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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 2021
Page
4
Readers advocate voting to re-elect Regents Weston Cotten Mark Hall and Mark Himsel. They credit the board with leadership during the COVID crisis under Dr. Linda Villanueva and urge continued momentum. Election Day is Saturday May 1.
The Baytown Sun readers were asked if Mercedes Renteria owed any Goose Creek CISD Lee College or city taxes. Renteria has years of delinquent taxes and declined to answer. The letter urges re electing Agustin Loredo III over Renteria citing Laredo’s 15 year tenure and approved projects.
A Baytown college professor urges voters to elect David Isaac to the Lee College Board of Regents. He notes long-standing familiar names on signage, argues for fresh leadership, and cites Isaac’s concrete proposals to bridge Lee College with the Baytown community and expand educational innovation.
Roberto Gonzales of United Steel Workers Local 13-2001 calls for action on Workers Memorial Day April 28. He highlights 275 annual American worker deaths from job hazards and urges renewed protections to end avoidable injuries and COVID-19 spread.
A Baytown Sun reader from Mont Belvieu writes of allergy irritation and driving hazards in Hill Country, noting steep hills limit visibility and a cyclist and a bus posed risks. She contrasts hill country with flatter coastal Texas, praising wildflowers planted along roads by the Lady Bird Johnson act and affirming love for home and family.
The Dallas Morning News poll of 1,100 Texas voters, conducted with UT Tyler, finds Matthew McConaughey at 45 percent and Greg Abbott at 33 percent in a hypothetical race. The survey suggests voter attitudes toward politicians and celebrities shape electoral views, with Showalter noting polls 18 months before elections are often unreliable.
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