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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E. Clements and Jim Finley headlined newsroom shifts as Doyle Barrow and Jay Eschbach step back. David Bloom, Jane Howard Lee, and Keith Magee also noted in leadership changes affecting coverage and editorial direction.
Baytown residents celebrate after city council approved a 550000 contract to tear down the decaying Taft Circle complex in Plumwood. The uninhabitable site, long a magnet for trash and trespassers, will be cleared to make way for a vacant lot and future redevelopment.
Fort Worth Star Telegram notes that gambling bills dominate recent sessions with big casino proposals seen as stronger for economic impact and tax revenue. A barroom poker bill advances to committee but faces opposition, while resort casino plans target major urban areas with high development costs.
Sgt. Nick Marshall describes the civilian toll and battlefield experiences in Anaconda Iraq. A wounded Bravo Battery soldier is medevacked to Walter Reed as families face Katrina losses. convoy duties, IEDs, and road dangers reveal a country spiraling toward internal conflict.
Federal leaders including George W Bush and Ted Poe are listed with official phone numbers. Texas officials Rick Perry Ron Paul and others are shown with district offices and contact details. The list includes governors senators and representatives with corresponding websites and phone lines for public inquiries.
The Sun lists Clifton Clements as Publisher Sandy Denson as Business Manager Joshua Hart as Circulation Manager and David Bloom as Managing Editor with Keith Magee as Assistant Managing Editor Doyle Barlow as Sports Editor. The paper invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words and notes guest columns should include.
The Baytown Sun provides guidelines for original unsigned submissions and signed letters to the editor. Include full contact details, consent for publication, and note that items reflect authors and not the paper or advertisers. Readers are advised on delivery times and how to request redelivery if the paper is late.
Letters praise Robert E. Lee senior Betty Macias for winning a nationwide flutist competition and earning a spot with the U.S. Air Force Band at Constitution Hall. The writer urges more recognition of local students’ successes and extends congratulations.
A Baytown reader writes as a Goose Creek taxpayer criticizing an article. The writer says teachers are caring and underpaid and questions the superintendent’s $199,000 salary plus benefits. They urge a transparent timesheet and consider a pay raise restructuring.
The note questions who will fund ongoing silt removal at a barge terminal and argues Port Arthur, Jefferson County, annexed the GSU Power Plant in Orange County, while Baytown is urged to mimic this by collecting taxes without providing services. It notes the Neches River separates counties and contrasts municipal duties and tax collection.
Pelican Junction thanks Rocky Strange and staff for an annual Easter egg hunt that drew over 800 children. Sponsors include Texas Legends Tattoo, Sledworx Cycles, Medders Construction, South Coast Sandblasting, Williebean III, Cars-R-Us, Mini Cars of Texas, Wal-Greens, Kroger, First Choice Bank, Scott Loomis State Farm, The Baytown Sun, and Hogs & Chrome Cycles. Event planned to grow with $2100 and 6900 hidden eggs for next year.
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