HOUSTON FLOODED AGAIN, NOW BY POSITIVE CODIV-19 CASES
(Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, right, tours a medical facility that was set up to handle a possible overflow of COVID-19 patients from local hospitals, Saturday, April 11, 2020, at NRG Park in...
View Article"I AM THE RESURRECTION" IN OUR DIFFERENT CULTURES
THE BIBLE (CHRISTIAN)“As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus...
View ArticlePUB $1.3 MILLION SWINDLE MIGHT NOW TOP $2 MILLION; OFFERS BILLS "SUSPENSION"...
By Juan MontoyaAs the FBI probes a $1.3 million "mistake" where the administration of the Brownsville Public Utility Board directed payment to a Texas Noble Construction subcontractor to a mistaken...
View ArticlePRICE GOUGING ANYONE? LO HACEMOS POR TU BIEN....."
(Ed.'s Note: with the shortage of hand sanitizer, a local entrepreneur has hit upon a sure-fire way to turn a buck off the need of her fellow Brownsvillians.It seems that our intrepid business-minded...
View ArticleCOVID-19 VICTIM? COME IN DEARIE, NO WAITING IN LINE...
Special to El Rrun-Rrun-From Tamaulipas Goulish TimesWe once saw a "Twilight Zone" episode (22) where a famous actress was having a nervous breakdown from overwork and was resting at a sanatorium and...
View ArticleTRUMP'S FAULT: AND AMERICANS ARE PAYING FOR HIS FAILURES
By David FrumThe Atlantic"I don’t take responsibility at all,” said President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden on March 13. Those words will probably end up as the epitaph of his presidency, the single...
View ArticlePUB APPROVES $2 MILLION UTILITY ASSISTANCE PLAN; CEO BRUCIAK GETS HIS VOTE ON...
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe members of the Brownsville Public Utility Board voted to approve an agenda item during Monday's teleconference meeting that will suspend penalties for late payments and...
View ArticleGUN RETAILERS CAN SELL IN PARKING LOT IN CODIV-19 CRISIS
By Harmeet KaurCNNGun retailers operating during the coronavirus pandemic will now be able to offer curbside service.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced on Friday...
View ArticleHELL ON EARTH: COVID-19 PLAGUE ASSAILS URBAN DETROIT
(Photos shared among emergency room staff at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit show bodies being stored in vacant hospital rooms and piled on top of each other inside refrigerated holding units brought...
View ArticleREALITY CHECK: END SCHOOL YEAR, DISTANCE TEACHING NOW
By Emma GuevaraKindergarten TeacherBISD, Brownsville, TexasSchools closing because of a global pandemic was not how I anticipated the second semester of this school year would go. My students were...
View ArticleHEB: YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE ONLY 1
ARTICLEMAR132020Product purchasing limitsProviding access to products for everyoneWe understand our customers want to prepare by stocking up on the essentials. Texans must continue to prepare, but...
View ArticleTHE COVID-19, LONG-HAIRED, OVERFED, LEAPING GNOMES
"...me, an overfed long-haired, leaping gnome..." Spill the Wine, by Eric Burdon and WarSpecial to El Rrun-RrunHe was overwrought on the phone, which is just about the only way we have to communicate...
View ArticleTHE GUY WHO IGNORED THE THREAT BLAMES EVERYONE; JUST ABOUT PAR FOR THE COURSE...
“I think that there’s hypocrisy here in that, one, if President Obama had said those words that you heard from President Trump, that the authority is total with the presidency, conservatives’ heads...
View ArticleBACK ANTI-VIRUS EFFORTS, BUT BE VIGILANT AGAINST ABUSES
"So far, the Cameron County Sheriff's Dept. has made 2,000 traffic stops and issued 200 citations." KRGV, Channel 5By Juan MontoyaYou can only have one person riding in a car. And if you are out on the...
View ArticlePUB OUT $2.6 MILLION; GAGS BOARD MEMBERS ON THEFT
By Juan MontoyaReady to double down and pay $2.6 million cor a $1.3 million fuck up by the Brownsville Public Utilities Board?In what will likely be considered one of the most sordid, corrupt and...
View ArticleCONSUMER ALERT! CAREFUL NEXT TIME YOU USE THE ATM
(Ed.'s Note: This is the newest wrinkle in scammers who have targeted ATM users. The scam apparently involves the placing of a fake covering on the debit card slot which steals your information and can...
View ArticleYOU DIDN'T GET THE COVID-19 MEMO? FACE COVERING, DUDE!
(Ed.'s Note: There's always one in the crowd, ain't it? The two dudes on the zebra obviously were away when the Cameron County Judge and the City of Brownsville Mayor ordered everyone to wear a face...
View ArticleCOVID-19 HITS AMFELS, BUT NO, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE...
Special to El Rrun-RrunFor weeks there had been rumors circulating the AmFels yard that a worker and even two office employees had come down with COVID-19.Throughout that time, management denied it...
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