter speaking against council members who opposed the proposed COLA…