Robert Rocha

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Robert Rocha
Current role: Public safety consultant (per city's candidate list); retired Corpus Christi fire chief
Background: Associate degree in fire science, Kansas City Kansas Community College (per campaign)
Bachelor's degree in management and human relations, MidAmerica Nazarene University (per campaign)
Executive MBA, Benedictine College (per campaign)
Experience: Fire chief, Corpus Christi Fire Department, 2011 until retiring in January 2023 (per campaign)
Kansas City Kansas Fire Department (from 1982); rose to second in command (per campaign)
Elected president, Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association (per campaign)
Former chair, Local Emergency Planning Committee (per campaign)
Former member, Inner Harbor Desalination Project Team (per campaign)
Top priorities: "Improve long-term water infrastructure planning"
"Support 4-person staffing on all fire companies"
"Support adequate police staffing and more officers on the street"
"Support programs that assist senior citizens"
"Support job creation and workforce development"
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"Focus on residential streets and high-traffic feeder roads"
"Promote transparent and accountable city government"
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: No public statement found
Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: says he will ask that the "Inner Harbor Desalination" plant be placed "on the Agenda for the first meeting in January 2027 and I will vote to approve it."
Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
Public safety: Campaign site pledges to "Support 4-person staffing on all fire companies" and "Support adequate police staffing and more officers on the street"
Endorsements: Coastal Bend Coalition
Ruben Bonilla, Chairman Emeritus of the Port of Corpus Christi (listed by campaign)
Rick Garcia, Owner, Hi-Ho Restaurant (listed by campaign)
Campaign website: robertrocha.com

Robert Rocha

Council Member, District 3

Robert Rocha