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IS CESAR DOWN FOR THE COUNT? MCHALE DELIVERS VERDICT
By Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully"He could have been champ!"Just like Brownsville has failed to realize its potential, City Commissioner Cesar De Leon will never realize his potential scaling the political...
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ONCE AND ONLY ONCE: THE TRUMP'S OUT OF BOUNDS ON NFL
By Juan MontoyaSomeone should really sit down with President Donald Trump and give him a basic lesson in First Amendment rights.When he asks the owners of National Football League teams to fire players...
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PEOPLE CHOSE DE LEON; THEY CAN REMOVE HIM, NOT SAENZ. ZAPATERO A SUS ZAPATOS
By Juan MontoyaCameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz should be careful that he doesn't bite his tongue.In a self-serving diatribe with a local broadcast station he jumped on the...
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IS BEDC DOING END RUN TO TAKE OVER GBIC? MARTINEZ NOMINATES NICK SERAFY SET...
By Juan MontoyaFollowing the non-renewal of the three-year $5.3 million contract of the Brownsville Economic Development Council to vet firms for incentive funding by the Greater Brownsville Incentives...
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CITY TO JOIN NATIONAL RACISM ISSUES CONVERSATION
By Juan MontoyaAre chickens coming home to roost in Brownsville?Someone who does not know Brownsville may well ask that if he attended the commission meeting tonight.After a two-page ad in the...
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IS BISD PLANNING "DISTRICT OF INNOVATION" (CHARTERS)
Ed.'s Note: One of our seven readers reports that the Brownsville Independent School District board of trustees is having a private meeting today about trying to turn BISD into a "District of...
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DE LEON CRITICS, SUPPORTERS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK
"Brownsville needs to be discussing the elitism of its leadership, not the use of the n-word in a drunken private rant by a 28 year old who's stirring up the old guard...""Remember that the magician...
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CITY MEETING ANTICLIMACTIC; CESAR, CABLER STAY PUT
By Juan MontoyaIf there was a way to summarize what happened at Tuesday night's City of Brownsville Commission meeting it would be that nothing really happened.Commissioner Cesar de Leon didn't resign....
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TACO EATERS MULTIPLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
Celebrate National Taco Day Last year Americans ate over 4.5 billion tacos! We love our Tacos ! on National Taco Day, on Taco Tuesdays & Everyday!That’s 490,000 miles of tacos, which could take you...
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TSC STUDENTS TO PERFORM FULL-DRESS RE-ENACTMENTS
The Texas Southmost College District community is invited to come and participate. We will be having historical re-enactors from Ancient Times all the way into WW2! Come and see what life was like for...
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LOUIS SOROLA ASSUMES DUTIES AS ASSOCIATE JUDGE
Special to El Rrun-RrunThis morning was the first day of work as a judge for local attorney Luis Sorola.But he won't be the only one who will wear judicial robes in the Sorola household.His wife Mary...
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ANOTHER VILLALOBOS SEEKS PUBLIC OFFICE; NOW IN KYLE, TX
By Juan MontoyaJust when voters though they had heard the last of candidates named Villalobos, there's another one running for office, this time in Kyle, Texas.This Villalobos is named Alex and he is...
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BROWNSVILLE, A CENTER OF HISTORY, IGNORES IT
By Juan MontoyaSometime back, our good friend Joseph Linck wrote in the letters section of the Brownsville Herald that the papers of Charles Stillman have been donated by his estate to Harvard...
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CITY RENAISSANCE CONTINUES WITH NEECE'S SPANISH MOON
By Dr. G.F. McHale-ScullyThe Downtown Renaissance is as tedious as Michelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel because each stroke is painstaking, but little by little the canvas takes...
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EMMA'S BACK!!! BARES DE LEON, MAGALLANES, HINOJOSA TIES
By Emma Perez-TreviñoThe alliances and allegiance between Brownsville City Commissioner Cesar de Leon and bailbondsman Armando Magallanes (who was De Leon's appointment to the Brownsville Public...
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WHO'S NEXT IN SUPER'S FUNDRAISERS, TOMAS YARRINGTON?
From: Dr. Esperanza Zendejas Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 2:31 PMTo: Dr. Esperanza Zendejas <drezendejas@bisd.us>Subject: District Foundation Event-FlyerDear BISD Clerical Staff,Several...
View ArticleC'MON JIM, GIVE CREDIT WHERE AND WHEN CREDIT IS DUE
By Juan MontoyaWe have read the Brownsville Herald account of the tax abatements that Cameron County Commissioners Court voted for Rio Grande LNG....
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CITY COMMISSIONER CESAR DE LEON RESIGNS, DEMOTED FIRE CHIEF ELIZONDO PLACED...
By Juan MontoyaSpecifically, De Leon is said to have been told by Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz that he might have a conflict with District Judge Rene de Coss and the Brownsville...
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PUPPETEER JOE ROD PULLS CHARLIE AND PHIL'S STRINGS
By Juan MontoyaWhen Phil Cowen was running against Otis Powers for school trustee he said – among other things – that in his prior stint on the board of the Brownsville Independent School District,...
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