Letters to the Editor attack on Gen Lee name
A 1967 Robert E Lee High School graduate and veteran denounces the school’s namesake. He calls Gen Lee a traitor for ordering troops to kill U S soldiers in the Civil War and rejects the idea of honoring him as a hero. He laments Baytown’s regard for Lee and disavows association with the town.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
U.S
U.S. Military
Lee
Geoffrey C. Ward
Ric Burns
Ken Burns
Baytown Names Policy On Robert E Lee Surtax Debate
The Baytown school district recommendation to retain the name Robert E Lee draws criticism over honoring slavery and white supremacy. Critics warn the decision could harm the city's future economy demographics and regional image, urging reconsideration to avoid negative long term consequences.
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Battleship Texas Foundation
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Debating Lee High Rename and War Monuments
A reader argues about Robert E Lee’s legacy and the Vietnam War era divisions. The piece compares Civil War loyalties, Virginia state split, and national debates over honoring veterans and renaming schools, urging balanced judgment of wartime decisions.
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United States
America
Lee High School
Robert E Lee
Virginia
Lee
West Virginia
Baytown
Canada
Vietnam
Bill targets trucking safety HB 19 faces committee in Austin
Dan Linebaugh voices alarm over HB 19 to curb disclosures about trucking safety. The bill, pending in Austin, would bar injured victims from learning if drivers were unqualified or equipment unsafe and shield crash causes from root-cause analysis.
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Austin
Texas
California
Texas Watch
Texaswatch.org
A Day of Small Wins for Jim Finley in Baytown
Jim Finley recalls a rare smooth day in Baytown, from a quick cardiologist visit with Dr. Challa to a fast car inspection at Red's and a trouble free stop at Food Town for a 2021 windshield sticker. He notes minor misses like a delayed tax check and a nearby post office sighting, ending with a hopeful wish for another calm day before 2025.
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Biden
St. Andrews Drive
Greater Baytown
Sarma Challa
Margie
A.J
A.J. Foyt
Adam Schiff
Michael
Food Town
Heb
Jimbo
Rudy Hernandez
T-Mobile
Goose Creek
Taft orders 20,000 troops to patrol border
On this date in 1911, President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution. In 1926, the first successful trans Atlantic radio telephone conversations occurred between New York and London.
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William Howard Taft
U.s.-Mexico
New York
London
Bloody Sunday at Selma marks civil rights milestone
A 1965 march by civil rights demonstrators at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma was violently halted by state troopers and a sheriff's posse. The event, later called Bloody Sunday, spurred national action and further civil rights reforms.
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Edmund Pettus
Selma
Alabama
U.S. Senate
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