Our View Sunshine Week Opens Eyes on Open Government
Our View explains Sunshine Week a nationwide effort by newspapers to raise awareness of public access to government information. It notes that open laws like the federal Freedom of Information Act and Texas Public Information Act illuminate government operations, with data ranging from property values to crime reports and water bills, urging citizen scrutiny.
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America
James Madison
U.S
Texas
Sunshine Week
Letter to the Editor on Goose Creek Club Finances and June Deadline
Tucker Coughlen notes the Goose Creek Country Club will stay open through June after 30 equity members assess themselves 1000 dollars each to honor commitments. He recalls history since 2003 equity members could be assessed and credits ongoing monthly payments aiding solvency.
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Goose Creek Country Club
Equity
Tucker Coughlen
USN
Baytown
Today in History March 16 entries span Iwo Jima to Opry House
March 16 history notes notable events including the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act proposal, Jefferson’s West Point authorization in 1802, Goddard’s rocket test in 1926, Iwo Jima’s fall in 1945, the Grand Ole Opry House opening in 1974, Buckley’s kidnapping in 1984, Harding’s guilty plea in 1994, and Obama’s AIG critique in 2009. Thought for Today by Coventry Patmore.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Robert H. Goddard
Auburn
Mass
Iwo Jima
Grand Ole Opry House
Nashville
Richard Nixon
Pat
William Buckley
CIA
Beirut
Tonya Harding
Portland
Ore
Nancy Kerrigan
Barack Obama
AIG
Coventry Patmore
Baytown bingo raid on Bayshore club sparks legal pushback
Baytown police halted a Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club bingo game on Minnesota Street seizing more than 2500 dollars of equipment and arresting officers for keeping and operating a gaming house. Over 100 players were not charged as officers collected cards while administrators faced charges in Justice of the Peace court.
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Baytown Sun
Bayshore Red, Reel and
Minnesota
Texas
Bayshore Red
Baytown
James Taylor
Texas Liquor Control Board
James Douglas
Robert Merchant
M.D. Peterson
L.T. Ricketson
Douglas
Taylor
Blair Mann
Justice of the Peace
M.M. Brown
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
Grover Edge
Jesse W. Smith
Ernest O. Baugh
Troy Casey
Joseph Kessler
Audrey Mack Rhodes
Barney Ward
Edge
Seaborn Cravey
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Cornbread Junkie Confesses Deep Affection Across Nation
Jim Finley writes about his cornbread obsession, praising granddaughter Katie Erikson’s honeyed squares and recalling a memorable Dockside Restaurant meal in Port Royal South Carolina. He jokes about legal threats to corn bread addiction and notes personal dietary taste shifts after medical radiation.
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Eric Holder
Eric
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wyoming
America
Venezuela
Channel City
Katie Erikson
Margie
Katie
Christian
Kamille
Connor
Collin
South Carolina
Falynn Jackson
Scott
Jackie
Beaufort
S.C
Falynn
Cullen
Port Royal
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Memorial Drive
Baytownsun
Facebook
Manas
Janie Gray
David Bloom
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Newsroom
the Sun
The
Sun
P.O
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Wanda Orton
FDA
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