Baytown District 3 vacancy amid shifting frontrunners
The Baytown Sun editorial weighs the District 3 Council vacancy where July 1 decisions loom. It argues candidates should be chosen by constituents, warns against forging a voting bloc, and calls for charter revisions to clarify appointment rules and avoid an unelected incumbent.
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Calvin Mundinger
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun invites residents to visit the editorial board for issue discussions every Wednesday at 2 p.m. To book an appointment, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members listed include Wanda Garner Cash, David Broom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
David Broom
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
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Jane Howard Lee
Submissions guidelines for The Baytown Sun letters and columns
The Baytown Sun accepts signed letters up to 360 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include a non publication address and phone, a photograph for columns, and limit one submission per month. Submissions may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun or via fax or email.
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Baytown readers urge sign rules on closing businesses and Shaffer bid
Citizens call for stricter sign removal rules when shops close and advocate Charles Shaffer for District 3. Letters critique local governance, praise Shaffer’s experience, and urge citywide focus beyond district lines. Also letters lament media consumption and poetry study in the digital age and report roadway drainage issues at North Main and Garth Road.
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Tam
North Main
Garth Road
Interstate 10
Thanks Baytown for helping find pet
A Baytown family thanks residents, The Baytown Sun, and Baytown Animal Control for helping locate their lost pet Blackie. The dog disappeared June 13 while the family stayed in Kentucky awaiting a house sale. Neighbors on Amy Drive aided the search. special thanks to Jackie Haywood for notifying the Kentucky number and Animal Control. Blackie is now home with Chris, Gracie, Jonathan, and Rebekah Barnett Woodburn.
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Chris
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Jackie Haywood
Gracie
Jonathan
Rebekah Barnett Woodburn
Ken
Today in History Highlights and Events on June 27
Highlights note key past events on this date including Truman’s 1950 Korea move, the 1844 Smiths killings, telegraph links in 1847 and the 1893 stock market crash. It also recalls the 1942 Nazi saboteurs capture, 1957 Hurricane Audrey deaths, Stonewall riots beginnings, Watergate disclosures, draft registration revival, and NCAA antitrust ruling plus Clinton White House staff changes.
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Air
UN Security Council
South Korea
Joseph Smith
Hyrum
Carthage
New York
Boston
FBI
Long Island
Louisiana
Texas
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Greenwich Village
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John W. Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon White House
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Carter
National Collegiate Athletic Association
U.S. Coast Guard
Haiti
Clinton
Mack McLarty
Leon Panetta
Baytown milestones from 1944 to 2000 in local history
Timeline notes several Baytown developments including 1944 state approval replacing Baytown Utilities Corp with Harris County Fresh Water Control and Improvement District No 7, 1950 civil defense board appointment, 1953 Atomic Auto nearby A-bomb tests, 1975 a 638000 dollar telephone rate hike, 1990 Goose Creek school deficit of 5.49 million, and 2000 EPA recognition of Bayer Corp for waterborne coating chemistry.
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Baytown Utilities Corp
Baytown
Civil Defense Board
Korea
Goose Creek
EPA
Bayer Corp
Online Opinions on Baytown Fishing Spots and Memories
Readers share winter fishing trips to Lake Wallisville Dam and Sam Rayburn at Lake Jackson Marina with monster bass. Tales span saltwater memories from Chocolate Bayou to Trinity Bay and Anahuac Wildlife Refuge. Local tips list wade and boat spots like HL and P spillway, Daw's Reef, and Thompson's Camp for fresh reports.
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Sam Rayburn
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Highland Shores Rd
Kellye
Ben
Lake Mark
Hl&p
Trinity Bay
McCullom Park
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Smith's Point
Daw
Hodges
Thompson's
Baytown
Tri-City Beach Road
Sylvan Beach
la Porte
Public Works Loses Another: Sewage Problems Worsen
A public works failure report notes five staff losses in the waste water collections department, leaving 6 of 11 positions filled. The speaker urges residents to contact City Hall and the city manager to address sewage in homes and seek plumber referrals.
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