Independence Day 227th anniversary of Declaration of Independence
The Baytown Sun editorial extols the Declaration as the foundation of equal rights and constitutional fairness. It recalls John Adams saying Independence forever and honors service members keeping liberty alive, urging citizens to celebrate with family and reflect on freedom.
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John Adams
America
Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloor
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Adams envision Fourth of July as a continental festival
John Adams, writing to Abigail on July 3 1776 after independence, imagined future Fourth of July celebrations to be a great anniversary festival across the continent with pomp, games, guns and illuminations. He acknowledged the costs to sustain the declaration but claimed to see “rays of ravishing light and glory” and a worthy end.
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America
John Adams
Abigail
Adams
Baytown Sun Seeks Letters and Guest Columns
The Baytown Sun invites public submissions up to 300 words for letters and 500 words for guest columns, requiring signer name, address, and phone. Submissions should be original, with photographs for guests, and limited to one per month. Political content rules apply around election days. Contact details provided.
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Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
P.O
Baytown
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Baytownsun.com
Redistricting Ideals Split by Party Control in Texas
The piece traces how views on who should draw congressional maps shift with party power. It notes Perry and Craddick in 2003 backing a legislative session for redistricting, contrasted with an earlier 2001 stance preferring court drawn maps, and recalls 1996 court-drawn lines under Bush and the earlier Democratic Senate/House leadership.
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Associated Press
Toel Martinez Andres Rodriguez
G.I. Forum
Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee
McAllen Civic Center
McAllen
Texas
Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Rick Perry
House
Tom Craddick
Perry
House of Representatives
Pete Laney
Senate
Congress
Tom DeLay
Oklahoma
DeLay
George W. Bush
Laney
Bob Bullock
Texas Senate
Bush
Cest
Ardmore
Karl Rove
Texans seek liberal Democrats out of Washington and praise GOP
Letter writers argue Democrats waste taxpayer money and seek to redraw districts to stay in power. A 13 year old Cedar Bayou student laments rezoning plans hurting high school continuity and classroom space, urging unchanged zoning and schools.
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Texas
Harris County
Nick Lampson
Jack Brooks
Lamont Meaux
Stowell
Cedar Bayou Junior High
Lee
Sterling
Cedar Bayou
Brittney Shaw
Baytown
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