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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2006
Page
4
The newspaper lists current and former staff positions led by Wanda Garner Cash as Editor Publisher and Jim Finley as retired Managing Editor. It notes Doyle Barlow as Managing Editor, David Bloom as Sports Editor, Jane Howard Lee as retired Reporter, and Danielle Lynch as News Editor.
Editorial notes Wilkenfeld Furniture ends a Baytown cultural era as rising overhead and dwindling customers force liquidation. The family business opened in 1926 to serve oil workers and residents, anchored Texas Avenue alongside Rosenzweig’s, Moore’s, and Paine Bros. The closure mirrors Baytown’s shift to malls and big box retailers, drawing memories and sadness from longtime customers.
A Baytown reader defends personal rights to smoke while criticizing the Smoke Free Baytown coalition. The commenter calls the group Nazi, Marxist, and communist, claims the backlash infringes on free-speech and self-governance, and urges the coalition to address its own community first.
A Baytown resident, parent to a CF patient, urges smoke free ordinances to improve his son's lungs and life quality. He notes the burden of cigarette smoke in dining and public spaces and argues a stronger smoke free policy could extend the child's life.
The text argues that smokers are becoming a protected class through socially sanctioned discrimination and civil rights framing. It notes a growing anti smoking climate influencing local laws passed with little opposition, portraying smokers as a compliant group retreating quietly.
A reader petitions city leaders to add a non perfume cologne and after shave lotion ban to the public non smoking policy. They argue odors affect asthma sufferers and could endanger vulnerable people in shared spaces. The writer urges a single vote on the expanded policy.
Harris County officials listed with contact numbers include District Clerk Charles Bacarisse 713-755-5711, District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal 713-755-5800, County Judge Robert Eckels 713-755-4000, County Treasurer Jack Cato 713-755-6120, County Attorney Michael Stafford 713-755-5101, County Clerk B F Kaufman 1-800-835-5832, Tax Office Paul Bettencourt 713-368-2200, Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia 713-755-6220, Sheriff Tommy Thomas 713-755-6044, Precinct 3 Constable Ken Jones 281-427-4792, Justice of the Peace Mike Parrott Place 1 713-450-2409, Place 2 Tony Palumbo 281-427-7449, Chambers Jimmy Sylvia 409-267-8295.
The Baytown Sun lists key staff including Wanda Garner Cash Publisher Sandy Denson Business Manager David Bloom Managing Editor Doyle Barlow Sports Editor Danielle Lynch News Editor Angie Pagel Advertising Director and Janie Halter Circulation Manager with respective email handles for contact.
The Baytown Sun details delivery times and contact numbers. Readers are urged to call by 10 a.m. if the paper is not received on time, with specific lines for main, newsroom, retail, classified, and circulation departments.
The Baytown Sun invites original, signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Include a non publishing address and phone number. Submissions may be edited or rejected. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun, P O Box 90, Baytown 77522, or fax (281) 427-1880 or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
A reader questions the Texas Avenue project cost, estimating a mile of road could not cost much more than $7.82 per foot. The letter cites Harris County striping work by Batterson, claiming paint would last about one year at $0.25 per foot and notes a contract requiring proper work or restriping.
A reader warns of a dangerous situation since the Wal-Mart distribution center opened. No sign marks FM 1405 exit to the entrance, causing 18 wheeler drivers to stop and back up daily. The writer hopes authorities or Cedar Crossing officials fix signage to prevent a potential tragic accident.
The author argues that alcohol and tobacco are highly deadly, questions drug death statistics, and contends that government revenue from legalizing drugs, gambling, and prostitution would fund regulation. They criticize the war on drugs, prisons for victimless crimes, and prohibition history as ineffective.
A reader criticizes Don Sanders advice about guarding property and laments a rude response toward a visiting Frenchman on a sentimental trip. The commenter notes the hat, a gift from a deceased wife, dates to WWII and expresses sympathy for old age and emotion while condemning harsh behavior by some Bayton residents.
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