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JP TREJO PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED BY JUDICIAL COMMISSION FOR DISMISSING CASES OF...
By Juan MontoyaThe Texas State Judicial Commission has issued a Public Reprimand - just short of removal from office - to Precinct 5, Place 3 La Feria Justice of the Peace Mike Trejo for dismissing...
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GMS FILES FOR TRO; TRASHES COMMISSION, ALLEGES CITY BIDDING PROCESS WAS...
5 (m) Consideration and ACTION to award a term contract for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Collection Services for the City of Brownsville. (City Manager’s Office) Agenda item for Tuesday's City...
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IS GMS BUYING TIME BY STOPPING WASTE CONTRACT AWARD? DE LEON WAS OUT OF THE...
February 5, 2019 Meeting Agenda: ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION:A) Consideration and ACTION to Award a Term Contract for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Collection Services for...
View ArticleCOMMISSION OPTS OUT OF WASTE CONTRACT DECISION
Special to El Rrun-RrunAn agenda item that would have awarded the contract for commercial waste collection to Republic Waste was not approved by the City of Brownsville Commission at Tuesday's meeting...
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VELA HONORS IBC PRESIDENT IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
By Steve ClarkBrownsville HeraldFred Rusteberg, the community leader and retired president and CEO of IBC Bank, was honored by a proclamation read into the Congressional Record by U.S. Rep. Filemon...
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BASEBALL: EL SOLAR VACANTE, THE PERFECT DIAMOND
Special to El Rrun-RrunIn 1946 most Brownsville neighborhood kids never dreamt they could make the transition from playing on the sandlot (solar vacante) to stepping on to a real diamond.But the...
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CADETES IN OPEN AIR BAILONGO IN DOWNTOWN BROWNTON
(Ed,'s Note: The legendary norteno group Los Cadeters de Linares will headline the open-air concert Friday and will feature local groups Kapricho and Alegria. Call el tocayo Juan at the Chapters Sports...
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GRINGO DE MAYO MEMORIES WE LEFT BEHIND....
Memries,Like grease stains on Market SquareOily water-colored memoriesOf the way we wereScattered pictures,Gringo de Mayo stains we left behindStains we gave to one anotherFor the way we wereMemries,...
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PALACIOS, IN CHARGE OF SBISD'S $40 MILLION HAS PALANCA
(Ed.'s Note: Joseph Palacios, the man put in charge of the $40 million San Benito Independent School District's facilities bond issue has surfaced as one of the friends of Precinct 5 Cameron County...
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PALESTINIAN MAN NO TERRORIST, FACING STATE CHARGES
By Juan MontoyaWhen the story of George Rafidi burst upon the news cycle it had all the elements of a "sexy" story.Here was a supposed Palestinian terrorist in our midst who had infiltrated South Texas...
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LOST YOUR POOCH? SUPER JESS, COPS TO THE RESCUE
(Ed.'s Note: Here we go again. Our Cyber queen AKA District 2 commissioner Jessica Tetreau put all her personal and official duties and flew to the rescue. She posted this on her Facebook page to...
View ArticleRED-HEADED PARROTS TAKE OVER DOWNTOWN AT DUSK
(Ed.'s Note: Our good buddy city commissioner Ben Neece says he is pushing for evening tours of the downtown district so visitors can see and hear the riotous, pandemonium of red-headed parrots as they...
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IS GMS MOTION FOR INJUNCTION DEFICIENT IN ITS CLAIMS?
By Juan MontoyaEven though 445th State District Judge Gloria Rincones signed the temporary restraining order requested by commercial waste vendor GMSÂ and ordered City of Brownsville District 2...
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UTRGV COMMENCEMENT FEATURES 1ST CLASS OF 2019
(Ed.'s Note: The first graduating Class of 2019 that started four years ago after the Texas Southmost College-UTB separation held its commencement today at the Jacob Brown Civic Center. Slightly more...
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A SOUTH TEXAS MICROCOSM OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
By Juan MontoyaIt was the early 1990s.South Texas at the time was overflowing with waves of Central American refugees fleeing from their war-torn countries. Hundreds, if not thousands, sought shelter...
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BROWNSVILLE'S WORST DISASTER: LA TIENDA AMIGO COLLAPSE
(Ed.'s Note: It will be 31 years ago July 7 that the worst disaster to strike Brownsville made headlines here, the nation, and the world.The roof of La Tienda Amigo, almost directly across from the...
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REST FOR THE WICKED: TURI CRIES ON WAY TO THE BANK...
(Ed.'s Note: Poor Arturo Trevino. He was able to get the use of city personnel, staff, security and facilities and left the place a mess with grease stains, but he is now complaining that no one help...
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AFTER A GOOD RAIN, LAURELES BIEN PRENDIDOS
(Ed."s Note: We have often argued that - despite the Chamber of Commerce Sunshine Boys - Brownsville is semi-arid, not semi-tropical. That became evident after a about 3/4 of an inch of rain fell...
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SAVE OUR FLATS MOVEMENT TO ATTEND COUNTY MEETING
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A BAYFRONT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT RESORT LOCATED ON THE NORTH FLATS WITHIN ANDY BOWIE PARK-(South Padre Island) LAND LEASE.From Save our FlatsThe land known as the flats is...
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MCALLEN, BISD SCHOOLS CRACK TOP 10 IN U.S CHESS
By Juan MontoyaFour South Texas schools from McAllen and Brownsville cracked the national chess competition ceiling this past weekend at the 2019 National Elementary Championship held in Nashville,...
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