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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 2006
Page
4
Wanda Garner Cash edits the board while Jim Finley has retired as publisher Doyle Barlow serves as managing editor and Jane Howard Lee is retired. Sports editor David Bloom and news editor Danielle Lynch lead coverage with editorials coordinated by the board.
The Baytown Sun blends quick praise and criticism. Teena Still donated a Challenger memorial quilt to a Framingham exhibit marking the shuttle disaster anniversary. Rocky Bernard shines as a Baytonian reaching the Super Bowl. Exxon Mobil faces critique over a process gas oil spill in Archia Court neighborhood.
The piece argues current politics reward dodgy claims, citing James Frey’s disputed memoir and broader media distrust. It critiques Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell over Abramoff coverage, calls the Post online comments shutdown troubling, and contrasts GOP smoke with calls for accountability. It ends by challenging Karl Rove’s rhetoric on wiretapping and FISA. Gene Lyons is named as the author.
A compact roster of Texas state officials with phone lines for Governor Rick Perry Lt. Governor David Dewhurst Attorney General Greg Abbott Comptroller Carole Strayhorn Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs and several senators and representatives including Tommy Williams Mario Gallegos John Whitmire Craig Elland Wayne Smith and Charles Matthews plus a Capitol mapping link to find district representation. The list provides direct numbers and an instruction to visit the state capitol site to identify personal representatives.
Baytown Sun staff directory lists Wanda Garner Cash publisher Sandy Denson business manager David Bloom managing editor Doyle Barlow sports editor Danielle Lynch news editor Angie Pagel advertising director Janie Halter circulation manager with production placeholder.
The Baytown Sun lists its contact details including main newsroom and department lines at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77522 and a general email site and production manager Wayne Oxedine. It provides phone numbers for Main Newsroom Retail Classified Circulation and a fax line.
The Baytown Sun reminds subscribers their paper should arrive by 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and by 8 a.m. Sunday. If not delivered on time, call (281) 425 8048 by 10 a.m. to arrange redelivery.
The Baytown Sun invites original signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Include a non publication address and phone number, allow editing, and state the writers’ views as theirs, not the paper’s. Submissions may be refused or edited. send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P.O. Box 90 Baytown TX 77522 or by fax or email.
A reader criticizes the idea of transferring students to fix low test scores arguing it shifts the problem rather than solving it. The letter questions teacher performance and calls for parental and board involvement while rejecting money as a fix and urging accountability.
Local driver praises TxDOT for restriping lanes on Highway 146 north of the Hartman Bridge, saying the improved lane markings enhance nighttime safety and driving comfort.
As a sportsman and environmentalist I oppose open loop LNG terminals that would vaporize seawater and release it back into the Gulf, harming billions of fish eggs and larva. Closed loop, fish friendly tecnologies exist and are used in New England and California. Exxon has pulled permits. Shell should follow and protect the Gulf fishing industry.
The Bayway Drive shutdown may have been avoided if a NCCCO certified crane operator had been onsite. States require this certification for crane operation, with refineries and plants often mandating it. Glen Farmer, a 25 year veteran, was the CCO certified operator Troy Construction called to move the damaged crane without further incident. Websites: farmercompany.com and nccco.org.
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