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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2018
Page
4
A Baytown reader criticizes trapping and releasing stray cats. The letter alleges Baytown Health Director Mike Lester collaborates with a group named A Life to Live to collect dropped cats, obtain owner addresses, spay or neuter them, and return them, reencouraging the ongoing problem. The writer vows to stop sending trapped cats to animal control.
Gene Schdrader of Baytown criticizes a $270000 Welcome sign funded by state money, questioning source of funds and noting a rundown highway area near Highway 146 and FM 565 with half buried tanks and potential pollution in Cedar Bayou, urging owner cleanup and accountability.
Kelly Jackson of Spring writes to Texas lawmakers opposing arming teachers, citing Santa Fe High School tragedy, union and law enforcement concerns, and urging adoption of common sense measures like Red Flag laws to prevent gun access to dangerous individuals before they reach schools.
On this date the Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v Virginia. David Berkowitz received multiple life sentences for the Son of Sam killings. Reagan urged tearing down the Berlin Wall. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed outside her Los Angeles home. The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting left 49 dead and 53 wounded. Pearl Bailey’s Thought for Today reflects on ambition and love.
A visitor recounts the Memorial for Peace and Justice near the Alabama state capitol, documenting more than 4400 lynching victims across 12 states. The six acre site features 806 eight-foot slabs with names and counties, a center cloister of 600 hanging slabs, and stark floor descent to symbolize spectators of history. The author urges confronting past racial violence to aid recovery and reconciliation, with JoAn Martin noted as a contributor.
Beto O'Rourke completed a 254 county tour ending in Gainesville Cooke County as he pursues a Texas Senate bid against Ted Cruz. The article notes county voting patterns Loving and Cooke show Cruz strength, while polling suggests O'Rourke trails but could gain with early outreach and cross party appeal. It discusses O'Rourke's nationwide tour style and tentative statewide race dynamics.
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