GAVITO'S TEXT MESSAGE THAT MADE SALAZAR GO WACKO
By Juan MontoyaWith some Doubting Thomases expressing skepticism about the existence of text messages from former Brownsville Port of Brownsville Police Chief George Gavito to Brownsville Independent...
View ArticleBULLETIN: BISD TO RETURN $100,000s FOR "FREE" MEALS
Various SourcesA Region One consultant has told principals of the Brownsville Independent School District that the administration had broken the law by feeding everyone meals for supper because the...
View ArticleOF THE BISD TRUSTEES, RODRIGUEZ LORD OF THE RINGS
By Juan MontoyaThe closest "Coach" Joe Rodriguez" got to win a state championship while he was on the side lines was the 47-14 drubbing administered to the Brownsville High School Golden Eagles by the...
View ArticleTHE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND GBIC OFTEN GO AWRY...
By Jim BartonThe Brownsville Observer BlogThe Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation,frequently called locally by its acronym, the GBIC, should never be left alone without a babysitter.Entrusted...
View ArticleSHELDON: TAKE THIS FIREFIGHTERS AND CITY RESIDENTS
By Juan MontoyaAs we have said previously on these cyberpages, things change, and in changing, they seem to remain the same.it's not that long ago that former Brownsville Fire Department Chief Carlos...
View ArticleTHE SHAME OF CITIES LIKE BROWNSVILLE; NO BUS SHELTERS
(Ed.s Note: Not a day goes by that we don't get photos like this sent to us depicting children and the elderly patiently waiting for a bus under a burning sun. One of our seven readers said he or she...
View ArticleTHE GBIC-BROWNSVILLE OBSERVER DIALOGUE OVER "PLAN"
(Ed.'s Note: After we ran Jim Barton's post on the monthly meeting of the greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and the report on a new economic development plan for the organization, we received...
View ArticleMONDAY, MONDAY, LAST DAY FOR FILING FOR BISD ELECTION
Position 1 (Currently held by Cesar Lopez )Timmy RamirezJose ValdezDrue Ellen BrownCesar LopezPosition 2 (Currently held by Carlos Elizondo)Erasmo CastroHerman Otis PowersCarlos ElizondoPosition 4...
View ArticleRUN CARLOS, RUN...AS FAR AWAY FROM THE D.A. AS YOU CAN
By Juan MontoyaIs it true that Carlos Rios, a former candidate to the board of the Texas Southmost College is threatening to run for the board of the Brownsville Independent School District?According...
View ArticleREADY FOR THIS? FIRST IT WAS OBAMA, NOW 666 TRUMP
By the Rev. Alex ResendezLetters to the EditorBrownsville HeraldEditor:U.S. President Donald Trump is not the Beast or the Anti-Christ, but he could be the last Trump, as prophesied in the Bible.In the...
View ArticleTHE LINEUP OF THE BISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION
Places on tne balloy for November electionFor Position 1 now held by Cesar Lopez1. Caty Presas-Garcia2. Jose Valdez3. Drue Brown4. Cesar Lopez5. Mark Anthony Cortez6. Timmy RamirezPosition 2 now held...
View ArticleMEXICO'S MATAMOROS, HOUSTON TEAMS BEATEN IN 2018 LLWS
Various SourcesThe Mexican representative to the 7Ist Little league World Series is out of the running after losing to Canada by a score of 6-4 in the annual Williamsport epic. In another elimination...
View ArticleCOUPLES: BETTER TO LIVE ON THE CORNER OF A ROOF...
"It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in an ample mansion shared with a brawling woman." ProverbsBelow the placid faceA smoldering fireAnd an intemperate wordIgnites the ireBlind spiteAnd...
View ArticleCITY HIDES FIRE DEATH REPORTS: ARE CASES ACCESSED FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE...
By Juan MontoyaA request for a fire marshal's investigative report on a fire where an elderly woman died has been denied by the Brownsville Fire Department's Fire Marshal citing advice from the city's...
View ArticleCORTINA'S LAST DAYS UNDER HOUSE ARREST BY DIAZ LA D.F.
(Ed.'s Note: We had sent El Rrun-Rrun's Mexico City correspondent G.F. McHale-Scully to look for the grave of northern Mexico-South Texas caudillo Juan Cortina. Unfortunately, Jerry, the abuelo of...
View ArticleAFTER TAKING $335,000 PARACHUTE, CABLER WANTS MORE
By Juan MontoyaAfter former City Manager Charlie Cabler' sudden retirement last October, we thought that - like Nixon - we wouldn't have him to kick around anymore.Based on a sweetheart contract,...
View ArticleZENDEJAS, USDA, DISPUTE FREE-LUNCH ALLEGATIONS
(After posting a complaint from a participant in a Region One seminar for principals where the question of whether the Brownsville Independent School District had erred kin providing free after-school...
View ArticleINAUSPICIOUS START: MARK PULLS A SOSSI IN SAN BENE
Special to El Rrun-RrunThis past Tuesday was supposed to be Sossi's first meeting as the City of San Bene's city attorney.But Italy, apparently, got in the way. Or was it a gig with another city like...
View ArticleLUCI LONGORIA WITHDRAWS FROM BISD TRUSTEE RACE
Special to El Rrun-RrunThen there were three.With former Brownsville Independent School District trustee Luci Longoria withdrawing from Position 2, there are only three others, including incumbent...
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