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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 2008
Page
4
Clifton E Clements editor and publisher leads a newsroom with David Bloom as managing editor Luke Hales retired as managing editor and city editor day Eshbach V A Bengtson listed as community members with roles in the newspaper's editorial group
The Baytown Sun editorial urges the City Council to approve demolition of blighted properties behind Lakeview Terrace on Northwood Drive. With liens held by lenders and owners vanished, the council must act soon to remove crime ridden structures before they endanger residents and the surrounding area.
The Plain Dealer argues the early states' dates disproportionately shape U.S. presidential choices with roughly 175 million registered voters nationwide and 850,836 combined in Iowa and New Hampshire. The piece notes the outsized impact of these two states on campaign finance and decisions.
Texas political writer recalls Ric Williamson, toll-road advocate and TxDOT chair, who died Dec. 30 at 55. A sharp, influential lawmaker, he pushed for the Trans-Texas Corridor, spearheaded information technology and budgeting reforms, and challenged lawmakers to fund outlays with higher taxes or more toll roads, shaping Texas transportation policy for years.
A reader rebukes a religion focused argument, denounces Christianity and Intelligent Design, and defends science as observable reality. Personal insults target presumed theology degrees, with references to belief, miracles, and a cousin who died after church advised against medicine. The piece cites Mark Twain and mocks religious fan clubs.
Federal and state office contacts listed include President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with White House numbers, senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn with district lines and online emails, reps Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green with district phone lines, and fax numbers for multiple offices.
The Baytown Sun lists contact details for Clifton E. Clements publisher Sandy Denson business manager Joshua Hart circulation manager and Gordon Gallatin advertising director with newsroom contact David Bloom managing editor. The page notes letters to the editor up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words and requests a photo for guest columns.
The Baytown Sun describes submission rules for letters and guest columns, including needing a signature and return address. It lists contact methods for sending letters and notes delivery expectations, with a redelivery deadline if the paper is late and various department phone numbers for reader services.
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