City of Corpus Christi
Council Member, District 2
Jen Allende
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Jen Allende
- Current role
- Owner, Allende Development Group (per campaign)
- Background
- Lifelong Corpus Christi resident, business owner, community advocate and mother (per campaign)
- Her father, Ben Mustafa, was murdered in 2014 (per campaign)
- Organizer, annual "I Walk to Remember" Homicide Awareness Walk (per campaign)
- Experience
- 10+ years in construction, property management, renovation and project leadership (per campaign)
- 12+ years advocating for victims of violent crime and their families (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "Transparency & accountability in city government"
- "Fixing abandoned properties & strengthening neighborhoods"
- "Public safety and quality of life for every family"
- "Responsible water management & fair utility policy"
- "Real support for small businesses & local entrepreneurs"
- "Better parks, streets, drainage & infrastructure"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Caller-Times questionnaire: "making sure residents know how their tax dollars are spent, contracts are accountable and major decisions put residents first."
- Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire, on the Inner Harbor desalination plant: "No, not as currently proposed." She wants "an independent review of costs, contracts, alternatives, industrial water demand, environmental impacts and long-term rates before moving forward."
- Flooding and drainage: Campaign site lists among her priorities "Better parks, streets, drainage" and infrastructure
- Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: lists as a top priority "addressing crime, abandoned properties, lighting, streets, sidewalks and quality-of-life concerns."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- votejenallende.com
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