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SHOWDOWN AT B'TOWN CORRAL BETWEEN TETREAU, NEECE
By Juan MontoyaEven before the commissioners of the City of Brownsville emerged from a workshop to consider removing Mayor Tony Martinez and Ben Neece from the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO),...
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ELIZONDO SURFACES IN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AUDIT REVIEW
(Ed.'s Note: The recent controversy over the release of a review of the audit conducted by the now defunct City of Brownsville Audit and Oversight Committee under commission Ben Neece touches upon the...
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TRAGIC END TO THE LIFE OF A PROMISING YOUNG MAN
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe are sad to inform our readers of the passing away of a young man who seemed to have a promising future in local politics and in educational circles.Friends of the family of...
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AND THEY'LL BE THERE WHEN THE NEXT RAINDROPS FALL...
By Freddie FenderlessEL CORRIDO DEL POTHOLEIf I bring you broken wheelsShattered shocks and cracked windshiledsand...
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TERCERO STARTED MILKING COMMUNITY FROM THE GET-GO
By Juan MontoyaIt should come as no surprise that the Dallas-based lawyer for former Texas Southmost College Lily Tercero is trying to gouge the community college taxpayers with exorbitant legal...
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DPS CHARGED WITH FOSTERING A "CULTURE OF CORRUPTION"
(A lawsuit filed in Longview against the Texas Department of Public safety Texas Ranger and possible corruption in the investigative section, is strikingly similar to complaints raised against the DPS...
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LIKE MESQUITE WOOD, CATAN FINALLY GETTING ITS DUE
By Juan MontoyaYears ago, in a previous lifetime when I was at the San Antonio Light, I came upon a press release from Texas A&M researcher who declared that the mesquite trees in Texas were...
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IS DA SAENZ'S POSADA REAL, OR HIS CAMPAIGN KICKOFF?
(Ed.'s Note: As time goes on in Cameron County, we have all become a bit cynical about events hosted by politicians. It seems like we have been inured to the abuses of this bunch to the point where...
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THE DIEGO RIVERA MURAL THE ROCKEFELLERS DESTROYED
By National Public RadioWhen Mexican artist Diego Rivera was commissioned in 1932 to do a mural in the middle of Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, some might have wondered whether industrialist tycoon...
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I FOUND RELIGION ON MARKET SQUARE, WHEN I WAS BORED...
It's love, Brother Love sayBrother Love's Travelling Salvation ShowPack up the babiesAnd grab the old ladiesAnd everyone goes'Cause everyone knowsBrother Love's showRoom gets suddenly stillAnd when...
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THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS TREE
(Ed.'s Note: See the dapper gent in the photo above? He is none other than Gilbert Velasquez, graphic designer extraordinaire and hombre de buen aire. He was the one who put the bug in people's ear to...
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ARE BISD BOUNDARIES CHANGE A WAY TO PUNISH PI ISD?
(Ed.'s Note: We have always said that the boundaries of the Point Isabel School District which stretch all the way down Highway 48 to the Port of Brownsville's quartermaster building unfairly takes...
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SUPER DUPER SCOREBOARD: BISD=0, ZENDEJAS=$461,201
Facilities meeting: B. Sams Stadium Scoreboard replacement (Dec. 5)1. Recommend approval to authorize administration to accept the Sams Stadium Scoreboard Project as substantially complete. (Tuesday...
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UNLIKE OTHER YEARS, NO ROSE FOR VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE
(The legend says that the Virgen of Guadalupe appeared to Mexican native Juan Diego who was not believed by the local priests. According to the story generally accepted by Catholics, Juan Diego was...
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FAMILY CLINGS TO HOPE IN MISSING MAN'S CASE GOING COLD
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe night of May 13 was the last time that the patrons at a local bar saw Ramiro “Kimberly” Avila walk out with a man known for his ties to organized crime in Brownsville and...
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UTRGV REMOVED FROM ACCREDITATION PROBATION STATUS
By Juan MontoyaDec. 11, 2018The University of Texas Rio Grade Valley has announced to its faculty, staff and student body that Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges today...
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CHANGING BISD, PI ISD BOUNDARIES SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER
By Juan MontoyaLook at the map above closely.It depicts the southwesternmost boundaries of the Port Isabel Independent School District. The Brownsville Independent School District eastern boundaries...
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LAST CHAPTER OF 2016 RUNOFF 'TWEEN SANCHEZ TREVINO
"Signs don't vote, son. People do." Former County Clerk Joe Rivera."Paga chocolate. Paga lo que debes."Orquesta AragonBy Juan MontoyaIt was, by any measure, a contentious 2016 Democratic Party runoff...
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