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HEY JOE, WHERE YOU GONNA GO, WHERE YOU GONNA RUN?
I'm goin' way down south, way down southway down south to Mexico way! Alright!I'm goin' way down southway down where I can be free!Ain't no one gonna find me babe!"Hey Joe," by Jimi HendrixSpecial to...
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TETREAU PARANOIA: CATY'S SIGNATURES, PAT'S SIGNS?
By Juan MontoyaAre we witnessing the visible display of a paranoid incumbent?That's the general consensus of local political activists who have are watching District 2 incumbent Jessica Tetreau as she...
View ArticleCORRECTION: MR. CAMARADA AYUB DIDN'T DONATE 400 BIKES
Special to El Rrun-RrunBefore we get over the snub to the Charro Days International parade by Arturo Elias Ayub - this year's Mr. Amigo who flew off to watch the Mexican Open tennis tournament to...
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HIDALGO COUNTY TAKES OVER SBISD $40 MILLION BOND $$$
Special to El Rrun-RrunOn November 6, 2018, San Benito voters approved a $40 million bond proposal that will allow San Benito CISD to build a state-of-the-art performing arts center, an aquatics...
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OP 10.33'S MIKE HERNANDEZ NAMED A&M SYSTEM REGENT
The EagleTexas A&MTexas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed three new members to the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Friday.Jay Graham, Mike Hernandez and Michael J. Plank will replace...
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PORT ISABEL NATIVE APPOINTED TO U.T. BOARD OF REGENTS
Special to El Rrun-RrunGovernor Greg Abbott has appointed Port Isabel native Nolan Perez, M.D. to the University of TexasSystem Board of Regents for a term set to expire on February 1, 2021....
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TETREAU RECONSIDERS, NON-SUITS CITY KEEPS CATY
By Juan MontoyaWere we witnessing the all-too visible display of a paranoid incumbent?That was the general consensus of local political activists who have been watching District 2 incumbent Jessica...
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MARTINEZ, CAPELLA KNEW ABOUT BEDC SCANDAL...AND DID NOTHING
By Juan MontoyaAs early as 2016, Mayor Tony Martinez had been told by the legal counsel of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation that that there had been some "serious allegations about...
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SAN BENE RESIDENTS PRESENT PETITION TO REMOVE TOP COP
By David LopezSpecial to San Benito NewsThe family of recently deceased 21-year-old Ricardo Treviño presented a petition to the Mayor and City Commissioners during a regular city meeting Tuesday,...
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LINDA SALAZAR CALLS OUT THE BIG GUNS, HER CUZ AURORA
Special to El Rrun-RunGuess who just jumped into the JP 2-1 race for the Democratic party primary in 2020?Would you believe the Blast From the Past former Cameron County District Clerk Aurora de la...
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ON THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER: WHO CAN WRITE HISTORY?
By M.T. Hernández Twenty years ago I was in New York having dinner at the home of a famous anthropologist who had invited two students from Mexico City to join us. He did not tell them what I was...
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THE DAY INTERNET, CELL POWER CAME TO THE HOOD
(Ed.'s Note: Workmen using a large crane place a heavy-duty Kholer electric generator behind a building near the corner of Washington and 8th streets. Workers told one of our readers that the generator...
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SANCHEZ RESIGNS FROM SOUTHWEST KEY; BLAMES ENVIDIA
By Jay RootThe Texas TribuneJuan Sanchez, who stirred controversy in recent months as CEO of the nation's largest nonprofit dedicated to sheltering migrant children, is stepping down, Southwest Key...
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LAS SOPITAS, TALE OF CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN NORTHLAND
By Juan MontoyaIt was the last week of August 1975, and the start of the Fall semester was fast approaching.Those of us who had been accepted to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor had arrived a...
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REQUIRED TO SUCCEED IN B'TOWN: MARTINEZ'S BLESSING
Nov. 7, 2017 City Commission Agenda Item 10. Consideration and ACTION to authorize Change Order to Task Order No. 5 to CH2M to increase scope of work to design services related to New Airport Terminal...
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TRUMP'S WALL THREATENS UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SITE
By Meagan FlynnThe Washington PostRamiro Ramirez has been visiting his family cemeteries more often than usual.Almost every day, he makes the short trip to the two historic landmarks deep in the Rio...
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TOP OF THE MORNING TO YOU ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
(This post previously appeared in El Rrun-Rrun. We reprint it here in honor of St. Patrick's Day for our fellow citizens of Irish descent and other like-minded readers. We were reminded today that we...
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PUB CHAIR QUESTIONS NURITH GALONSKY'S PLACE ON BOARD
By : Martin ArambulaPUB Board ChairmanTo: City CommissionCity of Brownsville1001 East Elizabeth StreetBrownsville, TexasFebruary 12, 2019Dear City Commission,I am writing in my capacity as Chairman of...
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