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REST OF THE COUNTRY SHIVERS, BALMY WEATHER HERE
(Ed.'s Note: It's Friday, Dec. 23, in Brownsville, Texas. The temperature hovers between the upper 70s and 80s and a southeast wind is blowing. In the resacas, ancient beds of the Rio Grande before it...
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TIFF OVER HAVING AN OFFICER CHAUFFEUR FOR CHARRO DAYS
By Juan MontoyaMy, a bit testy aren't we?One of our recent posts dealing with Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez bend over backwards for city commissioners such as Rose Gowen and Jessica...
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CHANGE ORDERS FOR STEGMAN BLDG. TOP $553,835
By Juan MontoyaWe wouldn't blame the average Brownsville taxpayer if they don't believe that the contractor on the carcass of the Stegman Building Performing Arts Academy on the corner of 11th and...
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ALL ABOARD FOR THE WIGHTMAN ROLLER COASTER?
By Juan MontoyaWell, here we go again.Like it or not we are being dragged in again to the Robert Wightman roller coaster of legal threats and vexatious litigation. This time it's the blogger's...
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AT B'VILLE MUNICIPAL COURT: A CHANGING OF THE GUARD?
By Juan MontoyaWith the retirement of presiding municipal judge Ben Neece after more 32 years on the bench, the City of Brownsville today announced that municipal court attorney Bobby Lerma was...
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UNITED BROWNSVILLE MIKE GONZALEZ M.I.A.
By Juan MontoyaWith the board of shadow government United Brownsville deciding that the public subsidies from eight publicly funded entities had dried up and they could no longer afford an executive...
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PUB, CITY, FACE DILEMMA: WHAT TO DO WITH $90 MILLION
By Juan MontoyaSome local Brownsville Public Utility Board customers were surprised to find that they had received a $50 "rebate" on their January utility bill.They considered it a nice belated...
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ARE PUB'S $$$ TRANSFERS TO CITY A DE FACTO DOUBLE TAX?
By Juan MontoyaDuring a recent update on the financial condition of the City of Brownsville investment bankers Estrada and Hinojosa told the city it had a little more than $347 million in existing...
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A NEW YEAR, AND AN ACCOUNTING OF PASSING TIME
By Juan MontoyaThe calendar says it will be 2017 come Sunday.That, in turn, means that at least in January, we will have a Friday 13.At the household, I used to have a running quiz with the my three...
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IN DOWNTOWN BROWNTOWN: ASUSTAME ONE MORE TIME BAR
By Juan MontoyaThere is a drinking establishment in downtown Brownsville where at about 4 a.m. – hours after the owner has closed and shut off all the lights and fixtures – they all come back on on...
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GILBERT HINOJOSA'S MUG SHOT GOES UP IN COMMISH COURT
 (Ed.'s Note: It took a few years before Republican Carlos Cascos left Cameron County to become the Texas Secretary of State. During all that time that Cascos was in office in the county, the portrait...
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J.P. MARY ESTHER SOROLA SWEARS IN JUDGE ELIA CORNEJO
(Ed.'s Note: Like her or not, 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo-Lopez won her race unopposed this past year and chose to be sworn in by JP 2-3 Mary Esther Sorola today. Cornejo-Lopez has been elected...
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THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
By Juan MontoyaThe use of county workers and equipment of Freddie Gomez road pictured at right would seem a paltry reason to get indicted and charged with the crime of misappropriating county funds,...
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A DANGEROUS RIDE IN A WHEELCHAIR IN THE CITY
(Ed.'s Note: This wheelchair-bound man was rolling along against traffic on 12th Street heading north and had to dodge the oncoming traffic who came across him as they headed toward downtown. If you...
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TONY YZAGUIRRE'S TRIAL IS ON SCHEDULE FOR JAN. 23
By Juan MontoyaLike the proverbial beast slouching toward Bethlehem, the corruption trial of Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Tony Yzaguirre is still on schedule for January 23 at the Nueces...
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HELP S-MOST COMMUNITY BOXING CLUB FUNDRAISER
Want to help out youngsters taking up boxing in Brownsville?The Southmost Brownsville Community Boxing Club is hosting a "chalupa" lottery and buffet fundraiser this Saturday at the Golden Corral...
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FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT BY SPACEX SINCE SEPTEMBER
(Although SpaceX first said it would begin commercial payload satellite launches in 2013, the company has not made any launch attempts at the Boca Chica Beach site and has not built its pad or vertical...
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IS TONY Y'S PROSECUTION DOOMED BY FABRICATED EVIDENCE?
"Article 38.23 prohibits the admission of evidence obtained by an officer in violation of Texas law. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 38.23. The law the majority and the court of appeals have deemed violated...
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AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS, BEN RETIRES, VOWS TO SERVE
By Ben NeeceFormer Presiding Municipal Court JudgeFrom the mchalereport.blogspot(The Honorable Ben Neece retired at the turn of the year from the municipal court after an impressive tenure. The...
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HELP S-MOST COMMUNITY BOXING CLUB FUNDRAISER TODAY
Want to help out youngsters taking up boxing in Brownsville?The Southmost Brownsville Community Boxing Club is hosting a "chalupa" lottery and buffet fundraiser this Saturday at the Golden Corral...
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