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A MESSAGE TO TRUMP ON REFUGEES FROM THE FRONT LINES
Norma Pimentel, a sister of the Missionaries of Jesus, is director of Catholic Charities for the Rio Grande Valley.By Sister. Norma PimentelWashington PostDear Mr. President,We welcome you to our...
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AS BISD BOARD-SUPER SHOWDOWN DRAWS NEAR, A ROADMAP
By Juan MontoyaBy all accounts, there is already a majority on the board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District to suspend Superintendent Dr. Esperanza Zendejas with pay until...
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WIGHTMAN: SNARED IN A LEGAL WEB OF HIS OWN MAKING
By Juan MontoyaEver since disbarred Dallas lawyer Robert Wightman arrived in Brownsville, he has used his legal knowledge to make a living suing people and corporations to earn a buck, mostly on...
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GLIMPSES ALONG THE BORDER: A CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE
By Azam Ahmed and Meridith Kohut The New York TimesBROWNSVILLE — There are no signs, markers or commemorations. Just a languid river passing through, bearing the scent and sediment of its nearly...
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EL TACAÑO: A TALE OF A TIGHTWAD AND HIS COMMUPPANZA
By Juan MontoyaPanfilo Tacaño was skinny.He was born a normal baby, but as time went on, his ravenous nursing at his mother's bosom and his tendency to kick off his older sibling (then 2) from nursing...
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FROM THE U.S. BORDER PATROL PAN, INTO THE MEXICAN FIRE
By Kevin SieffThe Washington PostREYNOSA, Mexico — The deportees arrive after dark, usually between 100 and 200 of them, deposited by U.S. immigration officials at a bridge that connects the United...
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BISD BOARD VOTE PUTS ZENDEJAS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
Special toEl Rrun-RrunA unanimous board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District took a little less than three hours to place superintendent Dr. Esperanza Zendejas on administrative...
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AT BAIL BOND BOARD, BETANCOURT VOTED PRESIDENT; FOR SYLVIA-GARZA PEREZ, THE...
Special to El Rrun-RrunDid you hear what happened during the Friday meeting of the Cameron County Bail Bond Board meeting?Yesterday was the day officers were elected by the 12-member board. Of those,...
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WEDDING VOWS LAST NIGHT IN RENOVATED MARKET SQUARE; AND GOODBYE FROM A SMALL...
(Ed.'s Note: The renovated Market Square downtown has now become a site for social occasions, as can be seen n this photo sent us by one of our seven readers. We don't have the name of the groom and...
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BISD EYES AN INTERIM SUPER TO REPLACE DR. ESPY ZENDEJAS
(Ed.'s Note: As the trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District seek an administrator to replace Superintendent Dr. Esperanza Zendejas and take over the helm of the district, the name...
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BROWNTOWN BOJANGLES: A POOR MAN'S IDEA OF FUN
\Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Bandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LVXR6rjXsI knew a man, Bojangles and he danced for youIn worn out shoesSilver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pantsThe old soft...
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PICS MCALLEN SUNSHINE BOYS DIDN'T WANT WORLD TO SEE
Special to El Rrun-RrunGuess whose feelings are hurt?Would you believe the Sunshine Boys of McAllen?It seems that during the Trump visit there, the New York Times included photos that are not in the...
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EL PUERTO NEWSPAPER CHRONICLED LIFE OF HISPANICS HERE
By Juan MontoyaThe central library in Milwaukee, Wisc., is replete with foreign-language newspapers that popped up during the great migrations of Czechs, Poles, and German immigrants to the Midwest in...
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UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN SMUGGLERS AND ADVOCATES: FORMER UTRGV-BROWNSVILLE...
By Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera andAlan BersinOpinion ContributorsThe HillOver the past generation, migrant smugglers — at the outset known as "polleros"(or chicken herders) — have been viewed as a...
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FROM IDEA, A YUMMY BREAKFAST; BISD, LAWSUITS & DRAMA
(What a difference a school makes. This mass-mailed text to invite every parent to a breakfast to keep them up to date was sent today by IDEA charter schools. At the Brownsville Independent School...
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NOT IN BROWNTOWN PUBLIC WORKS JOB DESCRIPTION?
(Ed.'s Note: No, we can't really say for sure that this photo was taken in Brownsville, but one of our seven readers said this is the kind of attitude that is fostered there. We know that when city...
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THE PLIGHT OF HOMELESS IN CITY'S DOWNTOWN A REAL ISSUE; MEANWHILE,...
By Juan MontoyaThe recent cold snap and its effect upon the city's homeless who seek shelter where they can find it is nowhere more graphically demonstrated than in the photo above sent to us by...
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PORT OF HARLINGEN 3-CENT TAX DRAWS RESIDENTS' IRE
By Juan MontoyaFor the first time since 1997 some 50,000 property owners within the Port of Harlingen Authority have received a tax bill that its board convinced the Cameron County Commissioners Court...
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NEW INTERIM SUPER HAS WORKED IN DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO
Special to El Rrun-RrunMeet Brownsville Independent School District interim superintendent Dr. Sylvia Ann Reyna Hatton, out of the Dallas area.The BISD board voted unanimously to hire her while they...
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\(The release of a recording made by then-interim Brownsville Police Chief David Dale and District 2 commissioner Jessica Tetreau where he charges she was improperly interfering with police operations...
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