Our View No secret settlements in Congress
The editorial urges accountability for sexual harassment settlements paid by the Office of Compliance, notes 17 million dollars across 268 complaints over 20 years, and supports bills to ban using tax dollars for settlements and end nondisclosure provisions. It calls for repayment and transparency, naming Texas Republican Blake Farenthold as an example.
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Blake Farenthold
Farenthold
Office of Compliance
Washington
Trump overstates black homeownership record and early legislative feats
AP FACT CHECK notes Trump claimed a record high in black homeownership and boasted legislative feats. Facts show black homeownership peaked in 2004 at 49.7 percent, now around 42 percent quarterly this year, far from a record. The first year legislative output compares unfavorably with presidents like FDR, with few major laws passed despite GOP control.
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Donald Trump
Trump
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Readers name TV outlet for Trump "Fake News" Trophy
Last week Baytown Sun asked readers which TV outlet most deserves President Trump's proposed Fake News Trophy. The poll sought public reaction to the label and identified the outlet garnering the most reader votes.
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Last pop quiz answers from Baytown history
Answers recall Baytown educators and leaders: Pauline and Mamie Parker taught Spanish. Dan Stallworth and Johnny Peoples coached Goose Creek CISD All Americans. Bob Matherne founded the Goodfellows Drive. W.F. Muller pioneered vocational ed. Goose Creek site laid out by Ross Sterling and Price Pruett. Evergreen plantation named by Moseley Baker. Fortinberry built Baytown Store. Lillie-Duke Hospital and Goose Creek Hospital are named. Lloyd Drexell Vincent served as Angelo State University president. Baytown turns 70 in 2018. REL Band played at the Chicago Lions Club convention. Dr Nick Holland was Goose Creek superintendent and Lee College president. Wanda Orton noted as retired Sun editor.
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Dan Stallworth
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Peoples
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Stallworth
Tom “Swede” Stolhandske
Herb Gray
Rosse Johnson
Rice University
Robert
Bob” Matherne
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San Jacinto
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Ashbel Smith
C. L Fortinberry
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Fortinberry
Lillie-Duke Hospital
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Goose Creek Hospital
Baytown Hospital
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Lloyd Drexell Vincent
Angelo State
Fancy Stevens Hotel
George Gentry
Gentry
Lee College
White House Christmas party recalls DC memories and humor
A writer recalls attending a Congressional Staff Christmas Party at the White House during President Reagan's era in Washington DC. He describes casual festivities, visits to Union Station and Georgetown, and light anecdotes about colleagues, with nostalgia for Christmas in the capital.
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Channel City
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Barbara Bowes
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