Open government urged during Sunshine Week in Texas
Guest writer highlights open records battles in Texas as private emails and private devices collide with public business. Cites police beatings, university incidents, and bills by Rep Hunter and Sen Kolkhorst to close custodian loopholes, boost transparency, and protect press freedom while urging more sunshine for all Texans.
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Hillary Clinton
Texas
Tom Blanton
National Security Archive
George Washington University
Blanton
Todd Hunter
Corpus Christi
Lois Kolkhorst
Brenham
Texas Public Information Act
Rice University
Houston
Cameron Redus
Baytown
Clinton
State Department
Today in History: Key events from ancient to modern times
On this date Caesar was assassinated in 44 B C. Columbus completed his first voyage in 1493. Wilson held his first presidential press conference in 1913. Johnson urged Voting Rights Act passage in 1965. Symbolics.com became the first Internet domain in 1985. Thought by Billie Holiday ends with a call against copying.
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B.C
Julius Caesar
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Western Hemisphere
Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Symbolics. Com
Symbolics Computer Corp
Billie Holiday
Namesake John Martin Road Led Baytown Roads Push
Wanda Orton profiles John Martin a Harris County commissioner 1922 28 who championed road building including Market Street Road and a nearby harbor plan at Burnet Bay He pursued industrial development and a turning basin for ships while his bridge plan prefigured later I 10 routes His family ties include son J Raymond Martin Exxon engineer and Mayflower ancestry ties enrich Baytown history.
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John Martin
J. Raymond Martin
Exxon
Harris County Commissioners Court
Martin
Market Street
Baytown
Houston
San Jacinto River
Brownwood
Baytown Nature Center
Burnet Bay
Goose Creek
Bay Area
Cedar Bayou Masonic Hall
Frederick Martin
John
Deer Park
Wallisville
Trinity River
West Bank
Galveston
Raymond
Germany
Jane Brooks
Houston Post-Dispatch
Jane Brooks Martin
Frederick
Jane Martin
Harvey Whiting
Whiting
Texas
Republic
Bicentennial Park
Dragonfruit Zero Water Quest Ends at Pasadena Target
Retired editor Jim Finley recalls a comic odyssey to obtain Glaceau Dragonfruit Zero vitamin water. After stores dropped it, he finds a Pasadena Target stocked and buys 23 bottles, lamenting distribution quirks and a suspected conspiracy.
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Pasadena
M.D
Harry Reid
Chris Columbus
Rosie O'Donnell
Chris Christie
Debbie
Wranglers
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Target
Jimbo
Hillary Clinton
Target Management
Balboa
Mr. Glaceau
Area Target
Pasadena Target
Margie
Ponce de Leon
Hillary
Jim Finley
the Sun
Baytownsun.com
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Brenda Burr
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Sami Itay
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengts
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Newsroom
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Wanda Orton
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Sunshine Week
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