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IS NOTHING SACRED? ST. NICK NOW A SECOND-STORY MAN?
(Ed.'s Note: In the "Who Can You Trust Now?" Department, someone sent us this photo that shows Santa Claus, apparently notĀ being a good elf, alighting or trying to break into a window on a building at...
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POINT-COUNTERPOINT: CORTINA AND HIS ENEMIES IN 1859
Juan CortinaCounty of CameronCamp in the Rancho del CarmenNovember 23, 1859Compatriots:First. A society is organized in the State of Texas, which devotes itself sleeplessly until the work is crowned...
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AND MR. AMIGO IS...FERNANDO ROMERO(?), SLIM'S SON-IN-LAW
Special to El Rrun-RrunIn yet another grand move to lift relative unknowns from Mexico to take their place among the pantheon of illustrious men and women of politics and the arts from that country, we...
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HOW DID TERCERO JURY NOT FIND CAUSE FOR HER FIRING?
By Juan MontoyaThe more we think about it, the weirder it seems to us that a federal jury did not find good cause for Lily Tercero's firing as president of Texas Southmost College.If you remember, a...
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TONY FOOLED SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME...
By Jim BartonThe Brownsville Observer BlogIn a Steve Clark interview published in Wednesday's Brownsville Herald, Tony Martinez used a word to describe his administration that he evidently does not...
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AFTER COP SHOOTING, SAN BENE COMMUNITY SEEKS ANSWERS
By Ray QuirogaFrom The Inside Scooppublisher@sbnewspaper.comThis community needs to understand the impact Ricardo TreviƱoās death can have moving forward and much of it is due to the times in which we...
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SANTA RITA: FIRST COUNTY SEAT ALL BUT FORGOTTEN
Ā By Juan MontoyaIf you asked almost anyone today who DoƱa Estefana Goseacochea de Cavazos de Cortina was, or what she did, you'd probably get a blank stare.Not only have the accomplishments of this...
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CASH? NO, NOT REALLY. THAT'S WHY WE ARE RIDING DA BUS
Ed.'s Note: As they say in Spanish, hasta la pregunta es necia. These bus riders of the Brownsville Urban System (or B Metro as they like to be called) are lucky they have a bench to sit on. Most of...
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YOU GOTTA PAIR OF PARKING LOTS, I GOT A BRAND NEW KEY...
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe City Of Brownsville could find itself in a difficult situation if a parking meter key that a traffic city employee allegedly lost should happen to fall in the wrong hands....
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RRUNRRUN MOLE IN MR. AMIGO FOILED, WRONG SLIM YERNO
Special toĀ El Rrun-RrunWell, it's time to eat a little urraca.Our heretofore reliable mole deep within the bowels of the Mr. Amigo Association got the wrong son in law.We had been told that the Mr....
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ANOTHER FINE JURASSIC MORNING TO YOU IN BROWNTOWN
Special to El Rrun-RrunJose woke up on a Sunday morning and trudged over to the kitchen to percolate a cup of java.Saturday night had been rough, not because he drank too much, but because he had to...
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AN ETHNIC JOKE WITH A MODICUM OF GOOD IRISH SPIRIT
Special to El Rrun-Rrun(Ed.'s Note: We all know that the Irish are known for their sentimentality, their taste for a drop of mead or two and their penchant for humor.Patty is always getting into hot...
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AFTER DUST SETTLES, HOW MANY CITY AUDITS WERE THERE?
By Juan MontoyaThis is a story about three audits; a city commission committee audit, an administrative audit that was never approved or accepted, and a review of both by a certified public accountant...
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BISD RUMOR MILL: CFO ON WAY OUT, TEA LURKING NEAR
By Juan MontoyaClasses may be cancelled or postponed, heads may roll, and relatives may get canned, but there is one thing certain about the Brownsville Independent School District: the rumor mill will...
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EVERYONE TALKS A GOOD GAME, BUT HAVE THEY FILED?
By Juan MontoyaListening to the talk around the local water holes and the gossip around City Hall and social media, you'd think everyone and their brother were running for the mayor's and three city...
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EXCEPT FOR TITO, THE TREVIS, NO JOY OVER MR. AMIGO 2018
(Ed.'s Note: No sooner had the Mr. Amigo Association headed by Carlos TreviƱo (owmer of Los Trevi's convenience stores in Matamoros and Brownsville) announced that Mexican billionaire's Carlos Slim's...
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WE'D SAY THAT 30 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH, DON'T YOU THINK?
(Ed.'s Note: Like a barnacle, or mistletoe, JP 2-1 Linda Salazar has beenin public "service" for the majority of her adult life. From court administrator to justice of the peace, Salazar has been on...
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FORMER CAMERON COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE NAILED FOR DWI
Special to El Rrun-RrunRobert Garza, a former Cameron County Judge was arrested on Wednesday night on several charges.Details are limited but according to jail records, Garza is charged with driving...
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WITH CEMETERY GONE, CITY LOST AN ICONIC HISTORICAL SITE
(Ed.'s Note: The only thing to show that there was a Ft. Brown built by Zachary Taylor on the banks of the Rio Grande is an old iron canon stuck upside down in the dirt. Other than that, no one would...
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