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QUIRKS, REVELATIONS IN CANDIDATES' EXPENSE REPORTS; AS DEEP THROAT SAID...
By Juan MontoyaYou don't have to tell someone who wants to be a candidate for public office that it will cost a pretty penny to run without any guaranteed results at the end.And if the campaign...
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YARRINGTON NABBED IN ITALY, MEXICO SEEKS EXTRADITION
BBCPolice in Italy have arrested the former governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington, 59.Mr Yarrington, who served as governor from 1999 to 2005, had been on the run for almost...
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JOHN VILLARREAL GETS $2,500 FROM DALLAS FBI SNITCH
By Juan MontoyaThe finance and expense report due 30 days before the elections by incumbent commissioner for District 4 John Villarreal indicates that of the $3,900 he reported in contributions, $2,500...
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BISD FELLOWSHIP OF RINGS: IF LOSING, CHANGE THE RULES
By Juan MontoyaIn 1968, comedian Jerry Lewis starred in a movie called "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River," where the slapstick comedian stars in a slapstick comedy tries to do one thing and ends...
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TENASKA FIASCO RESTS ON GOWEN, VILLARREAL'S SHOULDERS
By Juan MontoyaThere is a pile of money paid by the rate payers of the Brownsville climbing past the $90 million mark as a result of a vote taken Dec. 17, 2012 on whether to build a $500 million, 800...
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WIGHTMAN, TRYING TO BE COY, POSTS LIBELOUS CHARGES
By Juan MontoyaIn his attempt at editorial cuteness, the ever-malicious local blogger Robert Wightman has instead become an accomplice in an attempt to paint OP 1-33's Mike Hernandez as a...
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CITY'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FOR 2017 ELECTIONS
Special to El Rrun-Rrun(With Apologies to the Founding Fathers)The unanimous Declaration of the voters in the 2017 Brownsville City ElectionWhen in the course of local political events events it...
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CARLOS SHOWS LAURA HIGHLY UNCIVIL SIDE AT BISD MEET
BISD trustee Carlos Elizondo:"By voting no, you're voting against fifth graders..."BISD trustee Laura Perez-Reyes:"I want the record to reflect that when I said too much money, I didn't mean that we're...
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CITY'S DOWNTOWN MULTI-DOMAL IMAGE UNDERGOES FACELIFT
(Ed.s Note: One of our seven readers took these photographs of two domed landmarks of downtown Brownsville and pointedly said that the city's two signature domed efforts appeared to have gone limp. The...
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CAMERON PARK CHURCH THANKS HERNANDEZ, OP 10.33
By the Rev. Tony O'ConnorSan Felipe Catholic Church Cameron ParkSpecial to El Rrun-RrunBig thanks to you, Mr ((Mike) Hernandez and OP 10.33 for the Easter Egg Hunt.The kids really had a great time the...
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SENATE SANCTUARY CITIES BILL PASSES. WATCH OUT.
By Juan MontoyaEach morning, a Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detail arrives at the Brownsville Municipal Jail and asks for a ledger of the night's arrests.Whether a prisoner was...
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CHIEF: "LOWER CRIME STATS CAUSE PEOPLE LOVE US!"
By Juan MontoyaThe 2016 Brownsville crime stats are in and according to Police chief Orlando Rodriguez, the 20 percent drop in crime is a "testament" to the relationship city cops have with the...
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AHUMADA CALLS OUT MAYOR MARTINEZ ON CASA DEL NYLON
From The McHale Report Blogspot(Former Mayor Pat Ahumada could have been an excellent muckraking journalist. It is a journalist's job to point out the problem, not resolve it. Ahumada took it one step...
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CONJUNTO FESTIVAL SCHOWCASES HIGH SCHOOL TALENT
By Juan Montoya"La Culrura Vive en Brownsville" is the slogan of the first annual South Texas High School Conjunto Festival to be held at the Texas Southmost College's Jacob Brown Auditorium this...
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GARCIA-BENCE: HOW NOT TO MAKE FRIENDS AT COURT
By Juan MontoyaA little over three months into her four-year term as County Court at Law #4 Judge, Sheila Garcia-Bence is already raising eyebrows among the judiciary and legal community at the county...
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CAPT. BOB: LA DEFENSA ES PERMITIDA IN THE BLOGS
By Robert "Capt. Bob"SanchezRestaurateur ExtraordinaireI take this moment to clear the minds of my fellow citizens who may have read another bloggers stories about me.I am Robert Sanchez and I would...
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TSTC, HERNANDEZ LAUNCH TEXAN SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN
Special to El Rrun-Rrun (Ed.'s Note: Originally, OP 10.33's Mike Hernandez approached Texas Southmost College to offer them a seat on the table at no cost to the college, in contrast to Unite...
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HOME REMEDY FOR CURE FOR EL SUSTO
By Juan MontoyaFor the better part of a decadeTheir paths had partedHe flew northshe, surrounded by her brood,Stayed in the townTime passed, they both met othersAnd started lives anewWhen they met...
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IS ROSE GOWEN DUCKING DEBATE WITH ERASMO CASTRO?
By Juan MontoyaThe candidate forums held by the Brownsville Board of Realtors have always been a must-attend event for candidates for the City of Brownsville, the Brownsville Independent School...
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