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YARRINGTON'S APPOINTEE FOR STATE'S H.U.D. INDICTED
(A political appointee of former Tamaulipas governor Tomas Rubalcaba Yarington, Pablo Zarate Juarez, has been indicted by the U.S. Govt. Yarrington, himself under arrest and awaiting trial on numerous...
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BISD POLICE CONFIRM US MARSHALS AT SPECIAL SERVICES
Special to El Rrun-RrunBrownsville Independent School District Police and Security Services Chief Oscar Garcia confirmed that agents from the U.S. Marshal's Office were present at the district's...
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AT BISD, $1.4 MILLION SCOREBOARD LIVES, RONNIE Z OUT
By Juan MontoyaA legal opinion from Brownsville Independent School District general counsel Baltazar Salazar that hiring a new public information officer without going through the hiring process was no...
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EARLY VOTING TURNOUT IN RUNOFF SURPRISINGLY HIGH
Special to El Rrun-RrunA total of 1,482 votes were cast on Monday in the Democratic Party runoff, the first of five early voting days scheduled before the May 22 election day.By comparison, 1,087...
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OH, NO! ITS DONALD J. GOLFING AND FILLING IN HIS SWAMP!
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe New Yorker’s new magazine cover is a very accurate representation of Donald Trump’s Swampy “presidency”: Trump, doing what he does best, golfing in his ever growing Swamp and...
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DEFERRED ADJUDICATION OPTION OUT FOR RENE OLIVEIRA
By Juan MontoyaWith the Cameron County District Attorney obviously running interference for Texas State Rep. Rene Oliveira and withholding his blood-test results gathered as a result of a DWI charge...
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THE BENEFITS OF OLIVEIRA BEING 5TH SENIOR STATE REP
AFTER 34 YEARS OF RENE OLIVEIRA, THIS IS WHAT DISTRICT 37 FAMILIES HAVE TODAY:*Number of people with less than high school education is 40,134, or about 41.7 percent compared to the statewide average...
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EARLY VOTING CONTINUES AT A RECORD PACE IN RUNOFFS
Special to El Rrun-RrunEarly voting in the Democratic Party primary runoff election is off to a blistering start, but even if the pace continues at their rate it will still be be difficult for the...
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OLIVEIRA: " HEY DUMMIES, I'M IN LNGs INTERESTS' POCKET."
By Juan MontoyaAre you surprised that in his latest slick political ad "For Dummies" where District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveira asks the voters that "instead of talking about personal matters" they...
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COB COMMISSION LAUDS CCEI FOR GRADUATING FIRST CLASS
By Juan MontoyaOn it's face, it seemed like a reasonable enough endeavor.City of Brownsville Commissioners Cesar de Leon and Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa thought that recognizing Brownsville native Mike...
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OLIVEIRA: "I'M NOT FOR LNGs, REALLY!", TO FERC: "YES, I AM."
By Juan MontoyaFor months – even years – District 37 Texas Representative Rene Oliveira has had it both ways.On the one hand, he can say tell the Sierra Club he is a champion of the environment, and on...
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JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!
(Ed.s Note: If I ever handed in a first-person story in the newspapers I worked for, I could expect an irate city editor to walk over to my desk with the printout and throw it on my desk. "Our readers...
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CARLOS RIOS, EX-TSC CANDIDATE, ARRESTED FOR DWI
Special to El Rrun-RrunHis photo is not in the Brownsville Police Department inmate list, but we have received confirmation from multiple reliable sources that Carlos Rios, the losing candidate in the...
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WHILE BUS RIDERS SEEK SHELTER FROM THE BAKING SUN...
(Ed.'s Note: Not a day goes by that we don't witness scenes like the one above.In fact, this family group is lucky there's a stand of oleanders near the bus stop to take some shelter from the baking...
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JUST CHARGE IT TO RENE, HE GOTS LOT OF PAC(s)A DOUGH
By Juan MontoyaThe night District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveira got plastered and ended up rear-ending a woman waiting for a traffic light (April 27), he had charged $183.27 to his credit card for "food...
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MASSO: "CORRECTION; I'M NOT WITH STUPID 1 OR STUPID 2"
"OLIVEIRA, MASSO & REYNA!!!," Jerry McHale's Blog (Ed.'s Note: The unauthorized use of local politicians by blogger Jerry...
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RAMADAN OVER B'VILLE: PEACE BE W/OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS
Ramadan Prayers1. The Prayer for Breaking the FastOne of the first prayers I ever learned was the one all Muslims recite when they break their fast. I was barely four (and of course not fasting) when I...
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EARLY VOTES INDICATES INTENSE INTEREST IN RUNOFFS
By Juan MontoyaEarly vote totals in the Democratic Party runoff races which includes the candidates for governor to face incumbent Greg Abbott show that the results in the local races are tightening up...
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OLIVEIRA: TO US "I'M NOT FOR LNGs!", TO FERC: "YES, I AM."
By Juan MontoyaFor months – even years – District 37 Texas Representative Rene Oliveira has had it both ways.On the one hand, he can say tell the Sierra Club he is a champion of the environment, and on...
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IN HIS OWN WORDS: WHEN JERRY SEES RENE, HE SEES $$$$$
Special to El Rrun-RrunWe won't put words in Dr. G.F. Mchale-Scully's mouth since the successful author of several books is far more articulate and erudite than we are.Plus, it was close to five...
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