Brack files GOP bid in Chambers County race
Former Chambers County Attorney Charles Brack, once holdover from 1988 to 2000, filed as a Republican to challenge incumbent Cheryl Swope Lieck in the March 9 primaries. Lieck, who beat Brack 2-1 in 2000, called the move surprising but said voters will judge her record. Ted Poe and other Republicans also filed for the newly drawn U.S. Congressional District 2 as Texas redistricting slows through court review.
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Chambers County
Charles Brack
Rur
Cheryl Swope Lieck
Brack
Lieck
Texas
Houston
Lampson
Harris County
Baytown
Candidate quits race for mayor in Baytown
Self-styled outsider David Lee withdrew from the Baytown mayoral race leaving two city councilmen as declared candidates. The licensed minister and Crosby Church Bible teacher said he quit to focus on family and ministry and plans seminary studies. He did not endorse Rentena I or Mundinger and offered no commentary on other potential candidates.
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Baytown
David Lee
Lee
Crosby
Mercedes Rentena I
Calvin Mundinger
Heazon
Akzo Nobel Catalyst
Church razed to clear greenbelt in Baytown
Exx onMobil workers finished asbestos removal on the St. Mark's United Methodist Church on Oklahoma Street. The 2 month process ended as the building was demolished to make way for a greenbelt. ExxonMobil has owned the property since 1999. The congregation had moved to a new North Main Street sanctuary in April.
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Baytown
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Oklahoma Street
Warren Dold
ExxonMobil
North Main Street
Church demolition ends era of historic building
Rev Mike Proctor said moving the church building would cost around 6 million, while ExxonMobil hoped to reuse it. Changing the site to industrial use would require ADA compliance and be prohibitively expensive, so the structure was razed. The demolisher now holds rights to the limestone, which is no longer available from the quarry.
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Mike Proctor
ExxonMobil
Cold
Dold
Proctor
ExxonMobil denies lawsuit allegations over arbitration dispute
ExxonMobil denies legal claims that it violated labor accords by refusing to arbitrate grievances of two fired Baytown workers. The suit, filed Nov 12 in Houston, targets arbitration of firing cases tied to a contractor electrocution incident on Feb 4, 2003. OSHA cited the contractor for 336000 in fines, later settled.
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ExxonMobil Corporation
Baytown
Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union Local No
Houston
PACE
Angela Robbins
Utilities Control Center
John Lawson
North Houston
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Lawson
OSHA
ExxonMobil
Mobile ATM built by Baytown businesses for Southwest Bank
Baytown area firms built a unique mobile ATM for Southwest Bank of Texas to serve at Reliant Stadium and Minute Maid Park events, fairs, and Relay for Life. The unit, the bank’s only mobile ATM among 90 Houston-area machines, features alarms and tracking and can aid disaster recovery by supplying cash after hurricanes or tornadoes.
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Baytown
Southwest Bank of Texas
Houston
Reliant Stadium
Minute Maid Park
Relay For Life
Mark Himsel
Southwest Bank
Himsel
Turner Welding
Crosby
Page's
Mont Belvieu
John Robelin
John’s
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