SAVE PORT MANSFIELD

ABOUT US

The Concerned Citizens of Port Mansfield is a group of about 200 people who either live, work or have some connection to our Port. The group formed in April 2023 to oppose the secrecy and lack of transparency of the Willacy County Navigation District’s plan to impose a container port at Port Mansfield without any consultation with the community, without any environmental impact studies and without a transparent or feasible business plan. In the course of subsequent investigative examinations by members of the Concerned Citizens Group, it has been further revealed that the Navigation District has signed a 50-year lease with a firm, North American Standards Inc., which has no known address, which has been sued for fraud and breach of contract in Hidalgo County and whose Board of Directors includes, as of April 2023, a convicted embezzler who is still serving a 10 year suspended sentence under the supervision of the Cameron County courts. Our main goal has been to illuminate the facts of this assault on our community, to oppose the Board's actions legally and through democratic elections and by spreading the word of our work through our email-chain membership, social media and through our news outlet, The Willacy County Examiner. Donations to our organization can be made by mail to Save Port Mansfield (See Fundraising Appeal).   All donations remain anonymous.