Retired editors and staff changes at Clifton E. Clements era paper
The notice lists longtime editor and publisher Clifton E. Clements and retiring staff members including editor Jay Eshbach, managing editor David Bloom, Lee, reporter Keith Magee, and assistant managing editor Jane Howard Lee, outlining transitions within the newsroom.
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Goose Creek Editorial Opposes No Child Left Behind
Baytown Sun editorial urges Congress to let No Child Left Behind expire citing rising costs and limited progress. Board critiques require testing focus and calls for local control, arguing the law should not be renewed this year. David Bloom signs for the editorial board.
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Water Park Plans Raise Security and Parking Questions in Baytown
A Baytown GFSA board member voices concern over security near the Wayne Gray Sports Complex and parking capacity as a water park alongside the existing pool is proposed. The letter asks whether resources for security and additional parking are included before moving forward, noting past incidents and influx from planned tournaments and summer use.
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Baytown Considers Aquatics Park Plan With Wave Pool Idea
Parents praise spray parks at Roseland Park while Baytown City Council weighs replacing Wayne Gray and N C Foote Park pools with a water park and community pool. Resident voices favor a local wave pool, arguing it would cut drives to Mont Belvieu and boost city revenue.
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Laura Lopez
Chris Reyes
Roseland Park
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Eagle Pointe
Mont Belvieu
Government Officials Contact List Revealed
Federal figures include President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with main offices and fax lines. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn show multiple numbers and district emails. Representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green provide office and district contact details and state links for outreach.
How to Reach Us at The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for Clifton Clements Sandy Denson Emmett McKinley Joshua Hart David Bloom and Keith Magee. The paper invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words and notes guest submissions should include.
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Baytown Sun Letters Policy and Delivery Information
The Baytown Sun welcomes original unsigned submissions addressed to the writer and edited as needed. Send signed letters to David Bloom at P.O. Box 90 Baytown 77522 or via fax or email. Readers receive papers by 6 am weekdays, 8 am Sundays. call 281 425 8048 by 10 am for redelivery if late.
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Letters to the Editor on Garth Road traffic light timing
A reader urges better synchronization at Garth Road signals, especially left turns, and questions the legality of right turns from Baytown Central. The letter advocates red light cameras, overtime enforcement by police, and eventual traffic routing solutions to move cars more efficiently.
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Reflective tape plan proposed to cover tank cars
A reader urges a crusade to wrap reflective tape along the full length of tank cars to improve visibility at crossings. He recalls near misses at DuPont and a security guard who was killed, urging readers to contact their congressmen and noting Baytown Sun provides phone numbers. He expresses remorse for not acting 15 years ago and pleads to save lives.
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Convoluted jabs spark climate debate in July letter
Don Sanders letters attack Gore concerts and climate science while arguing Earth’s fluctuations are natural. He mocks Helen Thomas and evolution, likening supporters to a distant ancestral figure and claiming Gore and Moore ignore science.
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