Baytown Police data finds no racial profiling
Baytown Police Department officials presented four years of data to City Council showing the agency does not engage in racial profiling. Detained and arrested counts by race were reported for 2005, with whites 46.5 percent of detainees, Hispanics 31.9 percent and blacks 20.3 percent.
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Baytown
Texas
Byron Jones
Jones
Council
Keith Dougherty
Ronnie Anderson
Mercedes Renteria III
Calvin Mundinger
Dougherty
Bay Oaks Transfer Sets Road Easements to City
The city will receive easements on all private roads in Bay Oaks after paying off outstanding debt to Fultz. Once transferred the city will repair the system to meet state rules and recoup repair costs through a utility surcharge on residents.
Smoking debate stalls as Baytown council delays vote
Baytown council took no action on a smoking issue after a Thursday meeting as Citizens for Property Rights and the Smoke Free Baytown Coalition urged hearings. Activists presented a 12 page ordinance draft while calls for a voter referendum grow, with petition goals and a March deadline looming.
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Ehlers
Council
Baytown
Ehers
Calvin Mundinger
Anderson
Smoking in San Jacinto ward sparks ordinance debate
During a City Hall debate on a smoking ordinance, Kirby Broussard argued a smoke free Baytown policy is contradicted by San Jacinto Methodist Hospital allowing smoking in a psychiatric ward. CEO Dr. S Jeffrey Ackerman confirmed a single room on the floor permits patient smoking to aid recovery, with doors kept closed and no cigarettes provided.
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San Jacinto
City Hall
Baytown
Kirby Broussard
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alexander Drive
Jeffrey Ackerman
Ackerman
Goose Creek approves school plan with 1900-seat venues and safety features
The district outlines a ninth grade center on the first floor with separate upper grade housing on the second floor. A security vestibule will restrict entry to the main office. A central common space runs the building width for movement between classes. The design includes a 1,000-seat auditorium with a 200-seat balcony, a fine arts wing, a 1,200-seat main gym, a 500-seat auxiliary gym, and a 1,200-seat large group instruction room. Total costs near 71.2 million with 53 million for construction and a 5 percent contingency not included. The project is on schedule and ready to be shown in 3-D at the March 6 Goose Creek board meeting.
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Brown
Goose Creek
Yates accused of teaching inmate how to beat case
Prosecutors say Andrea Yates advised a fellow inmate Felicia Doe on feigning mental illness to avoid prosecution in her capital murder retrial. Doe described Yates urging neglect, isolation, and manipulation of jail psychiatrists, while Yates maintains insanity plea.
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Felicia Doe
Yates
Doe
Kaylynn Williford
Williford
George Parham
Associated Press
Noah
Harris County
Michael Stephens
Melissa Ferguson
Stephens
Ferguson
Parnham
Lynnette Licantino
Russell Yates
Lincantino
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