City backs signs for Goose Creek and curb repairs praised
Cheers & Jeers highlights Bert Marshall pushing Goose Creek signage around Baytown. Readers comment on street upgrades Amy and McFarland, driveway height issues, ADA ramps, and curb work with reader letters urging city action and praising civic efforts.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meeting Schedule
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Community members are invited to visit to discuss issues. 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.
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Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
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Submissions Guidelines for The Baytown Sun Readers
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include a writer’s signature, address, and phone number not for publication. Limit one submission per month. Submissions edited or refused at the paper's discretion.
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Bush and heartland appeal in partisan critique
A reflective critique traces the Bush administration’s heartland messaging to divide the nation into Beltway elites versus Real Americans. It cites Fred Barnes, David Brooks, and Thomas Frank while mocking the two-Americas trope and questioning Bush’s authenticity and strategy, including a Woodward interview remark.
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Newt Gingrich
Dick Cheney
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Atlantic Monthly
Country
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PBS
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Red America
Tim LaHaye
Jerry B. Jenkins
James Dobson
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Branson
Nascar
Kansas
Thomas Frank
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Arkansas
Travis Tritt
Randy Travis
Reba McEntire
LaHaye and Jenkins
David Koresh
Davidians
Middle East
Ann Coulter
Michael Savage
Hitler
60 Minutes
Bob Woodward
Iraq
Texas history evokes pride in state heritage
Baytown Sun column notes renewed pride after The Alamo release and the 168th anniversary of the San Jacinto Battle. It highlights Sam Houston, Santa Anna, and the battle's outcome, plus nearby sites: San Jacinto Monument and Battleship Texas. References San Jacinto Museum and TPWD sites. Wayne Smith represents Baytown.
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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This Day in History Highlights From April 26 Events
Highlights for April 26 recounts historic moments across centuries including the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 with deadly radiation and a 1607 English colony landing at Cape Henry led by Captain John Smith. Other events include Audubon's birth in 1785, Booth's death in 1865, Guernica raid in 1937, Petain's arrest in 1945, Maris’s 1961 homer, Tanganyika Zanzibar union in 1964, Boxcar test in 1968, and Broadway debut of Company in 1970.
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Soviet Union
John Smith
Cape Henry
Hemisphere
John James Audubon
Haiti
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Bowling Green
Guernica
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Roger Maris
New York Yankees
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Tanzania
United States
Nevada Desert
Alvin Theatre
New York
Early Baytown voting and local election notes
Baytown voting began April 16 with rising totals across districts 2 and 3. City Clerk Gary Smith reported 89 ballots cast in early voting for Council Districts 2 and 3 as part of ongoing election coverage.
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Beverley Rockhold
Lee College
Barbers Hill
Luke Smith
Ganders
Sterling
Herrington Field
Baytown
Gary Smith
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