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SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER, WAR DOESN'T LET US FORGET
By Juan MontoyaI was in southwestern Minnesota getting ready for work the morning of 911 when I saw the burning South Tower on the television news and turned to my better half and said: "Either we...
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ASST. DA'S REAPING AD LITEM FEES FROM UNWARY PUBLIC
By Juan MontoyaWhen delinquent tax collectors for Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson, LLP, filed suit against Romulo Castillo, who owned Ro-Ca Bail Bonds and a finance company holding a lien on a...
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LANDIN, CDCB MAKE NAKED GRAB FOR GBIC'S ECO-DEV ROLE
By Juan MontoyaTo the uninitiated, this Wednesday's Brownsville Herald half-page, full-color ad crowing up the accomplishments of the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville may have seemed...
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RUBEN O'BELL AIRS ATKINSON LETTER, TRIGGERS BROUHAHA
By Juan MontoyaWhat started out as a simple request for a letter by State Rep. Eddie Lucio III's chief of staff Ruben O'Bell from Brownsville Independent School District trustee Dr. Sylvia Atkinson to...
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IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S RACE: CHARGES OF VIOLATIONS
By Juan MontoyaHere we go.The campaign for the Cameron County Judge's race between Democrat incumbent Eddie Treviño and Republican Carlos Cascos is gearing up.Aside from the cyber Tempest in a Teapot...
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MATA'S CATARINO GARZA: REVOLUTIONARY AHEAD OF HIS TIME
By Juan MontoyaPick up any history book of the area and it’s a sure bet that you won’t find any mention of Catarino Garza.In fact, about the only recognition given in his native Matamoros is a small...
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BROWNTOWN: CONTINUE POURING MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN
(Ed.'s Note: The potholes and pieces of asphalt littering the roadway on 13th Street before it intersects with Roosevelt Street in downtown Brownsville indicates that the patch-up job performed by City...
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SINS OF THE CARDENAS' WILL LIVE ON AFTER THEY'RE GONE
By Juan MontoyaWell, it's raining again and that means that residents of the oxymoron-named Laguna Seca will be up to their doorstep in flood waters.To begin with, there is nothing dry about a laguna....
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BEWARE OF DEVELOPERS BEARING GIFTS OF REAL ESTATE; CHOICE FOR A CITY ATTORNEY...
16. Consideration and ACTION on Resolution Number 2018-043, accepting a donation for public purposes of 43.97 acres of real property from University Park Development, LTD, located approximately on...
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THE FULL-COURT PRESS IS ON: CDCB PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS
By Juan MontoyaWith a front-page banner story and two full-color half-page ads that set the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville back a few $1,000s, it is unleashing its campaign to...
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BROWNTOWN DUCKS HAVE THEIR OWN ISLAND IN THE SUN
(Ed.'s Note: Brownsville residents who pass by Valley Baptist Hospital on Central Boulevard sometimes miss the sights as they speed along the street. If they would take a time to look in the Resaca...
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BISD CORE TEACHERS TO GET MANDATORY ESL CERTIFICATION
(Ed.'s Note: Add one more mandate for teachers in the Brownsville Independent School District core subject teachers. Now, by state edict to be enforced by the BISD administration, all core are...
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JERRY X, EX-BPD OFFICER, DEPUTY CONSTABLE ARRESTED
Various SourcesThe Cameron County Courthouse is abuzz with the report that former Brownsville Police Department officer Jerry Xagoraris was arrested and booked Monday on one cont of Official...
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CAMERON HANDS ROSE VELA, FIL JR.'S WIFE, OPIOID GRAVY; NO RFPs ISSUED, BIDS...
By David YatesSE Texas RecordHIDALGO COUNTY – A state senator is representing a county in his district in more ways than one – a litigious venture that could prove incredibly profitable for the...
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108 YEARS LATER, U.S. STILL CAN'T COPE WITH HISPANICS
By Theresa VargasWashington PostA group of mostly strangers will gather in a soggy cemetery on Sunday, stand around the grave of a Mexico-born man they never met and celebrate a significant moment: his...
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WAR OF SIGNS HEATS UP: CITY ORDERS LARGE SIGNS DOWN
(Ed.'s Note: Following a complaint against Republican Cameron County Judge candidate Carlos Cascos by a Democratic Party supporter of incumbent Carlos Cascos, the City of Brownsville Code Enforcement...
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WHAT IF "COACH" JOE HAD A PACHANGA...AND NOBODY CAME?
Special to El Rrun-RrunPoor "Coach" Joe has hit the panic button.Just this past weekend Brownsville Independent School District trustee Joe Rodriguez who is running for reelection found himself alone...
View ArticleCITY LAWYER SELECTION DELAYED TWO WEEKS; NEECE BLAMES DE LEON, MARTINEZ...
By Jim BartonThe Brownsville Observer BlogAfter what was likely a verbal battle in Executive Session, Brownsville's city commissioners entered the chambers one by one Tuesday night, not looking...
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MARTINEZ LOSING CONTROL, NEW MAJORITY BIDING ITS TIME
By Juan MontoyaAt one time, whatever Da Mayor Tony Martinez wanted, Tony got.City manager Charlie Cabler would wince when yet another invoice from some gentrified consulting firm would land with a thud...
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