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ON LAST DAY AS TRUSTEE, MAYOR-ELECT MENDEZ REMINISCES
Newly-elected City of Brownsville mayor Juan "Trey" Mendez (fourth from left) ran the last meeting of his nine-year tenure on the Texas Southmost College board before he is sworn in as mayor July 2....
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TREVINO: ESTA ES PLAZA, NOT LIKE PINCHE MARKET SQUARE
(Ed.'s Note: He just won't quit. Arturo "Turi" Trevino, the master brain empressario who convinced the gullible City of Brownsville commission and administration to provide the venue and subsidize city...
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SECOND-HAND USES CONTEMPLATED FOR WHITE ELEPHANT
By Juan MontoyaIn 2011, Former City of Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez convinced a gullible majority of his fellow city commissioners that they should approve a 12.3 million Certificate of Obligation...
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NI MODO CARNAL, THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE WAY
Un camarada (they called him El Huevo because of his high-and- tight hair cut) was driving his carrucha from El Puerto pa Los Pescadores Bar at Market Square y llego a las Cuatro Esquinas.He waited...
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USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Consider this: After he heard that USA Women's team Capt. Megan Rapinoe said she won't visit the Trump White House if the team won the world cup, the asshole said the team hadn't won yet.Think about...
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USA WOMEN'S TEAM BEATS ENGLAND 2-1, ON TO FINAL
From SBNationThe United States Women’s National Team advanced to its third straight Wold Cup final and fifth in total as the Yanks defeated England 2-1 in Lyon. The heart-stopping game featured three...
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NEW CREW SWORN IN TODAY ON THE CITY COMMISSION
District Judge Adolfo Cordova administers oath of office to Trey Mendez as former mayor Tony Martinez looks on.New At-Large "A" commissioner John Gowen takes his oath of office from federal judge...
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FROM THE FILES OF EL HERALDO, SNIPPETS OF HISTORY
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe following information was taken from the Brownsville Herald Achieves.Did you know that? * In 1846, Zachary Taylor landed in Port Isabel and established Fort Polk. It was from...
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MATA, TORRES: NO SEATS FOR OLD MEN, CHILDREN OR WOMEN
(Ed.'s Note: Yesterday, during the swearing in of the new mayor and the two city commissioners, city officials, mindful of the crush last time around, removed all but the two first rows of chairs and...
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HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY FOURTH, 243 AND COUNTING...
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right;(These are times that try men (and women's) souls. But this country has survived wars, revolts, and military...
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4TH OF JULY PARADE UNDER BORDER PATROL'S EYE IN SKY
(Ed.'s Note: The July 4th parade started with the Brownsville Police Department's color guard and Fire Department's bagpipes. Rain, which threatened half an hour before the parade started, held off and...
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LIFE IMITATED ART: IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, NO, IT'S A KID
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe “man of steel” first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 - and soon after - it entered our homes in the form of newspaper strips and then before television made it into the...
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YET MORE SNIPPETS OF BROWNSVILLE HISTORY...PART II
Special to El Rrun-Rrun* From the birth of this city bowing dust was a constant problem. To the rescue came the Anti-Dust ladies of this city. In August 1911, they met at the Elks club in a response to...
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BROWNSVILLE DOCTOR SAW MIGRANT KIDS' NEGLECT UP CLOSE
Jeremy RaffAtlantic MagazineMCALLEN, Texas—Inside the Border Patrol warehouse on Ursula Avenue, Dolly Lucio Sevier saw a baby who’d been fed from the same unwashed bottle for days; children showing...
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MORE SNIPPETS FROM BROWNSVILLE'S PAST, PART III
Special to El Rrun-Rrun* Have a coke! In 1925, Thomas H. Sweeney, proprietor of the Coca Cola Plant invited the public to visit his new bottling plant. The facility was located where it still stands...
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USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
The U.S. women’s national soccer team proved their dominance at the 2019 Women’s World Cup by defeating the Netherlands 2-0 on Sunday in the championship match.The victory in Lyon, France, marks the...
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THE P.U.B. GIVETH...AND THE P.U.B. TAKETH AWAY
By Juan MontoyaLike Hercules, try as they might, the energy and water saving gurus of the Brownsville Independent School District have been laboring mightily to roll back the boulder of utility costs...
View ArticleSO IF TETREAU BLOCKS YOU FROM FACEBOOK, IS IT LEGAL?
By Ronn BlitzerFox NewsA federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that President Trump is not allowed to block people on Twitter over statements he does not like, affirming a lower court’s decision that...
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TAP SEPULVEDA DESPITE PREVIOUS PLEA; WILL SERVE AS...
By Juan MontoyaAfter spending "thousands of dollars" in an investigation, the indictment and the prosecution by the Cameron County District Attorney's Office of former Cameron County Judge Pete...
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28 IF: MCCARTNEY'S DEATH WAS HOAX, ARE LOCAL PROJECTS?
By Juan MontoyaRemember the "Paul is Dead" hoax?It was a hoax that started way back in 1966 and then gained traction in 1969. There were clues all over the music and album covers, the story goes.The...
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