Clifton Clements Editorial Board Changes Noted
Clifton E. Cliff Clements remains editor publisher while David Bloom is named managing editor. city editor Oy Hales is fired. Jay Eshbach and M A Bengtson listed as community members in an editorial board reshuffle shaping newsroom leadership and input.
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Cheers and Jeers highlights amid Baytown community acts
The Baytown Sun editorial board presents quick cheers and jeers praising local efforts and warning against risks. Highlights include Locks of Love donations to Pat Nelson, RAP program for troubled teens, Bowl-A-Thon support for Empty Bowls with $85,000 raised for Houston Food Bank, truck safety concerns at I-10 and Thompson Road, and identity theft risks by nonresidents. Readers are invited to submit items for Monday publication.
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Obama Appeals to Audiences With Rhetorical Power
Obama faces plagiarism claims as he borrows phrases from King Jefferson FDR and Malcolm X in speeches. The critique traces echoes to Deval Patrick Biden Edwards Wright Khalidi Ayers Rezko and Raila Odinga amid Clinton campaign attacks and GOP framing. Lyons notes media dynamics and questions Obama’s November viability.
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Government officials contact and newspaper staff listings
A reader notice lists contact details for national and local government figures including President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with White House numbers, plus Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn and Representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul and Gene Green. It also names Baytown Sun staff such as Publisher Clifton E Clements and Managing Editor David Bloom and outlines letters of up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with photo requirements.
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Baytown Sun letter policy and delivery notice
The Baytown Sun details submission rules for signed letters and guest columns. It also explains delivery expectations and redelivery procedures if the paper is not received on time by 9 a.m. weekdays and Sundays.
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Letters to the Editor on Chambers County politics
A Chambers County reader voices party loyalty and critique of local officials. He condemns Republicans who shifted allegiance from Democrats, urges women to run for sheriff, judge, and commissioner, and endorses Hugh Sigers as an honest candidate amid high crime and wasted taxpayer funds.
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Global warming talk and consumer tweaks spark opinions
A reader questions the impact of small acts like using sugar and cream in coffee to save forests, criticizes weather forecasting and media coverage, and doubts the effectiveness of personal actions against climate change while predicting political rhetoric and potential taxes in November.
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