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ST. JOE-MATA PREPPIES TURN CITY INTO ANIMAL HOUSE; GRINGO DE MAYO LATEST...
By Juan MontoyaIt started innocently enough, as a new wrinkle to the Mr. Amigo Association when the invitee - usually a novela hero or heroine with Televisa - was invited to preside over a week-long...
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PORT CONNECTOR ROAD OK'D, EAST LOOP STILL WAITING
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The South Port Connector Road Project received environmental clearance on April 24, 2019 from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Pharr District Office, advancing the...
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SUCKING BLOOD ONE DROP AT A TIME: LOCATION! LOCATION!
By Juan MontoyaBusiness in booming in downtown Brownsville.Or shall we say pulsating?Every day, hundreds of people cross the Gateway Bridge and line up at huge warehouse-looking buildings - one of...
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AND CITY ASSETS ARE USED TO FACILITATE THIS "MEMORY"?
MEXICAN DE MAYO VS.GINGO DE MAYOFrom www.themchalereport.blogspot(The Gringo de Mayo celebration organizers are using public facilities and assets (city staff to set up the venue,traffic control...
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"MR. TRUMP EATS YOUR SOUL IN SMALL BITES..."
By James ComeyNew York Times Opinion PagePeople have been asking me hard questions. What happened to the leaders in the Trump administration, especially the attorney general, Bill Barr, who I have said...
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GABBY GARCIA ANNOUNCES FOR 138TH DISTRICT COURT
(Ed.'s Note: Everyone thought attorney Gabriela "Gabby" Garcia was set to challenge Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz in 2020, but instead she has announced today she will run for the...
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WHAT IS THE SBISD ADMINISTRATION HIDING FROM US?
By Joe F. RodriguezI will preface my essay by stating that it is directed at the fiscal and not the academics of Board of Trustees responsibility.Per the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB),...
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A FACILE HEADLINE, A FUDGING OF FACTS, AND DESTRUCTION
GBIC'S LOZOYA SLIPS MARIN A COOL $2.9 MILLION!!!By Juan MontoyaThat headline came from a local blog that featured only a picture of Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation...
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SNAKES-IN-THE-GRASS MARTINEZ, TETREAU SPEW VILE VENOM
By Juan MontoyaOne carries himself off as a devout Christian, has a private chapel in his back yard, and repeatedly calls for guidance from the "angels of our better nature."The other fancies herself a...
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TODAY'S THE DAY! THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY IS IN OUR HANDS
Special to El Rrun-RrunGiven the fact that there are 14 candidates for four positions, there is a high probability that no one candidate in each of those races will garner the required 50 percent plus...
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TREVINO NOT ONLY A MOOCHER, BUT ALSO AN INGRATE
(Ed.'s Note: It turns out that despite the fact that the city pulled out all the stops and went all out to help with his Gringo de Mayo fundraiser event in memory of the late Jeff Lewis, local...
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ARM BANDAGED, FROM TWO-WEEKLY PLASMA TAKING...
Wind and GroundEugene "Gene" Novogrodsky.,.have done that,Too easy,The wind drives branches and leaves bending,Like a woman's hair tossed,Her face hidden ....Easy ....Not as easy, her arms.One bandaged...
View Article1926 TILLER FIRE ENGINE COMES BACK HOME TO BFD
(Ed.'s Note: It took a few decades but the refurbished engine that once helped Brownsville Fire Dept. firefighters battle blazes here from the late 1920s on is back on the streets of the city. This...
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THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN: TETREAU SURVIVES, 3 RUNOFFS; HIGHEST VOTE GETTERS ALL...
(Ed.'s Note: Get ready for another round. Against all odds, only incumbent City of Brownsville District 2 commissioner Jessica Tetreau won her reelection outright, and mayor Tony Martinez was handed...
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HERO OF CINCO DE MAYO WAS A TEXAS HOMEY
(The hero of Cinco de Mayo Ignacio Zaragoza was born in present-day in Goliad, Texas. Goliad, named for Father Miguel Hidalgo, is an anagram, minus the silent H. After his family moved to Matamoros to...
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MAYOR'S DEPARTURE INSPIRES ONE OF OUR SEVEN READERS
I DID IT , Y QUE GUEY?And now, the end is here And so I faced the final curtain My friends, I'll say it clear I'll state my case to the DA,(of which I'm certain I'll be freed,)I've lived a life that's...
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STATE: NO INDICTMENT AGAINST CATALINA PRESAS-GARCIA
By Juan MontoyaA post on a Facebook page posted by one Juan Garcia in social media has been labeled "totally false" by the Cameron County District Attorney's Office.In the posting, the person...
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FROM HUMBLE LAS PRIETAS, GARDEN PK. TO CHESS NATIONALS
By Juan MontoyaIn the bad old days of educational benign neglect in the Brownsville Independent School District, Garden Park Elementary in the impoverished Las Prietas barrio, literally across the...
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