Lester for City Council District 6 from a neighbor's view
A reader endorses Mike Lester for City Council District 6 praising his community help during Harvey floodwaters. The letter cites efforts aiding neighbors, safeguarding property, and keeping communication open, noting Lester and his wife Pete host neighborhood gatherings and respond quickly in emergencies.
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Mike Lester
Kilgore Road
Cedar Bayou
Harvey
Mike
Pete
Susan Cummings for District 6 councilwoman candidate
A Baytown community leader endorses Susan Cummings as a change agent and team leader for District 6. The letter praises her knowledge, innovative thinking, inclusion, sustainability, and ability to usher in change beyond the status quo.
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Baytown
Susan Cummings
Harris County
Susan
Vote for Cummings in Baytown District 6 runoff
A Baytown resident and longtime District 6 voter endorses Susan Cummings for council. The letter highlights Cummings as a nonpolitician, local educator and former journalist born in Baytown, urging turnout for the December 12 runoff to uplift Southeast Baytown and represent the community's needs.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Lee College
Lamar University
Susan Cummings
Susan
Goose Creek
Baytown Sun
United Press International
Powell Endorsed for Baytown City Council
The Phillips family endorses Jacob Powell for Baytown City Council. They call him one of the good guys whose values and integrity would benefit the city and note Powell cherishes family as he serves Baytown. They express pride in watching his family grow and urge others to vote Powell.
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Jacob Powell
Powell
Jacob
Baytown
Danny
Jennifer Phillips
Conservative Mike Lester for Baytown District 6 Seat
Tim Kincaid urges Baytown voters in District 6 to elect Mike Lester, casting Susan Cummings as liberal and leftist. He argues Showalter misstates Baytown politics and asserts Lester offers leadership ability, experience, and conservative representation opposed to the Biden Harris ticket.
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Baytown
District 6
Mike Lester
Showalter
Susan Cummings
Socialist-Democratic Party
Biden-Harris
Tim Kincaid
Macy's in Baytown Faces Slow Decline and Possible Revival
A longtime Baytown resident laments the decline of Macy's at San Jacinto Mall, recalling the mall’s 1981 opening and fearing loss of local clothing stores to online shopping. She hopes Macy's can be revived to sustain Baytown's shopping culture.
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Baytown
Macy’s
San Jacinto Mall
Foley’s
Sears
J.C. Penney
Foreign entanglements and the US role abroad described
Dr. Steve Showalter argues in a state and local column that American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have been reduced from peak levels yet remain essential for training allies and counter terrorism. He notes political divides over withdrawal, historical isolationist impulses, and the difficulty of exiting without risking greater regional chaos while advocating a sustained, limited presence. He frames the debate as enduring, with no clean solution.
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Iraq
Bush
Obama
America
Trump
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Dallas
Congress
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Japan
Stalin
Middle East
Wyoming grants women voting rights in 1869
On this date in 1869 the Wyoming Territory extended voting rights to women, a landmark milestone in suffrage history. In 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, declaring an abiding faith in America and in humanity's future.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Oslo
America
Today in history notes Nobel Peace Prize moments
In 2007 Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize urging action against climate crisis and an end to waging war on the environment. In 2009 Barack Obama accepted the prize defending U S actions while acknowledging limited early achievements. A year earlier House Democrats announced two impeachment articles against Donald Trump for Ukraine actions and obstruction of Congress.
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Barack Obama
U.S
House Democrats
Donald Trump
Ukraine
Congress
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