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After being criticized for management of Hurricane Harvey recovery spending, some Victoria County commissioners asserted the process was proper because all payments went through the independent auditor’s office.
Blake Farenthold, while serving in Congress, tried to steer a federal contract to a business owned by the chairman of the Calhoun Port Authority, which later hired the former congressman after he resigned in disgrace.
Officials can't remember the last time the city of Victoria's tap ran dry.
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