Baytown Skate Park Draws Editorial From The Sun
Baytown residents urge expedited skate park plans as officials acknowledge a delay. County and city leaders weigh funding and site options while state law slows support for the project and teens seek safe practice spaces. Editorial by Joseph Lohan urges fast action and notes prior park costs and locations.
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Bad choices haunt U.S. Iraqi invasion fallout
The Orange County Register argues that the invasion choice created a cascade of bad options as violence spreads across four Iraqi cities. It notes limited U.S. options against insurgents and Muqtada al Sadr, warning that retreat or reconfiguration may come too late while condemning the original dubious justification for invasion.
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Editorial Board Contact and Meeting Time at Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun editoral board meets weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays and welcomes community visits. To arrange an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Gamer Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites original letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be signed and include an non publishing address and phone. One submission per writer per month. Editing may occur. Contact Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun.
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Take This Job and Shove It Reframed by Economic Realities
Gene Lyons analyzes the mismatched optimism about jobs data amid outsourcing and rising part time work. He contrasts Johnny Paycheck’s anthem with factory layoffs, notes 5.7 percent unemployment, and highlights how corporate wage theft and low wages shape the labor market, ending with a critique of CEO pay gaps.
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April 13 highlights through history
Key events on this date include Apollo 13’s near disaster and safe return in 1970, Henry IV endorsing the Edict of Nantes in 1598, Jefferson’s birth in 1743, FDR dedicating the Jefferson Memorial in 1943, Van Cliburn’s 1958 Moscow win, Poitier’s Oscar in 1964, Janet Cooke’s Pulitzer controversy in 1981, Kevorkian’s 1991 sentence, and the release of U S POWs after three weeks in 2003.
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Baytown history milestones span five decades
A review of notable events includes 1951 First Baptist Church Baytown 25th anniversary, 1976 Pasadena honky tonk owner Mickey Gilley as Baytown Youth Fair parade marshal, 1991 Baytown City Council opposition to a 1000 unit prison facility, 2001 Chambers County incinerator project valued at 17 million dollars set for early June operation, and 2003 San Jacinto Methodist Hospital closing its Alexander Drive ER May 5 with transfers to Garth Road location after purchasing Bay Coast Medical Center in 2002.
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Dawg House Café Reciprocates Support to Baytown Groups
Baytown’s Dawg House Café run by Maria Zoes and Mary West, though newly opened, donated funds raised to three local nonprofits including Baytown Humane Society. The gift supports rescue rehabilitation and rehoming of homeless animals in Baytown, highlighting local business community generosity.
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Rest of the gorilla story sparks calls to end zoos
A reader argues that gorillas like Jabani and Binti Jua show intelligence and empathy, while noting the cruelty of confinement. The piece condemns breeding regimes and captive life, urging abolition of zoos and recalling past cages from Montezuma to modern times as evidence that humans must change.
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