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IF REAL INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T BE HAD, A SIGN WILL DO
By Juan MontoyaOk. We admit it.Once in while, when boredom sets in and we get tired of the 24-hour news recycle on the Alt-Left and Alt-Right news channels, we surf to the city public cable channel for...
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D.A. TAKES OVER THEFT PROBE OF CHIEF CARLOS ELIZONDO
By Juan MontoyaThe Cameron County District Attorney's Office has confirmed that it will take over the Theft by Public Official investigation on Brownsville Fire Chief Carlos Elizondo.At the core of the...
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NEECE, DE LEON HEAR RESIDENTS AT TOWN HALL MEETING
Special to El Rrun-RrunJust as he promised during the election campaign, City of Brownsville District 4 Commissioner Ben Neece held a Town Hall meeting at the Brownsville Public Library where he gave a...
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SOSSI'S $5,000 COUNSEL CONTRACT WITH GBIC UNDER REVIEW
By Juan MontoyaMembers of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation will reschedule their postponed meeting and revise their agenda to include an item to consider removing fired former city...
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AS DA TAKES OVER ELIZONDO PROBE, CITY PICKS UP PIECES
By Juan MontoyaJust a few minutes after the officers of the Brownsville Firefighters Association Local #970 filed their complaint alleging Theft by a Public Servant against Brownsville Fire Dept. Chief...
View ArticleREPORT: PACE COACH ART CANTU SUCCUMBS ON FIELD, DIES
Various SourcesPopular coach Art Cantu suffered a massive cardiac attack as he coached at a scrimmage and died despite efforts to revive him by fellow coaches.Cantu had been a coach at several...
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FRIENDS RALLY AROUND JULIO OLIVO; HE IS NOW RESPONDING
Message from Paty GonzalezUpdate: Amigos, Julio is responding to commands!!! Doctors told Julio's family that the brain swelling is coming down and that there is "considerable improvement."Julio is...
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CAN UTRGV COPS TICKET SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKS ON FM 802?
By Juan MontoyaThe short answer is yes.If you are ever pulled over by the University of Texas RGV (or whatever) anywhere in the state, don't argue jurisdiction. They can not only stop you in...
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AT VETERANS PARK, KIDS PLAY UNDER HER WATCHFUL EYE
(Ed.'s Note: This scene is from Veterans Memorial Park on Central Blvd. and shows kids playing soccer behind the sculpture of the Veterans Females United which depicts a woman soldier standing at the...
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AS CITY INITIATES SEARCH FOR CITY ATTORNEY, EMPTY SLOTS
By Juan MontoyaSince July 15, 2009, the City of Brownsville's legal direction had been set by just-terminated attorney Mark Sossi.Up to January 17, he was under contract with the city for a $10,000 a...
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SOME DRUG FOIBLES OF SOUTH TEXAS, A USER'S GUIDE
By Juan MontoyaSome readers of this blog remember the story of the Superfly II boat captured off the Gulf Coast by the Coast Guard whose 37 tons of red-bud Colombian pot ended up in the hands of local...
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WOODY ALLEN'S COUNT DRACULA AND THE ECLIPSE
By Woody AllenSomewhere in Transylvania, Dracula the monster is sleeping in his coffin, waiting for night to fall. As exposure to the sun's rays would surely cause him to perish, he stays protected in...
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KXIQ OFFERS CLASSICS, ROCK, ECLECTIC TASTE
By Juan MontoyaWe see where our friend George Ramirez, the founder of the Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts, has his new low-power FM station that goes by the letters KIQX.It is a non...
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TRUMP CAUGHT LYING ON AT LEAST 3 ISSUES
By David PakmanHuffington PostThe President of the United States of America is a pathological liar.The White House was forced to essentially admit that at least three of Trump’s recent statements were...
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TSC TRUSTEE RAMON CHAMPION HINOJOSA DIES THIS MORNING
By Juan MontoyaAfter a two-day battle and emergency surgery for a heart condition, Texas Southmost College Raymond Champion Hinojosa died early this morning at the Valley Regional Hospital in...
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LOCAL DENTIST CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING CAPT. BOB
By Juan MontoyaAccording to an indictment handed down by a grand jury empanelled at the 103rd District Court, a local dentist is being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against...
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NY TIMES: FAILING ALL THE TESTS OF THE PRESIDENCY
By Charles M. BlowNew York TimesWe are leaderless. America doesn’t have a president. America has a man in the White House holding the spot, and wreaking havoc as he waits for the day when a real...
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HARLINGEN FIREFIGHTERS FLUNK F.D. ADMINISTRATION
(The Harlingen Professional Firefighters Association Local 3404 recently conducted a survey of its members. Out of 96 union members, 68 participated in this survey. Three members refused to take the...
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CABLER UNDER THE GUN TO DECIDE ON ELIZONDO'S FATE
By Juan MontoyaWith the growing controversy surrounding the police complaint filed by the Firefighters Association Local # 970 against Brownsville Fire Dept. Chief Carlos Elizondo charging him with...
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A P.U.B. CREW BATTLES A GEYSER: THREATEN PHOTOG ARREST
(Ed.'s Note: We received this photo in our email from one of our seven readers who just happened to be passing by Sixth Street next to the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts and across the street from the...
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