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IS IT PCT. 2, COUNTY CLERK, THE BISD, OR PRESIDENT OF U.S.?
By Juan MontoyaLike a fleeting honey bee, Brownsville firefighter Rigo Bocanegra is teasing the curious on what poistion he is contemplating on running for.Will it be Cameron County Precinct 2...
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SHOULD COP CARS, LIKE TAXIS, HAVE COLOR UNIFORMITY?
By Juan MontoyaDo you know why there are only white taxi cabs in the City of Brownsville?In 1998, a majority of the city commission led by commissioner Bud Richards who was joined by Ernie Hernandez...
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HOMOPHOBIC VANDALS MAR ART STUDENTS' WORK
(Ed.'s Note: Remember those colorful (and talent-filled) paintings that were created by art students to celebrate the annual Latin Jazz Festival and who donated their work to assist in the now...
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A SOSSI QUID PRO QUO TO ANTHONY TROIANI? HELP ME IN MY CHILD CUSTODY CASE, I...
By Juan MontoyaApparently heeding the maxim that only a fool represents himself in court, newly-hired city attorney Mark E. Sossi is now being represented by local attorney Anthony Troiani.Sossi was...
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B'VILLE PLASTIC BAG BAN THE EQUIVALENT OF OBAMACARE
By Juan MontoyaThink of it as equivalent of the repeal of Obamacare.After the City of Brownsville under the direction of its legal eagles drafted the ordinance that instituted a $1 fee on plastic bags...
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LOCAL DAILY CALLS FOR POST-YZAGUIRRE REVIEW
By Juan MontoyaToday's edition of the local daily carries an editorial calling for an audit and periodic performance review of all county offices.The daily says that even if a jury in Corpus Christi...
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WHO BENEFITED FROM CASH COLLECTED ON PLASTIC BAGS?
By Juan MontoyaWe wish we could take credit for the graphic accompanying this note, but we can't.It was actually part of the Channel 23 KVEO news cast on the new city ordinance drafted by the City of...
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THE CIRCLE TIGHTENS: RODRIGUEZ, ZENDEJAS GOT FREE RINGS. WHO ORDERED THE...
By Juan MontoyaRemember the controversy over the rings given to members of the Porter High School Soccer State Champs?In April 16, 2016, Porter won the Class 5A Soccer championship with a victory over...
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MAYOR DID NOT FILE AFFIDAVIT ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Me: Michael Lopez <michael.lopez@cob.us>Dear Mr. Lopez, this is a formal request for any or all affidavits of conflict of interest that have been filed by Mayor Tony Martinez in relation to the...
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PUB CRAWL: CAN YOU GUESS WHERE THIS PAINTING IS AT?
(Ed.'s Note: At first glance it looks like a manufactured painting simply pasted on a wall. But if you look carefully, you can see that the deck of cards is painted on nine separate squares and...
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WILL THERE BE UIL FALLOUT FROM JROD-BISD RINGGATE?
By Juan MontoyaAs early as June 9, 2016, after an invoice from ring maker Herrf Jones arrived in the mail at Porter Early College High School, red flags should have gone up.Since it was during vacation...
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BARTON REPORTS SOSSI OUT OF $60,000 GBIC GIG
By Jim BartonFrom The Brownsville Observer.blog Many of us, without the debilitation of three strokes and a seizure episode and the associated memory loss, wish we could forget the extraordinarily...
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TSC COMPLAINT: CUT OUR NOSE TO SPITE OUR FACE
(The Brownsville Herald has run two front-page articles on the complaint filed against the board of trustees of Texas Southmost College with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission...
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BEAUMONT LNG TAX ABATEMENT ED-OP RIGHT ON $$$
(The Cameron County Commissioners Court has before it several applications for property taxes to be abated at a varying degree for the first 10 years of operations at the Port of Brownsville. The...
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MY HOW TONY GARZA HAS CHANGED THESE LAST YEARS
(Ed.s Note: Those of us fortunate enough to have worked on a personal basis with the former Cameron County Judge Tony Garza (and former Texas Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico)...
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NY MAGAZINE: THE MADNESS OF KIND DONALD
By Andrew SullivanNew York MagazineI guess I should start by saying this is not a blog. Nor is it what one might call a column. It’s an experiment of sorts to see if there’s something in between those...
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SHOULD TSC TRUSTEE REYNALDO GARCIA STEP DOWN? YES!
By Juan MontoyaOn May 12, 2012, 1,377 voters of the Texas Southmost College District cast their votes for Dr. Reynaldo Garcia.TSC was in the process of dissolving the ruinous "partnership" between it...
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D.A. GIVES CAR WASHERS GREEN LIGHT AT CTY COURTHOUSE
(Ed.'s Note: If memory serves us right, there was a time when washing cars on county property and its sparking lots was not allowed on Harrison Street.The concerns at the time was whether the county...
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