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SHADES OF OBAMA, BETO GIVES CRUZ RUN FOR HIS PAC $$$
By Michelle GoldbergNew York TimesOpinion ColumnistOn Saturday night, at the end of a hideous week in American politics, there was an unfamiliar feeling in Austin, Tex.: hope.More than 50,000 people...
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TODAVIA MIRAN LA TEMPESTAD...Y NO SE HINCAN
By Juan MontoyaEither the handlers of incumbent Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño can't read the groundswell of unpopularity and public umbrage directed at I.E.S. founder Dr. Ruben Gallegos and his...
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CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY, LIKE ASTROS, IN PLAYOFFS
By Juan MontoyaAfter weeks of stiff competition, the choice for city manager and city attorney will be left in the hands of four members of the City of Brownsville commission.The pre-game formalities...
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CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES: WOULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?
(Ed.'s Note: No one asked this question from the three prospective city manager candidates, but it would have been enlightening to have learned what their response would have been.If they had been city...
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UNANIMOUS COMMISSION PICKS DE COSS FOR CITY ATTORNEY
(Ed.'s Note: After four hours in executive session, a unanimous City of Brownsville City Commission voted to hire Municipal City Judge Rene De Coss to be the next city attorney Tuesday.The position had...
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"DEADBEAT" CORTEZ EYES BISD'S $550 MILLION BUDGET
By Juan MontoyaOne of the five candidates who wants you to vote for him to manage the Brownsville Independent School District's $550 million budget has had a court issue a $12,023 debt judgment against...
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CITY SOURCES: IT'LL BE NOEL BERNAL FOR CITY MANAGER
By Juan MontoyaNo on in the city administration or commission will state it publicly, but heretofore reliable sources assert that city representatives are now in negotiations with Coppell, Deputy City...
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OOPS! CORTEZ SUED FOR TAXES BY B.I.S.D., COB AND COUNTY
(Ed.'s Note: After we posted that Brownsville Independent School District Position 1 candidate Mark Anthony Cortez had a bad-debt judgment issued against him and is negotiating paying another in small...
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LOADING THE DICE BEFORE ELECTIONS AN OLD, TIRED GAME
By Juan MontoyaIn 1990, the year that Carlos Cascos was elected to be Cameron County Pct. 2 Commissioner, he took office the following January...and found that his predecessor, in a fit of pique, had...
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CAN YOU GUESS WHO THE BOYS IN BLUE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
(We are usually loath to publish anonymous narratives such as the one below because there is no way we could possibly verify that these allegations are true. But, without naming names, this rings very...
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EDUCATOR QUESTIONS TETREAU'S VOTES ON ARRCO
Dear City of Brownsville Commissioner Ben Neece,I am a public school teacher who was born and raised in Brownsville. I moved away to attend the University of Texas in Austin to become a teacher. I have...
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HARD SCRABBLE SUNDAY MORNINGS AT THE CARTA
By Juan MontoyaThey start queuing up as early as 9 a.m. Sunday when the normal people are heading for church.The bells at Immaculate Conception Cathedral are pealing and the evangelical crowd at the...
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THE WIDE OPEN FACES OF NEED IN DOWNTOWN BROWNSVILLE
By Juan MontoyaThe sight of vacant buildings in the downtown area is as common as the "for rent" signs on many of them. In this unusual shot of the old Anyer Second-Hand store at 952 Washington, one...
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CAN YOU GUESS FROM WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?
(Ed.'s Note: Off to the north and under the silvery billowing clouds, one can see the Cameron County Oscar Dancy Building. Right in front of it (it seems like below) is the Catholic school next to the...
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WALL TO WALL AT THE TEXAS COUNTY DINER FOR POWERS
(Ed.'s Note: We can't say we attended Monday's Meet-and-Greet for Position 1 BISD candidate Otis Powers, but a few of our readers did and said the place was packed. Former and current elected...
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