Baytown Council Debates Smoking Ordinance Expansion
Baytown leaders discuss current smoking rules with Mayor Mundinger signaling openness to minor expansion while inviting public input. Don Murray backs a broader approach, framing the issue as balancing business freedom and citizen protection amid a formal hearing.
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Calvin Mundinger
Smoking debate grows as Baytown considers bans
Restaurant and bar workers defend private business rights while advocates push a smoking ban in Baytown. Owners at Dawg House Café and City Club bar report sales concerns, while studies from El Paso and New York offer mixed economic impacts. Smoke Free Baytown groups urge public health action.
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Dawg House
N. Main St
Zoes
City Club
West Pearce St
Monica Pele
Pele
Tammy Lilly
West Main St
Lilly
Texas Department of Health
el Paso
New York City
Department of Finance
Ehlers
Baytown
Rooster’s Steakhouse
Texas Ave
Rooster’s
Freda Cox
Cox
Texas
Austin
San Jacinto Methodist
California Declares Secondhand Smoke a Pollutant
California's Air Resources Board unanimously classifies secondhand smoke as a toxic air pollutant, aligning it with diesel exhaust and arsenic due to links to breast cancer. The state report cites a 68 to 120 percent increased risk for young women exposed to passive smoke and links to premature births, asthma, heart disease, and other cancers.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Air Resources Board
Stanton Glantz
Center For Tobacco Control, Research and Education
University of California
San Francisco
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
United States
U.S
Sanford Barsky
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
John Fraines
UCLA
Center For Occupational and Environmental Health
R.J. Reynolds
David Howard
Air Board
Cynthia Hallett
Beloved trailer stolen from Baytown church
Baytown police are investigating the theft of a black 2003 lowboy trailer parked behind Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church at 2714 Ferry Road. Value is listed at 750 to 1200 dollars with a 400 dollar toolbox. sentimental value cited by Kim Boyd, whose late husband donated the trailer to the church. Police report filed by Rev. Tommy Lyles. trailer missing between Dec 16 and Jan 10. Church plans to inform worshipers. contact numbers provided for information.
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Cedar Bayou
Kim Boyd
Boyd
Bruce
U.M. Army
United Methodist Action
Lyles
Blossoms
N. Alexander Drive
Kinky Friedman Campaign Meeting Set in Anahuac
The Chambers County Kinky Friedman for Governor 2006 Committee will hold an organizational meeting Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at 404 Oak Street Anahuac the chair A Lynette Parsons hosting. Friedman runs as an independent seeking petition signatures from voters who did not participate in the March primary. Volunteers needed statewide to aid the drive. information and platform available at the meeting and online. For details call 409 550 3065.
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Chambers County
Kinky
Kinkyfriedman.com
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