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AS TRUMP'S SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, LOCAL CASUALTIES; TSC ASSURES STUDENTS THEY...
"So, I will take the mantle," Trump said in December during a meeting with Democrats. "I will be the one to shut it down. I'm not going to blame you for it."By Juan MontoyaHe works as a waiter in a...
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SALAZAR FEELS FOOTSTEPS, FACES TOUGH CINDY HINOJOSA
By Juan MontoyaApparently feeling the footsteps of better qualified candidates behind her, 16-year Justice of the Peace Pct. 2, Place 1 incumbent Linda Salazar has started her fund raising more than a...
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ANOTHER HIGH. SPACEX MOVING MARS OPERATION HERE?
(Ed.'s Note: Before we start getting measured for spacesuits for the trip to the planet Mars from Boca Chica, let's be clear-eyed on this latest pronunciamiento from eccentric billionaire and SpaceX...
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TIDBITS FROM THE TETREAU-DALE PHONE DIALOGUE
(Ed.'s Note: Unbeknownst to City of Brownsville District 2 Commissioner Jessica Tetreau, Interim Brownsville Police Dept. Chief David Dale was recording her phone call which he later used to file a...
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LITTLE MUSIC MAKERS FROM EL JARDIN ELEMENTARY IN 1931
(Ed.'s Note: One of our readers sent us this photo of the 1931 El Jardin Elementary mejicanito band. It was the bad old times when when racism was the norm and there was nothing wrong with separate but...
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THE SAD,BUT TRUE, LOVE STORY OF A BROWNSVILLE MAN
By Linda ForseThere was once a manwho lived all alone.His wife had Alzheimersand lived in a home.Little by littleher memory waneduntil his wife knewneither the man nor his name.The bills for her...
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ON THE EDUCATION OF GENDER EQUALITY
We first learned aboutGender equality -My sistersAnd I -When we saw Ohio farm girlsDriving the tractorsLike their dads and brothersCultivating the fields
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TONY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR US? GIVE AWAY OUR $$$$
By Juan MontoyaFor some reason or other, politicians in Brownsville think that a conspicuous act of largess, the grand gesture, will divert attention from the obvious shortcoming of this city.The...
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FACING OUR PREJUDICES SQUARELY: WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER
"...Guerrero is working hard and he is part of a Matamoros network that slowly is becoming a political force in Brownsville. He is spending money in his quest to prevail. Hinojosa is compadres with new...
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WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND THE BISD BOUNDARIES EXPANSION?
By Juan MontoyaRemember the hare-brained suggestion by Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. to consolidate all of the school districts in Cameron County into one governed by the largest one, the Brownsville...
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NO, WE DON'T GET TIRED OF REMEMBERING DR. KING
(Our regular four readers will recognize our annual tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King. We include it today so that or growing readership – now seven – will read it for the first time. In...
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EMERGENCY BILL TO AID SHUTDOWN WORKERS IN WORKS
By Juan MontoyaFederal workers affected by the federal government shutdown in Cameron County - and across Texas - may be granted relief from becoming delinquent on their their property taxes due...
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NEW PCT. 1 COUNTY WAREHOUSE TO BE DEDICATED FRIDAY
Special to El Rrun-RrunAnyone who worked for Cameron County or for Precinct One from the late 1960s to as late as 2006 , had to have met the late Anastacio Gaitan Guillen.Guillen, who came from the old...
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A BROKEN MAN, IN A BROKEN LAND
We are the broken menSurrounded byOur broken dreamsSitting onthis bank of sandAnd some would say we're not to blameBut we know betterThis nightmare isWithout an endWe brought about byOur own hand
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HINOJOSA MAKES HIS PITCH FOR AT-LARGE "A" CITY SEAT
Family and friends:It is with great excitement and equal humility that I announce my candidacy for Brownsville City Commissioner at Large “A”.I am a public servant, not a politician. And I think our...
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JERRY'S HOWLS OF INDIGNATION UNFAIR TO CANDIDATES
By Juan MontoyaOne of our posts pointing out the antipathy of local Hispanics toward their southern brethren from across the river struck a nerve.Our post dealt with the historical nature of the...
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