SAENZ LAUNCHES ANTI-DOMESTIC ABUSE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN

By Juan Montoya During the campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for Cameron County District Attorney and the November election betwe...

CASCOS TAKES LEAD ON NATIONAL IMMIGRATION DEBATE

By Juan Montoya With the national spotlight set on possible legislation to reform our immigration policies including the bipartisan eight-s...

CANDIDATES FOR 2014 JP RACES LINING UP EARLY AT THE ELECTION STARTING GATE

By Juan Montoya Following the approval at their last meeting to open the offices of the Justice of the Peace Pct. 2-3 in Brownsville, commis...

WAS VETERANS EXEMPTION REALLY MEANT FOR THIS?

By Juan Montoya The Cameron County Appraisal District has given a 100 percent homestead exemption to disabled veterans who meet these requ...

NEW RULES MAKE COUNTY BEACHES NOT QUITE SO FRIENDLY

By Juan Montoya Saying that the lack of comprehensive golf-cart-use, parking and towing regulations in place at Isla Blanca and Andy Bowie P...

RECKONING HERE FOR CITY CONTRACT ATTORNEY MARK SOSSI

By Juan Montoya He is reported to have had the IRS slap a I.R.S.  $100,000 tax lien on him,,  has been repaying a $167,363 settlement to  Wi...

SANCHEZ' DISMAL TRY TO CURRY GOP FAVOR FAILS, "R" IS FOR REVERSE, DAN

By Juan Montoya Remember the invitations sent to his friends to attend a  January 26 fundraising reception held at the at the swank Rancho ...

WHY DO FEDS WANT BLAYLOCK OUT OF LUCIO CASE?

By Juan Montoya Does Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Wynne want to recuse most to the members of the Cameron County Bar Association (and ...

BPUB AND MARTINEZ: WHAT THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR THE PROJECT DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT 'EM

By Juan Montoya At the same time that the members of the Public Utility Board and the City Commission passed the rate hikes last December, n...

BEDLAM AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

By Juan Montoya As Robert Euresti tells it, he was at the Central Public Library late Sunday (about 8 p.m. or so) when he heard people panic...

YET MORE WHOPPERS BY JESSICA TETREAU: HER (PRE-USA) 300-YEAR-OLD-BED OF CHILDHOOD FANTASIES

By Juan Montoya It all started out simple enough with a photo posted by City Commissioner Jessica Kalifa-Tetreau of her old bedroom at her p...

WHY WE SHOULDN'T NAME THINGS AFTER LIVING PEOPLE

  By Juan Montoya Imagine that you are a child attending a school in San Benito named after someone like attorney Oscar de la Fuente. As yo...

PASSING AWAY OF YOLANDA GONZALEZ WAS HISTORICAL BENCHMARK IN MORE THAN ONE WAY

By Juan Montoya Growing up in Brownsville sometimes doesn't let us recognize that we live among some great people who have accomplished ...

(JOE & ROSA PEREZ) RUMBO Al ANACUA HAS NEW TUNES

Joe and Rosa Perez have a couple of new videos with Pauraque, "El Rio" and "There's No Tortillas". Rosa Canales Pére...

AMEEL'S ATTORNEY GET $19,000; SHE, A JOB FOR 2 YEARS

By Juan Montoya Way back when, in the days when the trustees of the Brownsville Independent School District were trying to implement the STA...

WAS LIMAS OUT TO GET ELIA FOR SPOILING HIS GRAVY TRAIN?

By Juan Montoya On December 19, 2008, former District 404th Judge Abel Limas walked out for the last day out of his courtroom. Judicial prot...

IS THE FIX IN FOR UTB TO GO TO TEXAS 100-FM 803?

By Juan Montoya With UTB President Juliet Garcia just about confirming that her new "downsized" university may be located between ...

JULIET BEGS FOR UT SYSTEM CASH; TSC OFF THE HOOK

By Juan Montoya According to the local daily, University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet V. Garcia will be in Austin today to ask t...

BISD TRYING TO SHED ITS "SOFT-TOUCH" REPUTATION

By Juan Montoya Where does the Gladys Porter Zoo turn each year for a $49,000 handout to maintain its operations and annual programs for loc...

NOW OTIS POWERS SHOWS IT WAS NEVER A "TEAM OF 8"

By Juan Montoya Just scant months after he convinced the voters of the Brownsville Independent School District they should put him back on t...

KODAK MOMENT IN ONE OF OUR RESACAS

SOSSI SUED FOR STIFFING FORMER CLIENT ON COURT SETTLEMENT

By Juan Montoya  A former Oliveira Middle School math teacher and soccer coach who sued City contract attorney Mark E. Sossi for legal malpr...

DID TONY ESTELA, ET AL GET PUBLIC TO PAY FOR WASH. D.C. TRIP?

By Juan Montoya Did you hear about the Mayor and city commissioner who got the city or the PUB to pay for their flights and hotel accommoda...

HIDALGO COUNTY GETS SET TO CUT ITS UT SYSTEM PIE; BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN GET LEFT OUT

By Steve Taylor RGV Guardian McALLEN, January 20 - Rio Grande Valley lawmakers say they are slowly making progress on crafting legislation t...