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A TIGHT SQUEEZE, A PUSH, AND THEN FREE TO THE HIGHWAY
(Ed.'s Note: It got tricky there for a while when a house moving company maneuvered their truck through E.Tyler Street, a thoroughfare made narrower by parked and broken-down cars.As can be seen at...
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THE GREAT FAJITA CAPER: WAS $1 MILLION SCAM AT ADULT PROBATION COVERED UP BY...
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe swear we're not making this up.A heretofore reliable source has leaked some salacious morsels about an ongoing investigation by the Cameron County District Attorney's Office...
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NEO-CONFEDERATES, NATIONALISTS: CASTILLO ES "LA NETA"
By Juan MontoyaNo sooner had Antonio Castillo started diffusing the birth of his new anti-Neo-Confederate website "Neta" that the word went out by the torch carriers that he was at it again."Antonio...
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FIRST MIGDALIA, NOW BEN AND ARTURO OUT OF THE GAME?
Various SourcesIf the rumors swirling around the Cameron County Courthouse are to be believed, there will be a major game of judicial musical chairs played out this coming primary on March 2018.We have...
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CARLOS HUDDLES WITH HIS LAWYER DURING WORKING HOURS
(Ed.'s Note: Given the turmoil at Brownsville City Hall over the controversies broiling around the Fire Dept. administration including the filing of Theft by a Public Official complaint by the...
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THIRTY NINE YEARS AGO, RIOT IN MATA, JERRY IN HAT
By Juan MontoyaWho would have thunk that it has been 39 years ago this past June that saw the Palacio Municipal de Matamoros up in flames, and charred bodies dug out from the debris at the city...
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THE D.A.'s VICTIMS CRIME UNIT GETS A QUICKIE...INTERVIEW
(Ed.'s Note: You know how people talk. They see a vehicle from a governmental body parked in the entrance of a motel at the Island and their imagination starts working.What is the Cameron County...
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A GOOD READ BETWEEN THE COMING OR NOT OF HARVEY
(Ed.'s Note: With Tropical Storm Harvey threatening to develop into a hurricane, our drainage-challenged city is in for a good flooding if it makes Land anywhere near here. Bike and hike trails and...
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PART 1: THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT CONTROVERSY
By Rafael ColladoSpecial to El Rrun-RrunAll over the country the baffling and recalcitrant permanence of monuments and memorials dedicated to characters of the Confederate army, which went to war with...
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CHUBASCO BREWING IN THE GULF: SPANGLISH WARNINGS OUT
By Juan MontoyaAre barrio-friendly hurricane warnings needed?Back in 2008, a friend sent me a Email from Houston that made fun of U.S. Rep. Shirley Jackson Lee’s complaint of the National Hurricane...
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AS HARVEY APPROACHES, A MAD DASH FOR SANDBAGS
(Ed.'s Note: It was bumper-to bumper traffic at the Cameron County Pct. 1 and Pct. 2 equipment warehouse as county employees under the direction of county officials oversaw the delivery of sandbags to...
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HARVEY A WET TOWEL ON ELIZONDO'S LEADERSHIP BALL
By Juan MontoyaIt was billed as a dress-blues, black-tie affair featuring U.S. Congressman Filemon Vela Jr. to kick off fundraising for something called the Brownsville Firefighters Community Outreach...
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BROWNSVILLE, S. TEXAS DODGE A BULLET; BRACE FOR RAIN
By Juan MontoyaHurricane Harvey veered north of the mouth of the Rio Grande late Thursday night and the Coastal Bend is bracing for the onslaught of what weather forecasters are saying might be a...
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THE MARK SOSSI MORAL: PRIDE GOETH BEFORE THE FALL
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18By Juan MontoyaSix days after a majority of the City of Brownsville commission voted to terminate attorneys' Mark...
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NEWS CENTER 23: "NO RECORDS EXIST" ON RECORDINGS-GATE
By Derick GarciaNews Center 23San Benito, TX - San Benito city leaders have denied requests for on camera and over the phone interviews regarding the leaked audio recordings investigation into the...
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THE ROCK: A MONUMENT, OR A RACE'S CULTURAL MARKER?
By Rafael ColladoPart 2The second big wave of (Confederate) memorials came just as southern states and local governments were fighting hard to keep segregation legal after the supreme court declared it...
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SAN BENE RECORDINGS GATE AN ELECTION ISSUE?
By Ben CortezConcerned Citizens SBSpecial to El Rrun-RrunIntegrity?Integrity simply defined is doing the right thing even when no one is looking. The San Benito Police Police Chief probe is not...
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AS MASSO DEPARTS THE BND, OTHER DOMINOES FALL
By Juan MontoyaBy now we all know that Carlos Masso, a commissioner on the Brownsville Navigation District, will make a run for the 197th District Court to be left open by retiring judge Migdalia...
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HURRICANE HARVEY PRECAUTIONS: RESACAS HIGH AND DRY
(Ed.'s Note: If you had suddenly dropped out of space, you would think that the city was weathering a drought if you saw the resaca in front of Homer Hanna Early College High School. Paradoxically,...
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FEMA: AFTER SEARCH AND RESCUE, ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
From: District 37 U.S. Rep Filemon Vela Jr. and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FEMA Congressional Advisory #10: Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall in TexasRef:...
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