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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2018
Page
4
Our View urges Harris County citizens to vote for Proposition A in the flood control district bond election. The plan funds 237 projects including $1.2 billion for channels and $401 million for detention basins, with early voting through Aug 21 and Election Day Aug 25, the one year anniversary of Harvey.
A reader writes about moving into a once safe, well managed apartment complex that deteriorated after new owners took over. They describe potholes, failing utilities, crime, drug activity, broken security, and neglectful management, imagining problems scaled to the size of the United States.
Wanda Orton recalls her return to college at Lee College and UH in the late 1960s amid campus protests and sit-ins. She describes tree sitters, escalator blockages, media coverage, a poetry reading with students from Rice and Texas Southern, and how she and a classmate kept a low profile by minding their own business.
Jim Finley shares reader replies to a column about growing up barefoot, including notes from Linda Albrecht, Shirley Christian, Michael Ray Scarborough, Ronny Prichard, Ora Mae Shutt, Charlie McMahon, and reflections on shoes from elementary to junior high. The Baytown Sun columnist notes viewer engagement and ties to local figures.
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