Crystal City L-I-V-I-N

On Tuesday, February 4, 2016, Katie Urbaszewski of the Austin American Statesmen published an article entitled Crystal City mayor, city manager arrested in public corruption raids. Urbaszewski
details the arrest of the entire City Hall, with the exception of one Crystal City employee. The city employees have been charged with corruption and bribery. The indictment against the accused lists ten pages, however, the story of what the bribes were used to do. Some reports state that the officials and a business man exchanged money for votes and tax cuts on land. Its also been suggested that the city council encouraged inspectors to be lenient when conducting their inspections. While Crystal City recovers from this tremendous turn over, it will be interesting to see the progress and repercussions of this monumental case.