IT'S CONFIRMED: NEW UTB ENROLLMENT CAP AT 7,400

From Juliet Garcia to all those dedicated Faculty: Bye! Dear Colleagues: This month marks one year since the final decision was made to end...

JAN. 16: PROOF OF THE EXTORTION ATTEMPT ON PRESAS-GARCIA

By Juan Montoya Those few folks who attended the Brownsville Independent School District Budget Committee  meeting way back on Monday, Jan. ...

MARY REY IS DRAGGED OUT AGAIN BY POLITICAL MASTERS

By Juan Montoya By now it has become tedious to either see new accusations or read paid political advertisements by Mary Rey denouncing the ...

ARA BOWS TO PRESSURE, RESIGNS AS CC PUBLIC WORKS SUPER

By Juan Montoya Well, the reign of incompetence and malingering at Cameron County Public Works under Supervisor Louis Ara has finally come t...

JUST PART OF BAG OF TRICKS FROM THE HERNANDEZ GANG

By Juan Montoya By now the Hernandez Voter-Harvesting Machine's tactics are legerdemain and predictable: spread vile rumor about your op...

ZAYAS' ANTI-CATY GAMBIT FIZZLES: HERALD DOESN'T BITE

By Juan Montoya The Rick Zayas Sore Loser Perpetual Campaign must be wondering why the Brownsville Herald didn't unquestionably publish...

BROWNSVILLE NATIVE MARTINEZ TO SPEAK TUESDAY

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – OCTOBER 26, 2012 – The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will host Brownsville native and...

AS ELECTION DAY NEARS, LINDA SALAZAR'S GAME UNRAVELS

By Juan Montoya Few people in southeastern Cameron County know that Democrat JP candidate Linda Salazar has an opponent. No, it's not a ...

FROM THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BE A BISD TRUSTEE

Partial conversation between Otis Powers and Antonio Juarez taped on January 14, 2009 (Former Brownsville Independent School District Chief ...

BETTER BLOCK, DAY OF THE DEAD = SAME OLD, SAME OLD

By Juan Montoya Tomorrow, after the razzle dazzle and hype of the New and Improved Better Block (mercadito no more) and Day of the Dead=Make...

NORTH TO ALASKA! A PHOTO REMEMBRANCE

By Juan Montoya About five years ago I ran into a friend of mine at the Stripes (or was it Valero then?). I had met him when I used to work ...

CHUCKZZZNOOZES: YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK

By Juan Montoya They say a picture is worth a thousand words and there it is. The man who says he has been putting criminals in prison...

POWERS FOR SALE? FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

http://itismybusinesstoknow. blogspot.com/2009/07/i-talked- to-all-of-them.html http://itismybusinesstoknow. blogspot.com/2009/07/otis- powe...

THE PLOT THICKENS: ZAYAS, PENA, COSTILLA(?) VS. CATY

By Juan Montoya Just when we thought we had heard of all the skulldrudgery we could bear in school board politics, we now learn that one of ...

ZAYAS TRIES ANOTHER PRE-ELECTION ANTI-CATY GAMBIT: SHE FILES HARRASSMENT AND EXTORTION REPORTS

According to Presas-Garcia, the man offered her a manila envelope with money. She said she immediately went to BISD attorney Arturo Michel ...

THE PAC'S TRUE COLORS: ERNIE, BUTCH AND THE GANG

By Juan Montoya The SAVEBISD PAC started as a host of Bobby Wightman's Brownsville Voice blog. Now it has reemerged as the voice of a Er...

MARTINEZ BANNERGATE CONTINUES WITHOUT QUESTIONS

By Juan Montoya   How long will the saga of an obviously illegal contract that Mayor Tony Martinez inked with a salesman from New York commi...