Editorial: Texas school funding critics blast reform efforts
The Baytown Sun editorial argues that Texas lawmakers have failed to meaningfully reform the school funding system over four attempts in two years. It condemns tax shifts, advocates for a state income tax, and says elected officials have lost sight of the taxpayers they serve, with the Supreme Court likely to rule soon on the system’s constitutionality.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Info and Contacts
The Baytown Sun invites community members to visit the editorial board which meets weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays. To arrange discussions, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Garner Cash, David Bloom, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Submissions Guidelines for The Baytown Sun Letters
The Baytown Sun invites unsigned letters or guest columns on public interest topics limited to 300 words for letters and 500 words for columns. Include writer’s signature, address and daytime phone, and a photo for columns. Submissions go to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom, P.O. Box 90, Baytown, or fax 281-427-1880 or email sunnews baytownsun.com, with limits and editorials at editor's discretion.
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Beer sales at Baytown sports complex spark greed concerns
A Baytown resident questions whether city leaders should allow beer at a sports event citing greed and potential harm to children. The letter asks who would hold licenses, enforce laws, fund security, and how underage drinking would be addressed, urging officials to state positions publicly.
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What Is Morally Right About Alcohol in Baytown
A Baytown reader, a minister and counselor with 40 years of experience, endorses letters opposing alcohol sales and consumption at public facilities. He argues alcohol is a drug with harmful outcomes, urges raising standards, and supports Pastor Bezet and Tim Cryer in doing what is morally right.
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Kinky Friedman for Governor Drives Texas Campaign Dialogue
A reader urges support for Kinky Friedman in Texas gubernatorial race. The note highlights dissatisfaction with Austin plans, notes Friedman as independent candidate, promotes his education focus, and points to kinkyfriedman.com for policy ideas and signature requirements to appear on the November 2006 ballot.
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Today in History highlights from July 24 across years
On this date in 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific after the first moon landing. Other noted events include Van Buren's death in 1862, Tennessee's 1866 readmission, Scottsboro Case charges dropped in 1937, Nixon Khrushchev Kitchen Debate in 1959, Nixon tapes ruling in 1974, Apollo Soyuz docking in 1975, Bundy conviction in 1979, a 2002 Pennsylvanian mine rescue, Zell Miller's 2000 Senate appointment, and a 2006 Bush radio address referencing the 9/11 commission.
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Media Critics Say US Coverage Hurts War Effort
A reader argues that media and politicians undermine the Iraq mission by biased reporting and calls for balanced treatment of troops. He warns against draft reactivation and suggests a national emergency response including a wall on the Mall, citing potential terrorist threats to Houston Baytown Dallas and Washington.
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Today in Sun History highlights Baytown events
In 1950 Company E Texas National Guard began a weeklong recruiting drive before summer camp. In 1975 Hathaway's Foodliners bought Lyons Food Service store on Highway 146 near Cedar Bayou Bridge. In 1990 Baytown unemployment rose .2 percent to 8.5 in June. In 2000 Promise Center coordinator Robert Houk spoke at Trinity Episcopal Church about progress and a hopeful year ahead. In 2003 Baytown Health Department and Chambers County Mosquito Control were flooded with calls about town sprayed areas.
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