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"LUSTY" OLIVEIRA HAS FUELED LOOSE TONGUES EVERYWHERE
By Juan MontoyaThere is a lust for sex, a lust for money, lust for immortality, for respect, you name it.On a higher plane, there's a lust for life, for example.But it is the baser measures that our...
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WIGHTMAN: STOP THE PRESSES, LOUIE GOT A P.I. IN 1980!
By Juan MontoyaSo when disbarred lawyer, misanthrope, and drama queen (and make-believe "journalist") Robert Wightman goes back and digs up the criminal record of Ass. District Judge Louis Sorola to...
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WHAT ABOUT "DO NOT TRAVEL" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
Tamaulipas state – Level 4: Do Not TravelDo not travel due to crime. Violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual assault, is common. Gang activity,...
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BISD'S "COACH" RODRIGUEZ FIRMLY BEHIND PAL JOEY LOPEZ
By Juan MontoyaAs early as February 2015, Brownsville Independent School District trustee Joe Rodriguez let it be known that he favored steering the district's $3.1 Property, Flood, Windstorm, Hail,...
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OUR ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY TRIBUTE
(Our regular four readers will recognize our annual tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King. We include it today so that or growing readership – now seven – will read it for the first time.)"Anybody...
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A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT VIEW OF DAVIS MONUMENT
(One of our faithful readers had his creative juices working over the weekend and sent us this distinctly different viewpoint of the Jefferson Davis Memorial and the Parks and Recreation advisory...
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PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS NOMINATED FOR MUNICIPAL BANNER
(Ed.'s Note: Despite years of being in effect, the city ordinance outlawing plastic grocery bags in the city has apparently had little impact on the bags becoming banners across the city. This photo...
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IF HE PREVAILS, CHAMBERS' APPEAL COULD THROW OUT CONVICTIONS
By Juan MontoyaWith the granting by the Court of Criminal Appeals of a rarely obtained discretionary review to former Indian Lake Police Chief John Chambers of his conviction on 14 counts of tampering...
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INTERIM GBIC CEO SIGNED OFF FOR HILTS ON COLOMBIAN GAL
By Juan MontoyaWith the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation head hunting for a permanent CEO to manage the $5 million annual take from sits share of sales taxes ales taxes for economic...
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DAVIS MEMORIAL STONE STAYS UNTIL COMMISSION VOTES
By Juan MontoyaA member representing ta Union soldier and one representing the Sons of the Confederacy Brigade came out in full uniform to City Hall Tuesday to support keeping the Jefferson Davis...
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A CHILLY START IN BROWNTOWN AFTER FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT
(Ed.'s Note: The expressways were closed and cops guarded the entry ramps to U.S. 77-I-69 this morning to stop motorists from entering the thoroughfares. And local drivers had to scrape ice off their...
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NO EMPLOYEE ANONYMITY IN BISD CLIMATE SURVEY RULES
By Juan MontoyaWere you one of the Brownsville Independent School District employees who believed the administration that your answers to the Region 1 so-called "Climate Survey" would be kept...
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BROWNTOWN RESIDENTS SAY: REMOVE THE DAVIS MONUMENT
EVENT TURNOUT117 attendees signed in43 (37%) of attendees spoke31 (26%) of Brownsville attendees spokeONLINE/OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FORUMSBROWNSVILLE RESIDENTS (60)Complete removal 19Relocate to museum...
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ON YEAR'S COLDEST DAY: NO ROOM AT THE GOOD NEIGHBOR; OZANAM CENTER, OP 10.33...
By Juan MontoyaOn the coldest day of the winter so far, homeless people in downtown Brownsville who count on getting a hot meal and perhaps a coat from the Good Will Settlement House were met by locked...
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IN THE 197TH RACE, A PLETHORA OF SIGNS PLACED ILLEGALLY
(Ed.'s Note: What do the three campaign signs above have in common? Would you believe that they are considered illegal under state law and City of Brownsville ordinances? Many of our readers have told...
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OLIVEIRA AGAIN SHOWS HE'S THE PACS', LOBBYISTS' BOY
By Juan MontoyaBelow is a list of all the contributors to the reelection campaign of District 37 Texas Representative Rene Oliveira that he filed January 16 with the Texas Ethics Commission.Of the 69...
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INCONGRUOUS ACTIONS BY COB COMMISSIONERS; NANNY GOWEN AND LARD-LADEN BARBACOA...
By Juan MontoyaThere was an interesting juxtaposition at Tuesday's City of Brownsville Commission meeting.On the one hand, commissioner Rose Gowen announced the beginning of The Challenge 2018 and...
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ASST. CITY DIRECTOR BOOKED FOR NEW YEAR SHOOTING
Special to El Rrun-RrunCity of Brownsville Police Dept. have arrested Assistant Purchasing Director Jose F. Perez and charged him with a charge of Discharge of Firearm in Certain Municipalities, a...
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PUB TO PROVIDE SAN PEDRO WITH WATER PENDING REPAIRS
By Juan MontoyaAfter months of petitioning the Military Highway Water Supply Corporation, the City of Brownsville and even Cameron County, San Pedro residents will have clean water provided by the...
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BISD COUNSEL SALAZAR IN CHARGE OF BARBACOA PROBE
"Good morning, Mr. Montoya – The follow-up investigation is being handled by BISD Board counsel Baltazar Salazar. We do not have documentation to share at the moment."BISD PIOBy Juan MontoyaAnd so the...
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