Wilkenfeld Furniture Closes After Long Baytown History
Wilkenfeld Furniture ends a multi decade family business in Baytown with memories of a community hub on Texas Avenue. The owner Wilkenfeld and longtime staff remember price points, aging sellable stock, and a shift from handmade to machine assembled pieces as newer retail competition and downtown revitalization loom. Local figures mourn the closure, citing lost neighborhood ties and continued commercial renewal efforts.
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Baytown smoking ballot bids face signatures and talks
City Clerk notes 3,056 votes in last regular election. Each initiative needs about 764 valid signatures to qualify for a May ballot. Baytown Citizens for Property Rights and Smoke Free Baytown Coalition push petitions, with Lorri Coody set to verify signatures by March 13. Mayor Mundinger seeks a citizen driven wording plan and a mutual council appearance.
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Baytown Citizens For Property Rights
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Smoke Free Baytown Coalition
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Smoke Free
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Calvin Mundinger
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White House pushes new user fees in 2007 budget plan
The Bush administration proposes 3.5 billion in new user fees to fund programs from airline security to veterans care, swelling to 47.2 billion over five years. Airlines, freighters, and high income veterans would bear higher charges, though Congress has often rejected such levies in the past.
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Bushs Standing News Poll Highlights Low Public Trust
The AP Ipsos poll shows President Bush at 40 percent job approval and 39 percent for economy handling, near lows despite recent upbeat domestic messaging. Foreign policy gains lift his rating to 47 percent as public opinion shifts on domestic surveillance amid terrorism fears.
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