Recorded votes for Texas lawmakers urged by Eagle editors
The Bryan College Station Eagle argues for mandatory recorded votes in all Texas Senate and House actions including committees and floor votes. It urges amending rules and possibly a constitutional amendment to ensure transparency, citing low recording rates in recent sessions and support from FOI Texas and several legislators. It advocates public accessibility via the Internet and accountability over anonymity.
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Texas
Texas Senate
House of Representatives
Texas House
U.S. Congress
Freedom of Information Foundation of
Linda Harper-Brown
Tony Goolsby
Jodie Laubenberg
Ken Paxton
Len Barnam
Teri Hodge
John Carona
Eliot Shapleigh
Senate
House
Bryan College Station
Eagle
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meeting Details
The Baytown Sun invites community members to visit its editorial board for issue discussions held weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. To arrange an appointment, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Gamer Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Année Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Année Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include a writer signature, a non publishable address and phone number, and a photograph for columns. Limit one submission per month. submissions may be edited.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Kerry Pundit Pressure Mirrors Gore in Presidential Quest
Senator John Kerry faces scrutiny from pundits amid preprimary coverage. Critics deride him as aloof and self important while defenders tout his heroism in Vietnam and leadership with Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The debate extends to medal disputes and political optics as supporters cite his courage and opponents attack his perceived arrogance.
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al Gore
John Kerry
Kerry
Cleveland
Eisenhower
GOP
Bush
Jim Rassmann
Iowa
Douglas Brinkley
HarperCollins
ABC News
Chris Vlasto
Kenneth Starr
ABC
Dick Cheney
May 4 history highlights span empires to modern conflicts
On May 4 various dates mark key events from 1626 Manhattan landfall by Peter Minuit to 1970 Kent State shootings. Notable items include 1886 Haymarket riot, 1927 founding of the Academy, Capone’s 1932 prison entry, Coral Sea 1942, Nazi surrender talks in 1945, 1961 Freedom Riders, Tito’s 1980 death, Rabin Arafat 1994 accord, 1995 Serbia outages, and the Abner Louima case outcomes.
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Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Rhode Island
England
Haymarket Square
Chicago
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
al Capone
Atlanta
Coral Sea
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Washington
New Orleans
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
Yitzhak Rabin
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Gaza Strip
Jericho
Serbia
NATO
Belgrade
New York City
Abner Louima
Why hide photos of coffins and fallen heroes
A reader argues the Defense Department should lift the ban on media coverage of returning remains. The writer cites a fired cargo loader who released coffin photos to the press and calls for showing ceremonies to instill patriotism, referencing 9/11 and lessons from Vietnam.
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Tami Silicio
United States of America
Defense Department
Vietnam
Leave risky food off the plate
Dr. Amy Joy Lane of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine warns that pregnant and nursing women may pass mercury and other pollutants from fish to babies. The EPA cites millions of American women and children consuming unsafe mercury levels, risking neurodevelopment and heart health.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Amy Joy Lanes
Physicians Committee For
Washington, D.C
Baytown Growth Plans and City Tax Suits Across Decades
In 1937 Goose Creek district announced a 450000 building program with a Baytown Junior High fronting Market Street including a gym shop music room cafeteria and modern kitchen and an Lee High School addition was planned. In 1944 heavy rain flooded streets and farms. In 1953 Baytown Council filed about 20 delinquent tax lawsuits totaling 6000 plus 132 smaller cases worth 14000 dating to 1949.
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Goose Creek Independent School District
Baytown Junior High School
Market Street
Lee High School
Baytown
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St. Martins Press
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Panama Canal
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