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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 2004
Page
4
An NHRA drag racing weekend in Baytown draws tens of thousands to hotels, restaurants, and the mall, with projections of about 20 million dollars in local economic impact. The Baytown Sun editorial questions whether city leaders fully leveraged the event and calls for stronger community unity to capitalize on such rallies in the future.
The Baytown Sun invites community members to attend its editorial board meetings held weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. To schedule, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281 422 8302. 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. Submissions must be original, signed, include an address and phone not for publication, and be limited to one per month. Editorial editing and publication rights apply.
A reader responds to Wanda Gamer Cash’s editorial arguing that compliance with election rules and open records laws matters for fairness. The letter defends enforcing the law, questions “honest mistake” as a defense, and calls for candidates to be educated and compliant. It cites the Eagle Point Golf Course case as a comparison and urges issue focus in elections.
Community members praise journalist Ken Fountain for reporting facts over conjecture in the Baytown Sun April edition. A reader thanks the paper for clear coverage and integrity in covering Muslim communities and related issues.
A retrospective list of notable events by date includes Paul Revere’s 1775 ride from Charlestown to Lexington, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Yankee Stadium opening in 1923, Doolittle’s 1942 Tokyo raid, Ernie Pyle’s 1945 death, and NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia in 1999.
A retrospective look shows Baytown expanding with two new apartment phases in 1976, a 1991 push for a full inquiry into a fatal shooting by a DPS trooper, a 2001 federal grant of 1.45 million to build an emergency operations center, and 2003 Lee College tuition rising to 22 per credit hour amid 2 million in state cuts.
District Clerk Charles Bacarisse and District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal are listed with phone lines. County Judge Robert Eckels, County Treasurer Jack Cato, County Attorney Michael Stafford, and County Clerk B F Kaufman provide contact numbers. Tax Assessor Collector Paul Bettencourt and County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia are also listed with each office’s direct line.
City Hall lists two year terms for council members and notes meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6 30 p m. The contact details for the City Manager Mayor and district representatives are provided.
Goose Creek ISD lists superintendent Barbara Sultis and a seven member Board of Trustees with districts 1 through 7. Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays at 6 30 p m. The district offices are at 4544 Interstate 10 East Baytown Texas 77522 and a P O Box 30. Regular contact numbers are provided for each trustee and the superintendent.
Mont Belvieu Texas Barbers Hill ISD announces administration and board contacts. It lists campus offices with phone numbers, board members including terms and phone lines for Martha Ellis Bill Blake Keith Coburn Don Coffey Wayne Gray Susan Moore Fontenot Ronald Haddox Mark Hail Mark Himsel Jess Navarre and others.
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