Kerrville City Councilwoman Brenda Hughes said Monday that officials with the Hill Country town are receiving threatening phone calls in the wake of the deadly July 4 flood that took at least 132 lives, MySA reports.
“Along with everything that has gone on over the course of the last 10 days or so, we’re not only dealing with all of the aftermath from this tragic event, but now we have to worry about threats that are coming to staff,” Hughes said at a city council meeting covered by the online news outlet. “Targeted threats that are specific to individual staff members.”
As a result, Hughes has said she’s pushing to increase security at press conferences and events, MySA reports.
“I don’t want anybody in here that doesn’t belong here,” Hughes said, referring to the meeting room. “I want it on the record that I would like additional security here, and I’m not leaving here ’till we get it.”
Hughes was absent at a specially called July 8 city council session, the body’s first meeting since the flood.
Assistant city manager Michael Hornes said he will speak with state and local authorities about upping security, according to MySA. Meanwhile, city staff is instructed to hang up on callers when they get abusive, he told members of council.
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This article appears in Jul 10-23, 2025.
