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A LOOK BACK AT VETERANS DAY IN BROWNSVILLE, PORT ISABEL
WE HONOR OUR VETERANS EVERY DAY(Remarks by JP-1 Benny Ochoa in Port Isabel on Veterans Day)It was just a year ago that we met here to honor our men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.Some of...
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PUBLIC HOODWINKED: TRAGIC COMEDY IN GONZALEZ TRIAL
By Juan MontoyaThe public's attention span being fleeting, by now most people have forgotten the comedy of errors that took place in the Marco Antonio Gonzalez trail where the former county corrections...
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DONALD TRUMP'S PLAN FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS
By Amita Kelly and Barbar SpruntNational Public RadioAt the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office.The plan (below) outlines three...
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LINO GARCIA'S PRIMER ON BROWNSVILLE BUSINESS HISTORY
By Dr. Lino GarciaProfessor Emeritus of Spanish Literature at University of Texas-Pan American (UTRGV)Long before Europeans arrived, several tribes of native-American Indians roamed the area we now...
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WILL IT BE COUNTY JUDGE EDDIE TREVINO NOV. 18 OR 23?
By Juan MontoyaFor days after former city of Brownsville mayor Eddie Trevino won the Democratic party nomination in a runoff with former Pct. 2 Cameron County commissioner Dan Sanchez, his supporters...
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TELEVISA PICKS NEW MR. AMIGO, AND AGAIN, CONTROVERSY
By Juan MontoyaWe have now gotten used to have some leading man or starlet from a Mexican novela series in the Televisa stable be named as Mr. Amigo.This year, the selection by the Mr. Amigo selection...
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BETTER NO TEXBOOK THAN "MEXICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE"
"I would hate to be a Mexican American student seeking my place in the United States, and be confronted with the idea that Mexican Americans had nothing to say about their situation, nothing to say...
View ArticleA NEW BOARD: WILL CORNEJO-LOPEZ'S COMPLAINTS SUCCEED? FROM 10-2015 TO...
By Juan MontoyaThe newly-elected members to the board of the Brownsville Independent School District will be sworn in Thursday, Nov. 17, at 5:30 pm. during a special meeting where the votes of the Nov....
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BISD LEGAL TAB BIZ AS USUAL UNDER BALTAZAR SALAZAR
By Juan MontoyaRemember back in April of 2013 when Baltazar Salazar came to the Brownsville Independent School District board podium to make his pitch for the lucrative legal gig and he stressed the...
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BPD CHARGES DENTIST WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
By Juan MontoyaNo, Dr. Joseph Yoste did not stab someone with a syringe full of Novocaine.In fact, we have learned that the felony charge for aggravated assault with a dedly weapon aren't related to...
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BROWNTOWN: WE'RE NOTHING IF NOT CONSISTENT(LY) POOR
By Stephen Peters24/7 Wall StreetU.S. median household income rose by $2,800 to $56,516 in 2015. This 5.2 percent gain is the largest increase since 1998. However, incomes have not fully recovered from...
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING OVER AT THE BHA?
By Juan MontoyaSomeone pointed out to us that the list of staff on the Brownsville Historical Association did not contain the name of born-again neo-confederate Craig Stone, listed before as the...
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LNG JOBS: ARE THEY A CARROT FOR TAX ABATEMENTS?
(Update on Rio Grande LNG's sales pitch to investors and VIPs. Note that the company is planning to use a lot of workers currently working on comparable CB&I projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Quote...
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PRINT ARTISTS STEAMROLL THEIR CREATIONS ON ADAMS ST.
(Ed.'s Note: Undoubtedly, art purists will thumb their noses at this new method of print making introduced by local UTRGV artists and their supporting cast, including the operator of the rented...
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TOP 22 "EXTERNAL ATTORNEYS" AT THE BISD $$$ TROUGH
(Ed's Note: We have been getting queries about the attorneys who have cashed in on the Brownsville Independent School District's reliance on external attorneys over the past 10 years following our post...
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TSC SUPPORTERS LAUD ITS RETURN TO ORIGINAL MISSION
Special to El Rrun-RrunTexas Southmost College is well on its way to becoming the community college that many of us recall from our days on the bustling campus. There is a new sense of pride,...
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LAS ILUSIONES MATAN AL HOMBRE: CORTEZ SURRENDERS
(Ed.'s Note: During the recently concluded campaign for Cameron County Sheriff, Republican candidate (and Cameron County DA Luis V. Saenz's protege) Victor Cortez staked his political career on his...
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LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT AT FULL NANNY MODE
By Juan MontoyaOne city commissioner said that she loved her dog so much and wanted the public to become responsible pet owners so she pushed for the ordinance going into effect January 2017 that...
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AT THE BISD, RUMORS HAVE RICKY ZAYAS BACK ON BOARD, AND AN UPTURN IN THE...
By Juan MontoyaWe sure hope this is not true, but the rampant rumor mill at the Brownsville Independent School District has aged coach Joe Rodriguez (with two strokes in the bag) stepping down and...
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