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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E. Clements and David Bloom are listed as editor and publisher and managing editor respectively on the editorial board. Jim Finley, Jane Howard Lee, Jay Eschbach, and Kate Keith Magee also hold roles as editors, reporters, and staff across the board.
The Senate backed an energy bill introducing first meaningful mileage standards in two decades. Critics argue automakers avoided higher efficiency by classifying SUVs as light trucks, while supporters say tighter rules could cut oil use by 1.2 million barrels daily, save $25 billion yearly, and create about 170,000 jobs.
The Vatican rolls out a set of Ten Commandments for motorists warning cars can be an occasion of sin. Road rage, speeding, rude gestures, blasphemy and pride are highlighted as modern sins, with caution against dangerous passing and trafficking by prostitutes and clients. The Herald Everett Washington reports.
In a letter to the editor a Baytown area writer argues Highlands activists should preserve the Brunson theater like Liberty Opry House. The note notes Houston theatres from the 40s and 50s and questions Perry funding for Lee College while criticizing TSU finances and leadership.
A writer reflects on a tragic accident in which four youths died, urging readers not to blame the families or the youths involved. The letter defends not judging others and asks communities to support the grieving rather than assign fault.
A professional land surveyor challenges a statement tied to revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps. He notes better technology identifies floodplains but asserts upstream development and ongoing ground subsidence have expanded some floodplains and driven rising flood insurance costs.
Federal and Texas officials listed with names titles and phone numbers including President George W Bush Vice President Dick Cheney Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison John Cornyn and Representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul and Gene Green along with their offices and web addresses for contact and fax numbers.
The Baytown Sun provides contact details for Clifton Clements Sandy Denson Emmett McKinley Joshua Hart and editors. Readers can submit letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with contact information for publication.
The Baytown Sun lists submission rules including requiring signed letters to David Bloom with a current address and phone number. It notes editing rights and the option to refuse publication. Delivery guidance says readers should receive the paper by 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday and by 8 a.m. Sunday with redelivery contact.
A Baytown reader reflects on favorite newspaper cartoons from The Baytown Sun and The Wall Street Journal, noting humor styles from witty wordplay to philosophical jabs. He lists memorable gags about thinking, placebos with side effects, a dog thwarted by a ticking clock, and explorers hearing there is no fountain of youth. Malcolm Murray, a retired Exxon Chemical engineer, has lived in Baytown 33 years.
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