Corpus Christi City Councilman Gil Hernandez announced he is running for mayor and plans to file officially on Monday, the final day candidates can file for a place on the ballot.<\/p>\n
Hernandez, who represents District 5, announced his campaign on Thursday. He said water security, city spending, government accountability and responsible growth will be among his priorities.<\/p>\n
“Corpus Christi is at a crossroads,” Hernandez said. “We need strong leadership that puts residents first, protects taxpayers, demands accountability, and makes informed decisions based on facts.”<\/p>\n
Water is expected to be a major issue in the mayoral race as Corpus Christi continues working to secure new water sources.<\/p>\n
Hernandez said he supports looking at several options, including groundwater, wastewater reuse, brackish desalination and seawater desalination. He said the city should compare the costs and long-term impact of each option before making major commitments.<\/p>\n
“We need water, but we also need to be smart about how we pay for it,” Hernandez said. “My commitment is simple: pursue the most reliable water we can get at the lowest responsible cost to the people of Corpus Christi.”<\/p>\n
Hernandez also said his campaign will focus on transparency at City Hall, including closer review of city contracts and major spending decisions.<\/p>\n
“The people of Corpus Christi deserve to know how their money is being spent, why decisions are being made, and who benefits from those decisions,” Hernandez said.<\/p>\n
Hernandez was first elected to the Corpus Christi City Council in 2018 and is serving his fourth term. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and previously spent 18 years with The Coca-Cola Company. He also served on the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Board.<\/p>\n
Hernandez said his campaign will focus on what he describes as practical results, including reliable water, controlling costs, public safety and responsible growth.<\/p>\n
The deadline to file for a place on the Corpus Christi city election ballot is Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi City Councilman Gil Hernandez announced he is running for mayor and plans to file officially on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,2950,157,156,53664,142348],"class_list":["post-406586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-city-council","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-gil-hernandez","tag-responsible-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}