Baytown Council faces District 3 vacancy impasse
Baytown must fill the District 3 seat after Calvin Mundinger’s mayoral win. Two meetings canceled and two ends with the council split between Lisa Urban and Charles Shaffer. An impasse persists as May elections approach, prompting calls for decisive action. The Baytown Sun editorial notes the duty to appoint.
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Blueprint for Baytown survey seeks public input online
Baytown invites residents workers and local stakeholders to complete a 42 question survey via the city site baytown.org and the Baytown Sun site baytownsun.com. The survey measures satisfaction with education livability shopping infrastructure and working environment and asks what businesses and industries to attract. Recommendations planned for September will guide city marketing and economic development efforts and encourage broad participation.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Submissions
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 200 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public-interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include contact details, and may be edited.
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Urban candidate Lisa Urban for Baytown City Council seat
A letter urges filling the vacant District 3 seat with Lisa Urban citing years of volunteer work on RADAT toxic landfill and bond programs. It contrasts Boston’s Big Dig cost overruns and discusses statewide casino gambling battles and fiscal reform in Texas with references to Kerry Ellis and Baytown Sun coverage.
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July 27 highlights through history and notable deaths
On this date events include the 1953 Panmunjom armistice ending the Korean War and the 1789 Congress establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs. Also Robespierre’s overthrow in 1794, McClellan’s 1861 command, Nixon impeachment vote in 1974, Legionnaire’s Disease death in 1976, the Shah’s 1980 death, James Mason’s 1984 passing, and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996.
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Baytown locals urge spending at home to draw business
An online Baytown Sun forum post argues Baytown should keep dollars local to attract national retailers like Dillards, noting Goose Creek views at El Toro as a selling point for outdoor dining and waterfront development. The author contends tax income lags behind Texas City and urges residents to redirect spending to spark stores, services, and improved streets and schools.
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Baytown milestones span deaths and road projects
The item recalls Noah Katz's 1950 death after a two week illness, a 1975 county contract to shore up Crosby Lynchburg Road near Lynchburg Ferry, a 1990 bond suggestion for municipal capital improvements, and a 2002 consultant's demand for a larger convention center. It also notes 2004 grave desecration probes at Earthman Memory Gardens.
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