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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 2004
Page
4
A Baytown Sun editorial notes election code flaws hinder voter truthfulness and accountability. It critiques emphasis on sign font sizes and wording while urging clearer standards and potential issue-focused qualifications for candidates. Wanda Garner Cash signs as author.
The Baytown Sun outlines its editorial board meeting time of 2 p.m. each Wednesday and invites community discussion visits. Managing Editor David Bloom can be contacted at 281-422-8302 to schedule appointments. board members include Wanda Garner Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include writer signature, address and phone not for publication, and a photograph for columns. Submit to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloor, P.O. Box 90, Baytown Texas 77522, or by fax 281-427-1880 or email Sunnews baytownsun.com.
The April 7 letter condemns bias in supporting a constitutional ban on gay marriage. It also recounts Congressman Tom DeLay’s Rosenberg town hall with Fort Bend ISD teachers, accusing him of insults, audience disruption, and misstatements about Medicare and Social Security, ending with strong opposition from Texas teachers and Democrats. John R. Cobarruvias, Houston.
Today's historical roundup notes key events on April 11 across centuries including Buchenwald liberation in 1945, William and Mary crowned in 1689, Napoleon's abdication in 1814, and other notable milestones such as McKinley seeking war, the 1921 cigarette tax, Truman's 1951 removal of MacArthur, and Apollo 13 launching in 1970, with a 1994 note on the Clintons’ tax disclosures.
In 1941 ship channel residents organized a move to circulate petitions demanding a State Health Department because of growing air pollution concerns along the Houston Ship Channel. In 1976 a Baytown Highway 146 contractor faced penalties for being behind schedule. In 1991 a former Lee College instructor contesting contract termination rejected a settlement approved by the Lee College Board of Regents. In 2001 Barbers Hill joined Texas schools in backing a suit challenging the Robin Hood school finance law.
A directory of county and district offices lists contact numbers for key officials including District Clerk Charles Bacarisse District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal County Judge Robert Eckers County Treasurer Jack Cato County Attorney Michael Stafford County Clerk B F Kaufman Tax Assessor Collector Paul Bettencourt and County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia with party affiliations noted. The list provides office lines and indicates party designation for each official.
City of Baytown provides contact numbers for City Hall City Manager Mayor and district representatives. Members serve two year terms with council meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays at 6 30 p m at City Hall.
Goose Creek Independent School District lists address and contact numbers for central administration and superintendent Barbara Sultis. It also provides board member names with district numbers and phone lines, notes three-year terms, and states board meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays at 6 30 p m.
Readable list of Barbers Hill Independent School District administrators and board members with titles and phone numbers including Tim Sonnenberg James Alien Lyle Malechek George Barrera Benny May Philip James Jamie Harvey Martha Ellis and others with district and board roles and contact lines.
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