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FROM COUNTY VETERANS OFFICE: CLARIFICATION OF SERVICE
Special to El Rrun-RrunFollowing our post Tuesday from a Marine Corps veteran who felt he got rude treatment from clerk with the Cameron County Veterans Service Office, we received a call from Asst....
View ArticleA TENTATIVE LINE UP FOR THE MAY 4 CITY ELECTIONS
Mayor (City-Wide)Cabler, Charles - Qualified CandidateCampaign Treasurer Campaign Finance Report 01.15.2019Application for Place on the BallotMendez III, Juan "Trey" - Qualified CandidateCampaign...
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POR FAVOR, RUBEN, NO SEAS RAMON TAMBIEN
By Juan MontoyaAmong the characters who congregated at the Sportman's Bar in downtown Brownsville was a guy named Ramon.We never knew his last name because it's really not kosher to ask. Ramon was...
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ANOTHER GRAND ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT NOT ONE LAUNCH
By Eric RalphTeslartiA duo of SpaceX job postings at the company’s South Texas facilities have confirmed that both Starship and Super Heavy “flight article” vehicles will initially be fabricated and...
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AHUMADA: IN AGAIN, OUT AGAIN, AND, FOR NOW, IN FOR SURE
"So, shit, is Pat Ahumada running or not?," Anonymous on 2/16/19By Pat AhumadaThis is not easy for me, but I ask for your understanding as to why I tentatively announced to run forBrownsville City...
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GAVITO: NEWS OF MY DEATH GREATLY EXAGGERATED...
(Ed.s Note: It started as a cyberchisme and later proven to be a social media hoax - maybe even wishful thinking - but we have confirmed that former Port of Brownsville Police Chief and South Texas...
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DESPITE BACKBITING, UNDER LOZOYA GBIC MOVES FORWARD
By Juan MontoyaDo you remember just one instance when the former CEO of the greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation gave the City of Brownsville Commission a status report on ongoing projects to...
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CHARRO DAYS: TIME TO MAKE BELIEVE WE LIKE MEXICANS
By Juan MontoyaWe have built walls to keep its people out, Trump has increased the number of armed guards along the border between them and us, called their country a failed state, and speak of its...
View ArticleCITY CANDIDATES: SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW...
Mayor 1. Trey Mendez 2. Tony Martinez 3. Charlie Cabler Commissioner At-Large “A” 1. Jessica Puente Bradshaw 2. Carlos Guerrero 3. John Cowen 4. Ismael Hinojosa Commissioner District 1 1. William Garza...
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AFTER BROWNTOWN, SAN BENE, MISSION, NOW MERCEDES
By Cristina M. Garcia Staff WriterValley Morning StarThe Mercedes City Commission named former city of Brownsville’s longtime attorney Mark Sossi as its new legal counsel on Tuesday.The city issued...
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CATY MAKES HER PITCH FOR DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER
By Caty Presas-GarciaMy Fellow Citizens, As a resident of District 2, I have been concerned at the continuing lack of leadership demonstrated by our current commissioner going on eight years.It's not...
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WILL CITY ELECTIONS BE FIRST SHOT OF WHITE-BROWN WAR?
(Ed.'s Note: It was bound to come down to this. The writer of this post sent us his observations on the ongoing war for control of the City of Brownsville Commission and local economic development. In...
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AND WE' VE BUILT A WALL ROUND US, WE CAN'T EVEN SEE
From Something So Right""By Paul Simon"...They got a wall in ChinaIt’s a thousand miles longTo keep out the foreignersThey made it strongAnd I got a wall around meThat you can’t even seeIt took a...
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TRUMP NARRATIVE LIES/TRUTH DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
By Barry ZavahAlpine, TexasEditor:Recently, the president offered temporary DACA relief to entice Democrats into breaking party solidarity over funding the wall and ending the government shutdown....
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125 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, CORTINA STILL CONTROVERSIAL
"These two men[Ford and Cortina] are often used to argue that the relationship between Anglo and Mexican Texans in the second half of the nineteenth century was antagonistic. In fact, they had a...
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THE MCHALE DOUBLE STANDARD: LET'S CALL A SPADE A SPADE
"White boyain't got no schoolthinks he's cooljust another foolI see the pistolin your pantsdon't pullthe triggernigger"Ode to Belize, by Jerry MchaleBy Juan MontoyaFor months now our fellow blogger...
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TETREAU SEEKS TO REMOVE CATY FROM DISTRICT 2 RACE
Special to El Rrun-RrunIncumbent City of Brownsville District 2 Commissioner Jessica-Tetreau has filed a lawsuit in district court seeking the removal of one of her challengers - Catalina...
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