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LUCIO INTRIGUE: WAS BILL A WARNING TO POINT ISABEL ISD?
By Juan MontoyaRemember the hastily-pulled Senate Bill filed by Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. to consolidate all the school districts in Cameron County into one and to have the trustees at the Brownsville...
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HILT JUMPS SHIP AT B.E.D.C., DID HE HEAR FOOTSTEPS?
By Juan MontoyaAmid indications that federal investigators had interviewed him and his former vice president on potential improprieties, Jason Hilts, the president and Chief Executive Officer at the...
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ZENDEJAS SKIRTS PURCHASING RULES ON PARAGON's MILLIONS
By Juan MontoyaDid Brownsville Independent School District superintendent Esperanza Zendejas deliberately bypass the district's purchasing/procurement process to unilaterally give a multi-million...
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COWEN TO TAXPAYERS: ISSUE BONDS, RAISE TAXES "NOW"
By Juan MontoyaIs this any way to write an agenda for the Brownsville Independent School District's Facilities Committee?The chairman of this committee, trustee Phil Cowen, shows he knows nothing about...
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TRUMP AT DAY 95: GOVERNMENT WILL FUND KEY MAR-A-LAGO STAFF
From The OnionWASHINGTON—Saying his administration was fully prepared in the event Congress does not pass a new budget by the end of the week, President Trump promised Monday that all essential...
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YOU CAN TAKE THE POLITIQUERA OUT OF THE POLLS...
By Juan MontoyaMany decades ago, when Herminia Becerra had her three girls and was a migrant worker thinning sugar beets in Nebraska, she looked around and realized it was not her tasa de cafe."Era una...
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COWEN CANCELS MEETING WHERE HE WANTED TO ISSUE BONDS AND TO RAISE TAXES "NOW"
By Juan MontoyaSomething funny happened on the way to a Brownsville Independent School District's Facilities Committee meeting.Facilities Committee chair Phil Cowen decided he didn't want to hold the...
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BEN NEECE QUESTIONS TENASKA "SECRET" DEAL
(Ed.'s Note: As we have noted previously on these pages, something curious happened on the way to build a $500 million gas-powered electric generating plant by the city and private energy provider...
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EARLY VOTING TOTALS BARELY 2,113 IN FIVE DAYS
(Ed.'s Note: With the low voter turnout in the City of Brownsville elections, the adage that every vote will count has never been more true. Now is your chance to make a real difference in your local...
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WITH TWO DAYS LEFT, 2,344 HAVE VOTED IN CITY 3 RACES
(Ed.'s Note: An additional 231 voters cast their ballots during voting Saturday in the City of Brownsville elections for three positions on the city commission. This is considered a low turnout by any...
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BILL FISHER: THE BEST COMMISSIONERS MONEY CAN BUY
By Juan MontoyaWhy would a tax-credit, low-income housing developer from Dallas throw in $7,500 to keep two incumbents on the City of Brownsville Commission?The last contribution and expenditure...
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WHY VOTE AGAINST ROSE GOWEN AND JOHN VILLARREAL? HOW HAVE THEY FAILED? LET US...
(With Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning)To John and Rose, from us:You ask us what have you done that we won't vote for thee?Let us count the whys, just bear with meYou have gone along with Tony...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THOSE DARN CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS
"O todos hijos de dios, O todos hijos del diablo..."By Juan MontoyaHere we go again with Da rings.There is an item on Tuesday's agenda before the board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School...
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MONSEES WANTS TO SELL 21-ACRE SPREAD IN NO-MAN'S LAND
By Juan MontoyaWhy anyone would want to buy Rusty Monsees' 21.5 acres he calls 'The Farm," is beyond us.On the west side is a stretch of border wall angling south along the curve of the Rio Grande....
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SACS SAYS NOTHING THERE IN TORRES-GARCIA COMPLAINTS
By Juan MontoyaSince January 20, the Texas Southmost College board of trustees has been under the accreditation gun after trustee Reynaldo Garcia joined up with former trustee Rene Torres and filed...
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BIKE ACCIDENTS PEAK DESPITE $$$MILLIONS SPENT ON TRAILS
By Juan MontoyaAmong one of the benefits of her pushing for the city to spend millions on bike trials and cyclobias, City of Brownsville Commissioner Rose Gowen has said it was to provide a safer...
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WILL LESS THAN 6% OF THE VOTERS DECIDE FOR 84,849?
By Juan MontoyaThe Cameron County Elections Office calculates that there are 84,849 registered voters in the City of Brownsville. In the current elections for three commissioner positions, 2,801 had...
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RODRIGUEZ: THE 800-POUND GORILLA BEHIND ZENDEJAS
By Juan MontoyaNo one seemed to notice that at yesterday's meeting of the board of trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District the administration changed the way the districts procure goods...
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EARLY-VOTE RULE OF THUMB: LESS THAN 6,000 VOTES
By Juan MontoyaThe Cameron County Elections Office reported that – not counting mail-in votes – 3,529 voters had cast ballots during the early voting period for three seats on the City of Brownsville...
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A SALUTE AND GOODBYE TO A TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT
Special to El Rrun-RrunHumberto "Beto" Taddei, 77, has gone on to join his brothers in arms.A Vietnam War combat veteran, his was the classic border veteran's story.Born in Matamoros, he lived with his...
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