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HOMETOWN BOY BEGUM LAUDED IN LEGAL PROFESSION
From Maxim Magazine, S.A. Scene MagazineHuffington Post Platform, Various SourcesIt's not often that Brownsville, Texas is often mentioned in the same breath as a place that produces anything of...
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THIRTEEN WAYS TO LOOK AT HIZZONER TONY MARTINEZ
IAmong twenty sabal palms,The only moving thing Was the eye of Tony Martinez. IIHe was of three minds, Like an ebano tree In which there are three lagartijos sarnososIIIMartinez whirled in the...
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ENERGY, LNG HEAVY HITTERS GIVE $10,000 TO MARTINEZ; FIRM FIGHTING RELEASE OF...
By Juan MontoyaEvery time that individuals and media representatives have asked to see the Memorandum Of Understanding between the private energy company Tenaska and theCity of Brownsville for the...
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IS CITY CODE AGAINST REVOLVING DOOR HIRING FOR REAL?
By Juan MontoyaOn March 19, City of Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez and six city commissioners minus Cesar de Leon wbo had resigned his office passed a new code of ethics ordinance. (Click on graphics...
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IN WW II, MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ANSWERED THE CALL
“During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to...
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BONI, MODEL MATA/ BROWNTOWN BARKEEP, RECOVERING
(Ed.'s Note: He was simply known as Boni for Bonifacio (last name unknown), and he was a bartender extraordinaire who started his hospitality career in Matamoros watering holes and then crossed over...
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By Juan MontoyaA sanitized "reputational due diligence" report of former Brownsville Economic Development Corporation CEO Jason Hilts and other principals indicates that even before the establishment...
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ANGUISH OVER CANDIDATES SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY
By Juan MontoyaLet's see if we get this right.If you publish a popular blog or own an ad agency that has racked up a successful record electing candidates and thy seek you out to consult or display...
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OF DREAMS, FISTS, SWEAT AND LEATHER: AMATEUR BOXING
By Juan MontoyaThis is where dreams start.It's in upstairs gyms in innumerable sweat-drenched workouts with other amateur boxers all dreaming of one day standing with their right arms lifted over their...
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GBIC HANGOVERS FOR CITY SOME COMMISSION CANDIDATES
By Juan MontoyaWhen City of Brownsville District 2 incumbent Jessica Tetreau stated during political forums held by the Republican Club and the Brownsville Police Officers Association that she was a...
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ENNUI, BOREDOM, AND THE GRIND OF A NEW DAY
THE BULLFIGHTLonely YouOnce again in the arenawith bovine thoughtspounding in your headCOUNTERFEITHe flew off to Peoria to pass some paperBut a hair on Benjie's headstood out andsnagged him
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WTF IS GOING ON IN THE CITY? AGENDAS OF MANIPULATION
By Juan MontoyaAttorney consultation pursuant to Section 551.071(1)-(2), Texas Gov't Code, to receive legal advice and counsel in connection with proposals for commercial and industrial solid waste...
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MARTINEZ PULLS GBIC-CDCB LAND SALE DEAL FROM AGENDA
By Juan MontoyaAfter months of sometimes contentious public disagreement over 200 acres owned by the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville between Executive Director Nick Mitchell-Bennett...
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TWO YEARS AFTER TRAGIC DEATH DECKER GOES TO TRIAL
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt will be more than two years since a car driven by a Sugar Land woman plowed into a crowd of pedestrians on Spring Break at south Padre Island, hitting six of them and killing...
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WILL UNIONS' ENDORSEMENT TRANSLATE TO WINNING VOTES?
BUC's Endorsees. Where's the District 1 photo?( Ed.'s Note: From the pictures everyone was endorsed the same day by the same people. Someone pointed out that the only endorsement that is missing is one...
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REDFISH RECYCLING MAKES CASE FOR TRASH CONTRACT, BUT DID IT HAVE EXPERIENCE,...
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BOXING BROUGHT A WELCOME RESPITE FROM THE WW II YEARS
Browntown Bomber Boys of ‘48(L to R): Eddie Torres, beginner, Dagoberto Barrera, flyweight school champion, Tony Morales, finalist in the school program, Eloy Zarate, school champion and undefeated in...
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MARTINEZ CONTRIBUTOR JUST PRIMING THE PUMP FOR MORE?
By Juan MontoyaOne of our eagle-eyed seven readers pointed out to us that we had missed an important contributor to Hizzoner, Da Mayor Tony Martinez's campaign.We had noted that LNG promoters Ray and...
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