WHO WAS DRIVING JUDGE ELIA CORNEJO-LOPEZ'S SUV?
By Juan MontoyaThings are getting a mite tangled after officers of the Brownsville Police Dept. impounded a Mercedes-Benz SUV registered to a district judge after it allegedly was involved in an...
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NEW COUNTY BUILDING TAKING SHAPE DOWNTOWN
Cameron County's newest facility is taking shape at the hands of Rene Capistran's Noble Builders. When it gets finished, it will house the Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office and other...
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POLICE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ONE RESIDENT AT A TIME
Brownsville bike cops chat with workers at Tina;s Restaurant across from City Plaza on Levee and 10th Street. The bike corps has given the police visibility and allows them to do community outreach...
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DANNENBAUM ENGINEERING DOMINATES BORDER ENGINEERS
By Richard WebnerSA Express-NewsBitter feelings still linger in Brownsville more than a decade after the city’s port paid millions of dollars for a bridge that was never built to Dannenbaum...
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BROWNSVILLE SMSA BY THE NUMBERS..THEY DON'T LIE
By Desi Martinez, M.A.South Texas Economics - GOV Liaison, private consultantHarlingen, TexasSpecial to El Rrun-Rrun1. We were redistricted in 1980 and had a U.S. Congressman, both Democrat and...
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A VERY MESSY AND PUBLIC DIVORCE AND FINAL DECREE
By Juan MontoyaWe were advised that we would find a quaint entry on the online docket of the Robert and Lorrie Sanchez divorce case and it turned out to be true.There, on the April 14, 2014 entry is...
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REFUSING TO FORGET TO HOLD MATANZA OF 1915 EXHIBIT
Refusing to Forget is excited to announce that the historical marker “Matanza of 1915” will be unveiled October 14, 2017, at Cameron County. As we plan the programing events for the unveiling, we would...
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JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS IN MATAMOROS?
(Ed.'s Note: Well, not really. It's actually flooding at 9th Street and Monroe during last week's rains. Brownsville paid good money to get an All-American City designation, is preparing for the...
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WANT TO KNOW THE SKINNY ON JOBS AND WAGES HERE? WHAT IS APPARENT, IS THAT...
(Ed.'s Note: We are grateful for the wage and industry information sent to us by Harlingen consultant Desi Martinez, M.A., who was gracious enough to send us information relating to our local labor and...
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TRYING TIMES FOR THE REPUBLIC 241 YEARS IN THE MAKING
American TuneLyrics by Paul SimonMusic by JS BachMany's the time I've been mistaken, and many times confusedAnd I've often felt forsaken, and certainly misused.But it's all right, it's all right, I'm...
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SEEDS OF THE CIVIL WAR WERE SOWN HERE IN 1846
By Juan MontoyaWhen President James K. Polk ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor to move his army from the north banks of the Nueces River and travel to the northern bank of the Rio Grande, he was putting...
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DRIVING ETIQUETTE MISSING ON BROWNSVILLE STREETS
By Juan MontoyaRemember when local residents used to complain of drivers with cars bearing Mexican license plates?Sometimes these drivers would go the wrong way on a one-way street, slow down because...
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THE FOURTH, A DAY OF REMBRANCE FOR MY LITTLE BRO
THE PYRAMIDBy Juan MontoyaIt was the Fourth of July in 1980 when my friend and I were driving to the cemetery in San Pedro, just upriver from Brownsville.It was just past mid-morning and the sun was...
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HERALD:TSC BOARD TURNING COLLEGE IN A GOOD DIRECTION
"Don't worry, boys, we'll weather this storm of approval and come out as hated as ever." Saul Alinsky, founder of the Industrial Areas Foundation. By Juan MontoyaThe members of the board of the Texas...
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WRITER PLEADS FOR A SOLUTION FOR SAN PEDRO H2O WOES
By Desi Martinez, M.A.South Texas Economics - GOV Liaison, private consultantHarlingen, TexasTo: Cameron County Commissioner Alex Dominguez,Happy Independence Day! I read the article on Mr. Juan...
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C'MON, MAN! WHERE CAN YOU BEAT THIS FOR SIX BUCKS?
(Ed.'s Note: We had the good fortune of doing some research at the Cameron County Courthouse and stopped by Amadeo and Sylvia Rodriguez's courthouse coffee shop. As usual, we could not overcome the...
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DIVORCES, POLITICAL CRITICISM ASIDE, LOOK AT THE TREE
(Ed.'s Note: Every time we happen to be in Capt. Bob's hood, we comment on the tree he planted along the resaca in his backyard. He doesn't know the name of the tree, but he say he got it as a present...
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MHWS-BPUB DEAL WILL MEAN CLEAN WATER FOR SAN PEDRO
By Juan MontoyaThey had been led to water many times over more than a year, but this time – through the cooperation and insistence of a few city and county officials – San Pedro residents and children...
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VANDALS WIN: CENSOR ARTISTS' CREATIONS AT CAPITOL CINE
(Ed.'s Note: The city finally decided to cover up the damaged paintings created and donated by local art students after they were marred three successive times by unknown vandals.The first time the...
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