FINAL RESULTS OF CONTESTED RACES IN CAMERON COUNTY
LOCAL CONTESTED RACES*INDICATES RUNOFF*State Rep., District 37: Total % Early Mail-in Election Day Arturo Alonzo 966 15.2...
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GOWEN TAPS UNKNOWN BIKER FOR B'TOWN POSTER CHILD
(Ed.'s Note: The City of Brownsville Commissioner At-Large B, Dr. Rose "La Chisquiada" Gowen is offering a reward for anyone who can identify the unknown cyclist who was seen pedaling south on McDavitt...
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APRES LE DELUGE OF PRIMARY RESULTS, NOT MOI, MON AMI
By Juan MontoyaAfter local pundits and Da Pendejita @ Macalitos plainly stated that District 37 State Rep Rebe Oliveira would wipe out his two challengers without a runoff given his "seniority" as the...
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RENE DUMPTY HAD A WINDFALL, HUMPTY OLIVEIRA HAD A GREAT FALL, WILL HE ASK...
Rene Humpty Dumpty had a windfall,And Humpty Oliveira had a great fall;All the PAC's money and the lobbyists' cashCouldn't protect Rene Dumpty from his great crash.
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ELIA VS. BISD: CANCELLED GRIEVANCE HEARING...AGAIN
By Juan MontoyaDespite the fact that both sides were under a federal judge's order to comply with the administrative remedies of a grievance hearing, 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez and the...
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URBAN MYTH: THE SUPERFLY II CAUGHT WITH 32 TONS OF PRIMO RED-BUD POT ON...
By Juan MontoyaAsk any longtime Brownsville resident who partook of the devil weed (in the past, of course) about the seizure of the Superfly coastal freighter picked up in the Gulf of Mexico by the...
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A PROMISE IS A PROMISE; HERE YOU GO BORRADO
(In our previous lifetime we used to work with a county road and bridge supervisor named Joe Cuellar (El Borrado) who lived for a time in northwest Washington state and got to know the Native American...
View ArticleFROM CROATIA WITH LOVE: PALOMA NEGRA
(Ed.'s Note: We are constantly amazed at the rendition of Mexican compositions by people from other parts of the world. Some of them are quite good. We remember going out to the Narciso Martinez...
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ON BEING MEXICAN IN U.S: AN ETHNICITY OF CONVENIENCE?
By Jose SandovalSpecial to El Rrun-RrunOrgullosamente Mexicanx*Orgullosamente mexicanxCuando te conviene mas,Cuando tocan los mariachisY la bironga fría esta.Cuando linda señoritasCon sus trajes de...
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THE ONGOING LNG DEBATE: IN WHOSE COURT IS IT, REALLY?
By Juan MontoyaThose who have driven to South Padre Island recently can't help but notice the massive construction through the wetlands of the Brownsville Navigation District as the 48-inch pipeline...
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KEEP THE TRUCK RUNNING WHILE I PAY FOR THE GAS, BRO
By Juan MontoyaIt was about half-past 2 on a hot summer afternoon when the two friends drove up to the gas pumps at the 7-11 at the corner of 13th and Roosevelt to fill up.Andres was driving his...
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YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THEIR VOICE: SAY NAY TO NRA
Crazed gunmen and Don Trump wafflingYoung people have found their voiceThis summer we hear their chantingWe want action not more noiseGotta get down to itArmed crazies are cutting us downShould have...
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IT'S TEXAS WEEK FOR SPRING BREAK ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
(Ed.'s Note: If you haven't gone to South Padre Island this week, you are missing out on Texas Week with all its accompanying color and squalor. Virtually every room on the island is taken and the...
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FAMILY, 93-YEAR-OLD MOTHER, AWAIT JOE LOPEZ RELEASE
Special to El Rrun-RrunFor 11 years, the family of Tejano star Joe Lopez – expected to walk out of a Huntsville prison today after more than 11 years behind bars – have waited for him to come home.And,...
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CITY: BUILDING INSPECTOR FIRED, CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (March 15, 2018) – City employee Antonio M. Zamorano was escorted from City Plaza, located at 1034 E. Levee St., on March 15, 2018, by officers from the Brownsville Police Department...
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RENE TRIES TO WALK; WITH SPIRITS, SEES GHOSTS IN CORNERS
Special to El Rrun-RrunDistrict 37 State Representative Rene Oliveira tried to take a stroll downtown. Through the haze of the shots he had throughout the day sweating the runoff with Cameron County...
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A BELATED SALUTE TO OUR FELLOW IRISH BROTHERS
(This post previously appeared in El Rrun-Rrun. We reprint it here in honor of St. Patrick's Day for our fellow citizens of Irish descent and other like-minded readers. We were reminded today that we...
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