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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2009
Page
4
Dave Mathews is managing editor with Jay Eshbach as community editor. Jim Finley formerly served as managing assistant editor. M.A. ber is listed as community samhar editor and Dave Rogers handles sports editing duties.
Baytown council faces criticism over privacy lapses in red light camera program and questions about yellow-light timing. Resident Byron Schirmbeck urged discontinuation, while officials argue the program serves law enforcement and that revenue concerns are overstated, noting fines across violations.
A reader denounces fear driven politics, urges balanced budgets and renewed global respect, and criticizes blaming President Obama for inherited deficits. The writer tells readers to disengage from Rush Limbaugh and Fox News to seek reality and truth about national and world events.
Luke Hales, assistant managing editor of the Baytown Sun, defends First Amendment rights amid accusations a column slanders a reader and a teacher. He asserts journalists must avoid libel while expressing opinions and celebrates editorial freedom with a humorous list of varied words.
The Sun provides contact details for federal and state representatives and newsroom staff. It lists phone numbers for offices of senators and representatives and publisher, business manager, circulation, and advertising directors. It invites letters up to 250 words and guest columns up to 500 with a photo.
The Baytown Sun provides contact numbers for departments and states submissions must be signed with writer details. It notes original material only and the policy on letters and guest columns as well as delivery by 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday with a redelivery contact if late.
A satirical column mocks the Obama White House beer summit fallout. It notes Elizabeth Gates calling Sgt. Crowley attractive and reflects on media bias, public backlash, and political distraction from health reform. The piece questions motives, cites H. L. Mencken, and ends with a local columnist quip about reactions.
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