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CATY DECRIES BISD'S LACK OF VISION AND POSITIVE DIRECTION
By Caty Presas-GarciaMy Fellow Citizens,For the past two years I’ve been a resident/citizen of the Brownsville Independent School District system and have watched its deterioration and some board...
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STILL TOMORROW'S GONNA BE ANOTHER WORKING DAY...
I was the indentured servant,Whose fare was paidin return,for a youth of laborUnder harsh mastersBut young, and strongAnd full of illusions for a New LifeIn a New WorldI came in steerage...hopefulNever...
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"VENDOR TAMPERING" IN BISD LETTER OF INTENT PROCESS?
2. Discussion and possible action regarding the process for considering the execution of the Letter of Intent for Public Private Partnership Opportunities for Development of Brownsville Independent...
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MORE TROUBLE BREWING FOR OUR BAD BOY CARLOS RIOS
Special to El Rrun-RrunWell, it's out of the frying pan into the fire for problem child Carlos Rios.You remember Carlos, he is the 25-year-old Brownsville man who was a candidate this past May for a...
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U.S. DENIES AMERICANS PASSPORTS DUE TO MIDWIFE DELIVERY
By Debbie WeingartenNew York TimesTUCSON — In February of 2012, I stood pregnant outside our Arizona farmhouse, staring at a wide desert sky pinpricked with stars. The baby had dropped and my belly was...
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A READER ASKS: IS THIS THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE DONE?
Special to El Rrun-Rrun Maybe its just a peeve but why do our "new" improved streets continue to look horrible?FM 802 is one of our most traveled thorough fares. yet the city employees or private...
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FROM THE BELLY OF THE RIVERA HIGH SCHOOL BEAST
Special to El Rrun-RrunTo the People of Brownsville:I hope everything is well with you as for us Riverians is not so good. We are still cursed with the poor leadership of Norma Jean Canales who is...
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BISD CANDIDATES SEEK REELECTION, A PLACE AT THE TROUGH
By Juan MontoyaIt's almost laughable to see the new slogan that Joe "Coach" Rodriguez is using for his reelection campaign.Rodriguez wants the voters to return him to his place at the feeding trough at...
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CDCB REZONING BID "DEVALUES" GBIC INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR
By Juan MontoyaJust a little over two weeks after Mario Lozoya took over the reins as CEO of the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC), he noticed something in its assets that looked...
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COPS, COURT STAFF CAN DETECT FAKE TAMAULIPAS LICENSES
By Juan MontoyaThey're on to you.Brownsville Police Department officers and municipal court staff have been warned about the proliferation of forged Tamaulipas State licenses often bought online...
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RICO MENUDO, CON BARBACOA, TORTILLAS, SALSA Y LIMON!
Steamed cattle headBoiled cow's tripeA little tripitaWith salsita on the sideCarnitas fried in greaseGlistening with lardMenudo con patitaAnd birria a la carteBut you'll have to have you ticker...
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S. TEXAS LAND GRAB CONTINUES: NOW IT'S THE GOVERNMENT
By Eli SaslowThe Washington PostMADERO, Tex. — The most recent government letter arrived in an envelope marked “Urgent: Action Required,” so Fred Cavazos asked his family to meet at their usual...
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WILL CDBC'S RESIDENTIAL PROJECT DISSUADE STEEL PLANT?
By Juan MontoyaAs early as 2008 – 10 years ago – F.W. Bert Wheeler, listed as owner and trustee of the 262-acre tract of land off Old Alice Road adjacent to the 300-acre property owned by the Greater...
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RAZA UNIDA'S JOSE ANGEL GUTIERREZ WINS LITERARY AWARD
(Raza Unida founder Jose Angel Gutierrez spent the better part of two years organizing his V-3 Movement here in conjunction with Mike Hernandez's OP 10.33. Gutierrez, an attorney, eventually returned...
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BEFORE WE HAD A HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE WRECKING BALL
(Ed.'s Note: We had forgotten some of the work we did when we worked for the Brownsville Herald back in 1978. One of the issues back then was the lack of a historical district in Brownsville....
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: SUMPTUOUS BANQUET FOR ESPY
(Ed's Note: Everyonone who was anyone was there for the sumptuous birthday bash of Brownsville Independent School District Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas. The indicted and the unindicted, the...
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WHAT DO YOU SEE ELON? A LOT OF FUNNY, FUNNY THINGS
(Ed.'s Note: So, now we know that SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk has been smoking that wacky tabbacky and has never quite gotten off the avion.But we should have seen this coming when he promised to...
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IF YOU CAN'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND, WHY NOT ROOT FOR BOTH
(Ed.'s Note: Mexico beat Germany and made a run into the knockout stage of the World Cup, while the United Stated Men's National Team lost to Trinidad and Tobago and failed to make it to Russia, but...
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