POOR WIGHTMAN CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING, AGAIN, AND AGAIN...
FROM THE 153RD DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 153-289655-16PANEL: SUDDERTH, C.J.; GABRIEL and PITTMAN, JJ. MEMORANDUM OPINION: LEE GABRIEL JUSTICE Appellant Robert R....
View ArticleYET ANOTHER JP 2-1 LINDA SALAZAR JUDICIAL VIOLATION
By Juan MontoyaAt the risk of having someone chide us for picking on poor JP 2-1 Linda Salazar, it has been brought to our attention that she is up to her old tricks, again.Last week we learned that...
View ArticleVOTA O TE VOTAN: ORGANIZERS CALL ON CITIZENS TO VOTE
(Ed.'s Note: We have received this missive encouraging people to vote. As our readers may well know, the voter turnout in Cameron County – and in districts inside it – is dismal. That's why we end up...
View ArticleONCE A RISING POLITICAL STAR, RIOS NOW ON THE LAM
Special to El Rrun-RrunHe once drew 30 percent of the vote in the election for Place 6 on the Texas Southmost College bard of trustees.Now, a court has issued a capias – and arrest warrant – after he...
View ArticleKBOR LEGEND JOSE CANTU: "ME ESTAS OYENDO, CHUCHA?"
"(Some years ago, the Brownsville Heritage museum and the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum featured a presentation on 1940s and 50s radio pioneer Jose Cantu.I had learned about Cantu when...
View ArticleBROWNTOWN, SANS CITY MANAGER, SANS CITY ATTORNEY
By Juan MontoyaMaybe we should be thankful.But putting all our professional jealousies aside, it can't be argued that a municipality the size of Brownsville that does business with all types of...
View ArticleSO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR AWAY IN THE MISTS OF MEMORY
Special to El Rrun-RrunBy now it's a bit depressing to see businesses close up in town.The downtown area is making a valiant effort to rise above the squalor that it has become prone to after years of...
View ArticleTHE OLIVEIRA-SANCHEZ SAGA: ONE RIOT, ONE RANGER
"Rocky had come, equipped with a gunTo shoot off the legs of his rivalHis rival it seems, had broken his dreamsBy stealing the girl of his fancy...".By Juan MontoyaBy now the whole city knows about...
View ArticleDR. SYLVIA JOINS THE RANKS OF 2018 TSC TEAM SCORPION
By Juan MontoyaAfter parting ways with Rio Hondo and flirting with joining San Bene ISD, Dr. Sylvia Atkinson, also a Brownsville Independent School District board member, has joined Texas Southmost...
View ArticleFRESH FROM OVERSEEING HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AT BISD SPECIAL NEEDS, SANDRA...
Special to El Rrun-RrunRemember the brouhaha that erupted at the Brownsville Independent School District Special Needs Department after numerous staffers made public what they said was a hostile...
View ArticleTHROUGH THESE HALLWAYS WALK...SOME VERY SCARY PEOPLE
By Juan MontoyaA delinquent-tax attorney accused of assaulting a relative.And her boyfriend, Frankie Joe Olivo, listed on the Cameron County website as the 404th District Court Coordinator, accused of...
View Article7 FILE FOR BISD BOARD, STEPPING INTO THE BULL RING
By Juan MontoyaThe filing period for a place on the ballot for three openings on the board of the Brownsville Independent School District for the November elections started on July 23 and closes on...
View ArticleCARLOS, MINNIE, LAURA, JOE, A CUAL TURKEY SE LA DOY?
A. Discussion, consideration and possible action on the reorganization of the Board under BDAA (Legal). (Board Member Request)By Juan MontoyaThis Monday at 5:30 p.m., the members of the board of the...
View ArticleHELL IS FOR CHILDREN: PROVIDE SAFE HARBORS FOR KIDS
Because hell, hell is for childrenAnd you know that their little lives can become such a messHell, hell…Special to El Rrun-RrunIf you have kids in local schools – private or public – you might want to...
View ArticleBLOGGERS' EXODUS SPURS RRUN-RRUN TO IMBIBE ALASKA
By Juan MontoyaWe alighted the American Airlines flight on a Friday morning in Seattle, jumped on a shuttle bus to Bellingham, Wash., and then embarked on the Maritime Highway Ferry to Juneau.We could...
View ArticleJERRY: "LOS TRES MALOS WANT LAURA FOR BISD PRESIDENT"
By Sr. Geradro F. McHaleEl Rrun-rrun's Mexico City Correspondent andAbuelo of Brownsville SoccerLos Tres Malos--Joe Rodriguez, Carlos Elizondo and Cesar Lopez--want Laura Perez-Reyes as the next...
View ArticlePLASTIC BAGS PAID 4 PROFITABLE, FOILED SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
By Juan MontoyaAfter milking the residents of Brownsville for approximately $5.3 million since January 2011 when it implemented a plastic-bag ban on city shoppers until the Texas Supreme Court struck...
View ArticleHABRA JUSTICIA PARA EL GRAL. JUAN NEPOMUCENO CORTINA?
Por Miguel Angel IsidroDicen que una manera de tratar de entender la historia de un pueblo, es haciendo un análisis de sus héroes y sus villanos.La historia, se dice también, se escribe con la tinta de...
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