Charter committee weighs public forums and charter changes
The council committee debated forum formats across districts or citywide and noted public education gaps may hinder usefulness. Suggestions included publicizing the charter on the city website and creating district resident committees to organize meetings. The panel also discussed removing the assistant city manager eligibility clause and extending the charter review to 2007 due to election scheduling.
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Steve Fess
Fess
Floyd
Sammy Mahan
Mahan
Council
Dining for Diabetes event raises funds at Roosters
Baytown police chief Byron Jones served dessert to Janet Brazzil as John Brazzil and Margaret Boyd watched during the 14th Annual Dining for Diabetes at Rooster's Steak House Wednesday night. Dignitaries including Mayor Pete Alfaro City Council members Mercedes Renteria II and Coleman Godwin State Rep Wayne Smith Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia and Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia served food and root beer floats to customers to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association.
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Baytown
Byron Jones
Janet Brazzil
John Brazzil
Margaret Boyd
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteria II
Coleman Godwin
Wayne Smith
Chambers County
Jimmy Sylvia
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
American Diabetes Association
Traffic plan at raceway aims to ease weekend crowds
Critchfield outlined a one way traffic scheme for the racetrack area starting Friday evening and reintroducing one way flow on Saturday and Sunday to FM 1405 to prevent congestion. The plan, used when busier conditions dictate, helps exit the venue within about two hours and reduces postevent delays. Greg Angel of Angel Bros Enterprises forecasts 100,000 attendees and a $20 million boost to the local economy, with hotels booked and San Jacinto Mall seeing increased traffic during the race weekend.
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Critchfield
Greg Angel
Angel Bros. Enterprises
San Jacinto Mall
Celina Bernal
Trigar Retail Group
CIA chief says CIA reform will take five years
Washington The CIA will need five years to correct intelligence flaws exposed by the Sept. 11 attacks. George Tenet said this Wednesday. The commission chair criticized the CIA for underestimating al Qaida and questioned FBI reorganization progress amid the panel's harsh statements.
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Washington
CIA
George Tenet
al Qaida
FBI
U S Soldiers in Iraq Face Extended Tours
About 21,000 American soldiers in Iraq will have their tours extended at least three months. They were due to return this month to bases in Louisiana and Germany and were already in Iraq for a year. Defense officials cited the surge in anti occupation violence as the reason. The move breaks the Army promise of 12 month assignments.
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Washington
Iraq
Louisiana
Germany
Bush Endorses Israeli West Bank Plan in Peace Talks
President Bush backed Israel's plan to keep part of the West Bank in any final deal with the Palestinians and ruled out Palestinian refugees returning to Israel. Ariel Sharon welcomed the shift, calling it a step toward a new reality for Israel, while Ahmed Qurei condemned the move as legitimizing settlements.
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Washington
Bush
Israel
West Bank
Ariel Sharon
Gaza
Ahmed Qurein
Yasser Arafat
Associated Press
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