Barbers Hill Eyes Local Tax Change Under Recapture Plan
Barbers Hill ISD debates a 2008 tax move as Chapter 41 option allows two non recaptured cents to stay local. Taxpayers would see M&O increase by two cents while S and bond payments are cut by two cents, keeping overall rate at $1.33 if approved. Officials argue the exchange preserves dollars at home without raising rates.
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Poole
Barbers Hill
Texas
Austin
Koonce
M&o
S&s
Green seeks fast cleanup of San Jacinto dioxin leak
Congressman Green and EPA officials discuss cleaning the underwater dioxin contamination in the San Jacinto River and Galveston Bay. They push to identify responsible parties, fund cleanup, and move swiftly through the Superfund process to remove toxins and protect local anglers and residents.
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Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans Marshall Cedilote
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Stephen Tzhone
Environmental Protection Agency
San Jacinto
River Terrace Park
Channelview
Green
Poe
San Jacinto River
Galveston Bay
EPA
EPA Super
Pasadena
NPL
Tzhone
TCEQ
Marshall Cedilote
Cedilote
Epa.gov
Baytown budget highlights street tax and hotel fund plans
The proposed 2008 09 budget includes a 1/4 percent street maintenance sales tax revenue continuing through 2012, funds for crack sealing and road repairs, and $753 000 in fund balance. The Hotel Motel Fund is projected to grow about 27 percent to 778 990 with 102 000 set aside for advertising. Public hearing August 21.
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Caskey
Bob Leiper
Leiper
Baytown
Art League of
Texas Avenue
Finley quotes and trivia echo in Baytown Sun veteran
Jim Finley, retired managing editor for The Baytown Sun, recalls city council flair with lines like Well I do declare while contrasting Boston talk. He muses on the Hey Diddle Diddle rhyme as a political theme and plans to verify with Gary Fischer.
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Steve Don Carlos
Boston
Diddle
Jimmy Carter
Gary Fischer
Jim Finley
The
Baytown Sun
Baytown mother and son buried side by side at Cedarcrest
Leigh Ann Weir and her son John Lee Kirkland, both Baytonians, died in separate auto wrecks days apart. Weir, 47, died August after a July 26 wreck. Kirkland, 23, perished in a Montgomery County crash on Tuesday. Gravesides set for Cedarcrest as Navarre Funeral Home hosts visitation.
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Cedarcrest Cemetery
Leigh Ann Weir
John Lee Kirkland
Weir
Lee College
Schneider
Baytown Humane Society
Montgomery County
Kirkland
Edouard
Eason
Christina Hanlin
Montgomery
Dennis Homeyer
Caldwell
Navarre Funeral Home
Ferry Road
Martial Arts Classes for All Ages Offer Free First Class
A local dojo announces martial arts classes for ages 4 and up with separate adult sessions. The advertisement highlights top instructors and invites new students to try the first class for free, urging readers to call now.
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Eancy Biro
Pccmovies
Gulfbay
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