Mayor Paulette Guajardo creates Food Bank Task Force Task force fighting food insecurity Mayor Paulette Guajardo creates Food Bank Task Force and last updated 2021-04-17 23:23:45-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo assembled the Food Bank Task Force to assist the Coastal Bend Food Bank with food drives. Guajardo said the task force aims to end food insecurity in the Coastal Bend. She said it was her mom who taught her to give back to those in need at a young age. âNot everyone is as fortunate as you are regardless of where you sit in that spectrum and so it is always your responsibility to care, to help, and to do all you can on whatever platform you have,â Guajardo said.