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HINOJOSA DENOUNCES SELF-DEALING PUBLIC OFFICIALS
By Ismael HinojosaRumors of self-dealing and corruption have been hitting the digital airwaves with the recent resignation of a City Commissioner.I don’t deal in innuendo and speculation, but the...
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CRASH INVOLVING SCHOOL BUS ON EAST PRICE RD.
(Ed.'s Note: One of our seven readers snapped this photo of an accident involving a school bus and a car car in front of the Benavides Driving School. Our reader said he did not whether anyone in the...
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AHUMADA KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN TODAY FOR DISTRICT 2
Special to El Rrun-RrunAs incumbent City of Brownsville District 2 Commissioner Jessica Tetreau goes to court to try to remove challenger Catalina Presas-Garcia from the ballot, former mayor Pat...
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JULIAN AND JOAQUIN CASTRO'S MOM ROSIE, LA RAIZ
Special to El Rrun-RrunFrom Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD)CalState San BernardinoMaria del Rosario “Rosie” Castro is a civil rights activist and educator from San Antonio, Texas, who has...
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MCHALE: ONCE FORGIVING, NOW WANTS POUND OF FLESH
By Jerry McHaleThe Mchale Report. BlogTony Estrada, the owner of the Broken Sprocket but an outspoken Southmost product with a decidedly conservative point of view, said it best: "No outsiders will...
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TETREAU VS. CATY ELECTION FRAY AFFECTS ALL CANDIDATES
By Juan MontoyaEven before the final deadline to file for the city election expired, incumbent City of Brownsville District 2 Commissioner Jessica Tetreau (or is it Tetreau-Kalifa?) was already...
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HINOJOSA GETS A HEAD START IN JP 2-1 2020 RACE
Cynthia Mendiola- Hinojosa, originally from La Joya, and is an educated Latina woman who is a Criminal Science graduate, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and has a Master's Degree in Education,...
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THE CHILDREN PARADE MAKES CHARRO DAYS WORTH IT!
(Ed.s Note: If you grew up in Brownsville, you will have either marched or watched the Children's Parade each Charro Days. For some people, it's the parade to watch. All the public and charter schools...
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GBIC UNDER LOZOYA TACKLES CITY'S WORKFORCE SKILLS
WE GROW OUR OWN!” INITIATIVE BEGINSBrownsville Plans for Education and Workforce Pipeline to Support Economic DevelopmentBrownsville, Texas, February 2019On February 22, over a hundred Brownsville...
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MR. AMIGO NO-SHOW FOR SATURDAY INTERNATIONAL PARADE
By Juan MontoyaWhere was 2018 Mr. Amigo Arturo Elias Ayub during the 82nd Annual Charro Days International Parade Saturday?Would you believe that he boarded his private jet and flew off back to Mexico...
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CHARRO DAYS DODGES BLUE NORTHERN BULLET
(Ed.'s Note: Well, looks like Charro Days barely dodged the northern with balmy weather for the three days. Then, one day after the festivities, bam!, a blue norther comes in. The parade was full of...
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BROWNSVILLE, LIKE THE U.S., REVELED IN BLACK FACE
(Ed.'s Note: In the above photograph and program, students in the 1949 Brownsville High School play put on a black face singing act called the Ink Blots, and below, the Jaycees presented another act...
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MARTINEZ'S WHITE ELEPHANT IS FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN....
By Juan MontoyaCity workers were sent today to the Casa del Nylon on 13th and Adams streets to survey the structure where they found a collapsed section of aluminum awning apparently as a result of age...
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COUNTY WANTS PAYMENT FROM DEADBEAT SANTA ROSA, RUIZ
By Juan MontoyaAn Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Cameron County and the City of Santa Rosa that cost $65,676 and which the city agreed to pay the county in two payments by by 2017 has still...
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BRAVING COLD TEMPS, CINDY SUPPORTERS ATTEND KICKOFF
(Ed.'s Note: The wind chill factor at about 5 p.m. Tuesday felt like it was in the mid-30s, and those attending JP 2-1Cindy Hinojosa's campaign kickoff were all bundled up, a strange thing when the...
View ArticlePAUL FOURT SUBS FOR PHIL BELLAMY AT MUNICIPAL COURT
Special to El Rrun-RrunWith Asst. Municipal Judge Phil Bellamy temporarily indisposed with illness, Chief Municipal Judge Bobby Lerma has tapped Paul L. Fourt - on one of the attorneys in his law...
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GOOD NEWS! MEILO, THE HOMELESS MAN'S DOG IS FINE
(Ed.'s Note: We have been asked a few times in the past few days if we knew whether the dog of a homeless man who lives in the doorway of a closed store caddy corner from La Casa del Nylon near the...
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IN THE 1940S AND 50S, RACISM WAS ALL OVER VALLEY
(Black face) plays and programs like the 1949 Brownsville High School Class play and Jaycees program were pretty common across the Rio Grande Valley." One of our seven readers"Only your small-minded...
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MUM'S THE WORD ON DISTRICT CLERK CREDIT CARD ABUSE
Special to El Rrun-RrunNo one knows who did it, how much was stolen, or how long it has been going on, but a vague press release by Cameron County District Clerk Eric Garza confirms that someone has...
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