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IS MAYOR HOPING TO PREVENT BEDC AUDIT RELEASE?
By Juan MontoyaMany local political observers were left in wonder at the heat generated by the appointment of a board member to the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation.A brouhaha was generated...
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VOTE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS CRUCIAL FOR SERVICES
By Juan MontoyaIt's a novel idea. If you want public services such as street lighting, better roads, security, etc., you should expect to pay taxes to get them.People in the cities have learned to live...
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THE FUTURE IS DARK...DARK MATTER OF SPACE, THAT IS
By Elizabeth WasonU of Michigan LSA MagazineEVERY YEAR, MARIO Mateo brings a trash can lid to Chile and looks at the stars.At least, the object looks like the round metal lid of a trash can. But it’s a...
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THE COURTS' PRODUCTION LINE; IT'S ALL ABOUT PAPERS
By Juan MontoyaThis morning I saw the paperAnd learned he was up for a hearingOn a state's motion To revoke, probationOn his daughter's birthdayHaving no moneyHe tucked a single red rose from HEBUnder...
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WHY SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT POST ON FACEBOOK
Special to El Rrun RrunThis is not a test.Can you make heads or tails of what Chino Sanchez is trying to say here?As far as we can decipher, it's about 50 years "and the air" that somehow involve Hugo...
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OUR CITY'S CONUNDRUM: WHERE TO PLACE THAT DARN STONE
By Juan MontoyaWith the Texas Division of the Confederate Veterans, Sixth Brigade fighting tooth and nail to keep the Jefferson Davis Highway Memorial at Washington Park, at least two City of...
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EMS TREATED PATIENT WARNS: EMTs ROUGH W-NEEDLES
By Juan MontoyaA man who was recently treated aboard a City of Brownsville EMS ambulance is saying that a week after a EMT administered an Intravenous (IV) tube in his arm, a bruise is still visible...
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CITY NAMES CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY SEARCH TASK FORCES
Press ReleaseBrownsville Mayor Tony Martinez Announces Search Advisory Task Forces for City Manager, City AttorneyBROWNSVILLE, Texas (October 26, 2017) – Today, Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez...
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BUY BOARDS: A SLICK WAY TO AVOID COMPETITIVE BIDDING
By Juan MontoyaIt has been a long time in coming, but now elected officials in the three biggest public entities are questioning the use of so-called "buy boards" to make purchase services and...
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COUNTY ASSISTANCE DISTRICT VOTERS STAY AWAY IN DROVES: COULD POTENTIALLY...
By Juan MontoyaWith so much riding in a little-noticed special election, Cameron County rural voters are staying away in droves from the ballot to establish a countywide Assistance District that could...
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WHY CABLER "RETIRED," ELIZONDO AND ESTRADA WERE SUSPENDED, AND THE D.A....
By Juan MontoyaCoverage of the acceptance by the City of Brownsville of the 55-page Audit and Oversight Committee report by the local daily glossed over the findings that – if Cameron County District...
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BROWNSVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 1944 VIEW OF MEXICANS MAKES TRUMP LOOK LIKE...
From one of our seven readers:"I was cleaning my garage and among the the piles of my research stuff I found the attached. The Brownsville Chamber on the status of Mexicans in Texas...language used...
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COPS SEEK DRIVER OF DISTRICT JUDGE ELIA CORNEJO-LOPEZ'S MERCEDES; WEEK-LONG...
By Juan MontoyaFor the past week, investigators for the Brownsville Police Department have been searching for the driver of the red Mercedes left parked at 235 Sunset Drive.According to police,...
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ESCOBEDO CHARGES BASED ON LAX OVERSIGHT: EX WORKER NOT LICENSED CARRIED GUNS...
By Juan MontoyaThe recent indictment and arrest of American Surveillance owner Jaime Escobedo are based on his lax oversight of a former employee whose security guard license had expired, carried a gun...
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REP. VELA JOINS CALLS TO CRIMINALIZE PIPELINE PROTEST
(This post from the Think Progress blog is interesting because one can draw parallels to the Border Wall. If local property owners who are against it being built on their confiscated property and...
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MCHALE INVITES QUAFFERS TO 2ND DOWNTOWN PUB CRAWL
By Jerry McHale-ScullyBrowntown Pub Crawl Social DirectorThe 2nd Annual Downtown Brownsville Halloween Pub Crawl wants one day to rival Sombrero Fest, the Brownsville Beer Fest and other activities...
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IN HISTORIC BROWNTOWN, PALM LOUNGE RESTORES SPIRITS
By Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully(Edwin Hernandez has not only bought the Palm Lounge; he has rescued the Palm Lounge from perdition. It is no longer a cantina although when it was a cantina, it was the best...
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DID CARLOS ELIZONDO CASE CAUSE NOE GARZA, SAENZ SPLIT?
By Juan MontoyaOn the day that police and investigators from the Cameron County District Attorney's Office showed up with search and arrest warrants at former Brownsville Fire Department Chief Carlos...
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SPECIAL ON FAJITAS: PICK UP ORDER IN REAR DELIVERY RAMP; HONEST MEN & WOMEN...
By Juan MontoyaThe Great Fajita Caper which has been nine years in the offing and which resulted in $1.2 million in losses to the Cameron County Juvenile Probation Department, has led to a very public...
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U.S.-MEX DEAD BURIED BELOW US IN SOUTH TEXAS, MEXICO
By Juan MontoyaDid you know that if you live in South Texas or in Northern Mexico, it is highly probable that you have stepped on or even live over the graves of U.S. or Mexican soldiers of the...
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