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BUSINESS WOMAN ANNA OQUIN APPOINTED TO B.P.U.B.
Special to El Rrun-RrunAnna Oquin, a local business woman who runs a number of successful McDonald's franchises in the city, has been appointed as a member of the Brownsville Public Utility...
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WHEN IT DOESN'T PAY: E3 NOW AGAINST FAMILY SEPARATION
By Juan MontoyaTrying to get a feel for where District 38 Texas Rep. Eddie Lucio III stands on President Donal J. Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy that results in the forcible separation of minors from...
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TSC RUNOFF EARLY VOTE LOW: ELECTION DAY WILL DECIDE
(Ed.'s Note: Early voting is now over and the numbers (1,240), as expected, were much lower than the 2,401 early votes cast in the May 5 primary. Now the decision on whether incumbent Rey Gracia or...
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OMNITRAX REFUSES TO LET COMMUNITY KNOW ITS PROGRESS
By Juan MontoyaOn May 8, 2014, Denver-based OmniTrax – a part of the Broe Group – convinced the commissioners of the Brownsville Navigation District that if they would sell them the profitable port's...
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SUSPECT HIRED BY SOUTHWEST KEY
By Travis GettysRawStory.blogThe nonprofit Southwest Key organization hired a former Border Patrol agent to work with immigrant children despite a previous arrest for child pornography.Ernesto Padron...
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TSC SWITCHES GARCIAS, GARCIA GROUP NEW CONSULTANT
Special to El Rrun-RrunMembers of the The board of trustees of Texas Southmost College have chosen a new Man in Austin to represent the community college's interests in the Texas Legislature on...
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SUSPECT HIRED BY SOUTHWEST KEY
(After we first posted this, we received a call from a friend vouching for Ernesto Padron, the subject of this article by the blog RawStory. We checked for ourselves and found that the blog story is...
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SATURDAY'S TSC RUNOFF ELECTION: DE LEON LOGICAL CHOICE
Fiduciary Responsibility: A legal obligation of one party to act in the best interest of another. The obligated party is typically a fiduciary, that is, someone entrusted with the care of money or...
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"FOR ONLY $19 A MONTH YOU CAN HELP THESE POOR..."
(Ed.'s Note: The zero-tolerance policy announced by U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions has been unceremonioulsy disavowed by his boss Donald Trump, who now insists that it was never his administration's...
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SCOREBOARD MANIA SWEEPS NORTHWARD: POOR RAYMONDVILLE ISD WANTS ONE FOR $600,000
(Is it getting contagious for poor school districts to splurge millions to acquire a megatron scoreboard for their stadiums while teachers cry out for supplies and their facilities continue to...
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DE LEON MAULS HAPLESS TSC TRUSTEE DR. REY GARCIA
Special to El Rrun-RrunVoters in the runoff election for Place 6 on the Texas Southmost College board of trustees told incumbent trustee Dr. Rey Garcia the six years of his services was enough.They...
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ON A SLOW SUNDAY: SOME OF OUR FAVORITE JOKES
By Juan MontoyaRural folks have a wry sense of humor.It probably comes from being isolated out in the boondocks and just having the time to think about stuff without the hustle and bustle that comes...
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CORTEZ SHOWS HIS IDEA OF GOVERNANCE AT ITS BEST
(Ruben Cortez, a former trustee of the Brownsville Independent School District, is running against City of Brownsville IT Specialist Tad Hasse in the November general election for District 2 of the...
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READERS VOICE TURF FIELD HEAT, INJURY CONCERNS
By Juan MontoyaIt's a typical hot day in South Texas and the soccer or football squad is out on the new artificial turf fields in any one of the high and middle schools installed by the of the...
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ONCE MORE TO THE LAKE THAT IS BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
By Juan MontoyaIt's like a friend told the the guy who had been married seven times and was going for an eighth try,: "One of these days you're going to get it right."In today's front page of the...
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TOP SAN ANTO ECO-DEV TOYOTA EXEC OFFERED GBIC GIG
By Juan MontoyaIf everything comes together – and the behind-the-scenes machinations by Mayor Tony Martinez and the Galonskys and Cowens don't sabotage the process – the Greater Brownsville Incentives...
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DD # 1 GIVES COB "LICENSE" TO BUILD BIKE TRAIL IN THE BARRIO: COST TO BE...
By Juan MontoyaA 'licensing" agreement between the City of Brownsville and Cameron County Drainage District #1 signed back in September 2013 allows the city to take over some of its drainage easements...
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S. KOREA OUT, QUALIFIES MEXICO BY BEATING GERMANY 2-0
Special to El Rrun-RrunMexico can thank South Korea for advancing to the World Cup round of 16. Mexico lost to Sweden by an embarrassing 3-0 score and was about to be eliminated from further play when...
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