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TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE HOSTS CANDIDATES FORUM
By Juan MontoyaIt took about 20 minutes for those attending the Texas Southmost College candidates' forum to find their way from the parking lot to the Set B Hall where it was held, but once there they...
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PORT FORUM WELL ATTENDED, LNGs, JOBS, MAIN ISSUES
By Jim BartonThe Brownsville Observer BlogTwo issues can pack a room in Brownsville, Cameron County without the enticement of a free chicken plate; what to do with racist rocks and LNG, liquefied...
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DOMINGUEZ, TREVINO OPEN 1st COUNTY ALL-INCLUSIVE PARK
(Ed.'s Note: Cameron County's only inclusive playground that will allow physically impaired children a chance to participate and play just like every other child will be officially opened Thursday,...
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ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: OLIVEIRA'S VICTIM NOW DISABLED
By Juan MontoyaOfelia Garcia's life changed dramatically for the worse November 9, 2011, just a little under seven years ago.That's when the 53-year-old Brownsville woman and her mate were traveling on...
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ELIZONDO TO BE RE-ARRAIGNED ON TWO NEW INDICTMENTS
Various SourcesGuess what?Former Brownsville Fire Chief Carlos Elizondo will be arraigned on two new indictments in Judge Ben Euresti's 107th District Court. Elizondo's arraignment on the new charges...
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A SPECIAL DAY FOR SPECIAL KIDS: ALL-INCLUSIVE PARK OPENS
(Ed.s Note: The Cameron County Parks and Recreation along with Pct. 2 Commissioner Alex Dominguez and other county elected officials officially opened the county's first all-inclusive park near the...
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KILLER OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER DUE FOR PAROLE IN MAY
By Juan MontoyaRemember Marco Antonio Gonzalez, the Cameron County Corrections department guard who shot and killed Ivan Reyes, a co-worker at the Cameron County Rucker-Carrizales Detention Center, on...
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WILL BISD SPECIAL SERVICES PAY FOR $1.4 MILLION BOARD?
By Juan MontoyaPart 1With the hiring of Dr. Sandra I. Rodriguez as director of the Brownsville Independent School District's Special Services Dept., administrators and staff fear that her appointment...
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THINGS COULD BE WORSE THAN SOUTH TEXAS ELSEWHERE....
By Daniel VictorNew York TimesNo town ever wants a “poop train” nearby, and should that fate befall your town, you would not want to see a news article describing it as a saga.But after a train full of...
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AUTOCRATIC SPECIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR DESPISED BY STAFF
By Juan MontoyaPart 2: The Bad, the UglyAutocratic. Arrogant. Abusive.Those are just three words that the employees at the Special Services Dept. use to describe director Dr. Sandra I. Rodriguez.And...
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COUNTY NOT OVER A BARREL WTIH DELINQUENT TAX FIRM
"Consideration and approval of the agreement for tax collection services with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLC." (DJV Legal)By Juan MontoyaThis item, thrown into the consent agenda at...
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BISD SUSPENDS SPECIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, INVESTIGATES
By Juan MontoyaAfter months of mounting complaints against the Brownsville Independent School District Special Services Director Dr. Sandra I. Rodriguez, El Rrun-Rrun has confirmed that the district...
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DIRTY TRICKS: VERA CAUGHT BREAKING BISD MAIL RULES
By Juan MontoyaThe son of Brownsville Navigation District Place 4 candidate Javier Vera has been caught violating Brownsville Independent School District rules on the improper use of internal school...
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BEFORE DIRECTOR'S SUSPENSION, SPECIAL SERVICES IMPLODES
By Juan MontoyaEven before the placing of Director Dr. Sandra I. Rodriguez at the Brownsville Independent School District Special Services Dept. on administrative leave there were already hints of...
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RETIREE:IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER AT THE BISD
(The Brownsville Independent School District – like Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas, is barely limping along. Trustee Joe Rodriguez – like the old milk horse – starts champing at the bit at the sound...
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NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT CAST ON TWO EXTRADITION CASES
Various SourcesWithint the span of a month Associate Judge/Magistrate Louis Sorola has sat on two extradition hearings involving defendants caught in the national spotlight.The first extradition order...
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UZBEKISTAN GROUP VISITS COUNTY, LEARNS LEGAL SYSTEM
By Juan MontoyaIn 1924, the constituent republic of the Soviet Union known as the Uzbek-Soviet Socialist Republic was created under domination of Moscow's omnipresent state apparatus.Following the...
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AFTER 50-YEAR SENTENCE ON FAJITAGATE, STENCH LINGERS
By Juan MontoyaWhile most Cameron County residents felt that Cameron County Juvenile Probation employee Gilberto Escamilla deserved to serve time in the penitentiary for his role in the theft of more...
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FARENTHOLD THROWS MONKEY WRENCH IN CD-27 WORKS
Special to El Rrun-RrunAren't you glad we don't have the mess they are having in U.S. Congressional District 27 after Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, resigned April 6?His sudden resignation...
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IS THE PORT JUMPING THE GUN ON BIG RIVER STEEL "OPTION?"
"3. Consideration of and action on proposed “Option Agreement to Lease Property” with Big River Steel, LLC, covering approximately 800 acres adjacent to State Highway 48 and the Brownsville Ship...
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