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IN ELIZONDO CASE, IS HE ANGLING FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE?
By Juan MontoyaAfter failing to get a judge to quash one of two counts of an indictment charging him with stealing about $8,000 from a firefighters' union bank account and of misappropriating more than...
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AT THE BISD: IS WASTE AND REDUNDANCY OK?
By Juan MontoyaThe public purchasing seminars were held almost two months apart at the end of September and November 2017.According to the invitation to attend sent by the Institute for Supply...
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CAN CONSTABLES CARRY BAILIFFS' COMMISSIONS FOR JPs? QUESTION HEADED FOR...
(Ed.'s Note: We received this interesting note from a former Texas Constable commenting on the plan by Judge Eddie Treviño and the Cameron County Commissioners Court to sign a Memorandum of...
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NOTICE WHO EDDIE AND RENE LEFT WITH THE $$$ CRUMBS?
(Ed.'s Note: Just yesterday District 37 Rene Oliveira announced he was running for reelection to make it 36 years in the Texas Legislature. We have often commented that while we find Oliveira is a good...
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TRUMP CERTIFIES HONDURAS AMID DEADLY ELECTION CRISIS
By Christopher Sherman, Garance Burke, and Martha MendozaAssociated PressTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Amid a deepening electoral crisis in Honduras, the administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday...
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THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY: I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE FRIDAY...
(Ed.'s Note: People across the Rio Grande Valley woke up this morning to a landscape covered with a light coat of snow that will probably be gone when the temperature climbs a few degrees and light...
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OLD RACKETS NEVER DIE, THEY COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN
3. Recommend approval to authorize the administration to purchase a new digital LED Full Matrix Video scoreboard for Sams Stadium from VCRNOW in the amount of $1,400,000.00. Furthermore, to authorize...
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HIT AND RUN DRIVER TOTALS ISLA BLANCA TOLL BOOTH, GATE
Special to El Rrun-RrunCounty officials this morning are assessing the damage inflicted upon the Isla Blanca Park toll gates and booth by an unknown driver of the white truck seen above amid the...
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MCHALE TAKES GRATUITOUS HIT AT TSC CHAIR ADELA GARZA
By Juan MontoyaSometimes it's hard to figure out the motives behind people posting stuff on the blogosphere and this morning's post by our good friend Jerry McHale on Texas Southmost College...
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SALVATION ARMY GETS COATS, DONATIONS, AND MONEY HERE BUT GIVES NO COATS OR...
By Juan MontoyaThis last frigid days had had a few of us going to the local stores in search of a warm winter jacket to fend off the unusually cold spell that has spread across the United States and...
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ON THE HOLIDAYS, A GRINCH CHARGED W/ FAMILY VIOLENCE
(Ed.'s Note: With the emphasis placed on the prevention of family violence by local, state and national law enforcement, we were told of a case that just occurred two days ago where a Matamoros man was...
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TSC TAMALADA: STAFF GETS MARIACHIS AND YUMMY TAMALES
(Ed.'s Note: At noon today, the staff and workers of Texas Southmost College got an acknowledgement of the gratitude the board and administration has for their year-long efforts at the community...
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PCT. 2 COMM. ALEX DOMINGUEZ ANNOUNCES FOR STATE REP
Special to El Rrun-RrunToday, Cameron County Commissioner Alex Dominguez of Brownsville filed to be placed on theMarch 2018 Primary ballot to be the State Representative for District 37.That position...
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TIPOTEX, KNAPPS, OTHER TOWING COMPANIES PUT ON NOTICE
By Juan MontoyaRemember our recent post about rogue towing companies gouging local motorists by striking deals with local businesses to remove vehicles who use their parking lots and charge exorbitant...
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INDEPENDENCE CONFLICTS ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIERS
By Juan MontoyaAlthough the movement for Mexican independence from the royal Spanish government in Mexico had started in 1810 by Father Manuel Hidalgo who captured Guanajuato and other cities west of...
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CULTURAL NOTES: STORY BEHIND PABLO PICASSO'S GUERNICA
From Vintage News BlogWith the city under curfew, the people of Paris were constantly arrested and interrogated, and Pablo Picasso was no exception. He was particularly harassed by the Gestapo, the...
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"COACH" JOE'S $1.4 MILLION SCOREBOARD ON BISD AGENDA
3. Recommend approval to authorize the administration to purchase a new digital LED Full Matrix Video scoreboard for Sams Stadium from VCRNOW in the amount of $1,400,000.00. Furthermore, to authorize...
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PHIL COWEN PUSHING ELIZONDO FOR BISD PRESIDENT
3. Recommend approval of Election and Board Re-organization of officers. To begin effective January 16, 2018. (Board Member Request - Phil Cowen)By Juan MontoyaWhat do you do if you have someone on the...
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BULLETIN: CAPT. BOB FILES AS DEMOCRAT COUNTY JUDGE
Special to El Rrun-RrunAt about 3:45 p.m. today, Robert "Capt. Bob" Sanchez paid his filing fee to run for Cameron County Judge against incumbent Eddie Treviño.The application was taken by Cindy...
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PHIL T. COWEN: MY FAMILY INVENTED THE INTERNET...
By Juan MontoyaWhen Zachary Taylor arrived in the area around Brownsville on March 1846, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, his commandant of the U.S. Army garrison at Corpus Christi, Texas, he describes the place...
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