BROWNSVILLE NUMBERS BELIE COUNTY CLAIMS ON COVID-19
Special to El Rrun-RrunWhichever way you cut it or slice it, death stalks Brownsville, and – by extension – Cameron County.Even as the county reports that the total death count in the county which...
View ArticleALEX GUERRERO, ENTREPRENEUR, BORDER SOCIALITE, DIES
Special to El Rrun-RrunWord has reached the social media of the passing of Alex Guerrero, a longtime border businessman who grew up during the halcyon days of international trade and carousing in...
View ArticleRENAMING OF R.E. LEE CENTER TABLED; WE NOMINATE HENRY
"During the last TSC board meeting Thursday, July 30, the TSC board members – through Zoom video – entertained an action item "on the naming or renaming of buildings, facilities and spaces; including...
View ArticleELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES 101: A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM
Special to El Rrun-RrunWho is guiding the Llanes-Garcia-Lopez and Moreno ticket running as a slate for the four seats in the November 3 election of the San Benito Independent School District?Is it a...
View ArticleABBOTT'S TWEAK IN TIME MAY SAVE SOME, BUT MAYBE NOT
Special to El Rrun-RrunWith the stroke of a pen, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended the early voting period for the November 3 elections by almost a week.The little heard of proclamation by the...
View ArticleWGAF IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN AUSTIN, OTHER LOW PLACES
By Juan MontoyaThey didn't care what City of Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez said.Nor did they give a rat's butt doing what Cameron County Eddie Treviño begged them not to do.Or even that Cameron County...
View ArticleASYLUM SEEKERS WAITING FOR INTERVIEWS...OUT OF SIGHT...
(Ed.'s Note: Should we send those seeking asylum at our doors back to Germany and certain death or imprisonment? Oh, we forgot. These people are different. There is no Nazi regime waiting for them....
View ArticleE. HERNANDEZ TO BE BROWNSVILLE'S 1ST COVID MILLIONAIRE
By Juan MontoyaWhen physician assistant Eder Hernandez was hired by city officials way back in late March, he was hired to provide professional services, which meant that city officials and the...
View ArticleWANT THE POTHOLES FIXED IN BROWNSVILLE? RIDE A BIKE
(Ed.'s Note: With the proliferation of potholes in the streets of Brownsville local residents know they have to veer off to one side and risk the possibility of causing an accident with oncoming cars...
View ArticleAS PANDEMIC RAVAGES, "REMEDIOS" FOR COVID-19 APPEAR
By Juan MontoyaThey range from the ridiculous (and dangerous) to supposedly undiscovered cures.From rural home-concocted medicinal mixes to drugs for river blindness and intestinal parasites and...
View ArticleBISD COMPENSATION PLAN: NO BACK-UP, NO TRANSPARENCY; BOARD RELEASES $2,000...
1. Recommend approval of the revised Teacher Salary increases and the 2020-2021 Employee Compensation Plan. Item 1 on Consent Agenda for Tuesday's Brownsville Independent School DistrictSpecial to El...
View ArticleCITY PRIORITIES: BIKE-FRIENDLY, BUT NOT PEOPLE FRIENDLY?
(Ed.'s Note: An Extra-Terrestrial alighting on Brownsville today would think that the City of Brownsville's Public Works Dept. must be operating under a set of priorities which places the recreation...
View ArticleYOU WON'T HAVE EDER TO KICK AROUND ANY MORE
By Juan MontoyaBrownsville Physician Assistant Eder Hernandez has submitted his letter putting the city on notice that as of today he is terminating his contractual relationship and will no longer be...
View ArticleTREVINO, OFFICIALS, FLOUNDER VIS-A-VIS VIRAL ONSLAUGHT
Special to the El Rrun-RrunDuring the last depressing and recurring public exhibition of failure that Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño calls a press conference on COVID-19 infections this Friday, he...
View ArticleREADY FOR PRIME TIME: CAMERON MOST INFECTED IN THE USA
Special to El Rrun-RrunCameron County Judge Eddie Treviño issued yet another Second Amended Emergency Management Order Friday including mandatory facial coverings, curfew, limitations on gatherings,...
View ArticleCONFRONT CITY, PUB ON TENASKA, HIGH RATES TUESDAY
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE JOINT TELECONFERENCE OPEN MEETING Pursuant to Chapter 551, Title 5, Section 551.041, of the Texas Government Code, the...
View ArticleEDER DONS SACKCLOTH AND ASHES, CRIES ALL WAY TO BANK
Special to El Rrun-RrunSomeone tell PA Eder Hernandez that the deal is done.He and his medical doctor associate Dr. Teresa Saavedra closed out the monopoly COVID-19 testing contract between Urgent Med...
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