AFTER BISD FACILITY CONSTRUCTION BINGE, THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST

Sept. 28 – The Fitch Ratings Service downgraded $166.1 in unlimited tax (ULT) bonds, series 2001, 2005, and 2006 bonds to 'AA-' from...

SALINAS, HERALD, LOWER SPACEX EXPECTATIONS,

“ That should remind all of us that we can’t solely rely on geographic location as an advantage over other states,” he said. “It’s going to ...

REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR IN WORLD WAR I?

By Juan Montoya Call us sticklers for details or just a bunch of nitpickers, but we just couldn't help but notice that there might be a ...

GALLUP: RURAL WHITES PREFER AHMADINEJAD TO OBAMA

By  http://www.theonion.com CHARLESTON, WV—According to the results of a Gallup poll released Monday, the overwhelming majority of rural whi...

SHOULD THE GANG OF $4 TRUSTEE-DEFENDANTS BE SUED TO PAY FOR UNAUTHORIZED FEDERAL APPEAL?

By Juan Montoya Ever since May 1, lawyers for the Brownsville Independent School District have been waiting for a response from Rick Zayas, ...

LUIS DOES MEXICO D.F., CAMPAIGNS; WHERE'S CHUCK?

By Juan Montoya After a brief hiatus following the break after the July 31 runoff for Cameron County District Attorney, Democratic contender...

TAKE 2! WOOD OUT, ERNIE, CASCOS DEAL SURVIVES

By Juan Montoya The carefully-worked out deal between  Pct. 2 commissioner Ernie Hernandez's and Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos to r...

HAS IT REALLY BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE HENRY DIED, AND KIKE WAS BORN?

By Juan Montoya In Charro Days 1995, 17 short years ago, the operation of a new weekly alternative newspaper was in full gear. It was called...

FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO WEDS BROWNSVILLE MD

By Juan Montoya Close friends of former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico have contacted El Rrun-Rrun  and confirmed that Tony Garza, also a former ...

NUPTIALS FOR TONY? WORD IS HE GOT HITCHED TO A FORMER ST. JOE GRAD NAMED ATKINSON

By Juan Montoya Former U.S. Ambassador and Texas Republican star Tony Garza, who divorced in May 2010 after a five-year marriage to  Maria A...

ERNIE'S PRINTS ALL OVER THURSDAY'S COUNTY'S AGENDA

By Juan Montoya Now that the furor over the massive voter fraud-tainted runoff election that catapulted his daughter Erin Garcia Hernandez t...

DID HERNANDEZ POLITIQUEROS GET CHOICE SEATS AT SAMS STADIUM COURTESY OF MINNIE PENA?

By Juan Montoya Their signatures are all over the mail-in ballot envelopes that have been associated with voter fraud in the runoff election...

MISSING PERSON REPORT: BEN MEDINA WITH CITY PLANNING

By Juan Montoya For two weeks now, the receptionists at City Planning in the Aziz Building have wondered where the city's chief City Pl...

PRESAS-GARCIA EXPLAINS WHY THE $700,000 SETTLEMENT

 By Catalina Presas-Garcia No one –and I least of all – likes to give away the Brownsville Independent School District’s money. Like you...

Y BARRANQUILLA QUERIDA, NUNCA TE PUEDO OLVIDAR

By Juan Montoya We confess. When we suggested that Hizzonor Da Mayor Tony Martinez would advocate making Browntown a sister city to Barranqu...

WHEN TOMASITA SHOWS UP WITH TAMALES, IT MUST BE ELECTION TIME

By Juan Montoya If he was anything, the elderly resident of the high rise operated by the Brownsville Housing Authority it was jovially fra...

A MILE A DAY KEEPS THE LONJA AWAY...AND, SLEEP, TOO

By Juan Montoya It's not often that I get up at the unearthly hour of 6 a.m. Before the sun broke in the east and the cumulus clouds lo...

DOES TIN MINNIE HAVE IT IN HER HEART TO CUT BISD'S LOSSES? OR KEEP GIVING AWAY THE "KIDS" MONEY?

“The court has reviewed the materials (tapes, affidavit) and finds that...they are admissible summary judgment material...a genuine issue of...

FROM ELECTIONS OFFICER ORTIZ: PROMISES, EVASION AND COMPLICITY..."NO" TO CASCOS, CAVA OR THE PUBLIC

By Juan Montoya When Cameron County Carlos Cascos invited some Internet critics Aug. 17 to discuss the way the elections are being conducted...