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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2006
Page
4
Wanda Garner Cash and David Bloom lead the editorial board with Jim Finley and Jane Howard Lee as managing editors. Doyle Barrow and Danielle Lynch serve as sports editor and news editor, reflecting the paper's leadership structure.
The May 13 ballot includes two sales tax district proposals to fund police fire and EMS and seven Baytown City Charter amendments. Editorial board backs measures aimed at crime control district, fire EMS district, and charter changes for term lengths vacancies meeting rules recall and interpretation provisions.
Baytown residents are urged by the Crime Prevention Safety Committee of the Baytown Chamber to vote May 13 for two 1/8 cent public safety sales taxes. The measures fund Crime Control and Prevention District and Fire Control EMS District with five year terms and separate governing boards. Funds target personnel, equipment, technology, and a training facility to modernize police, fire, EMS, and communications services without raising property taxes.
A Charter Review Committee member recounts attending council and committee meetings and public hearings on Executive Sessions. The piece argues Open Meetings Act violations occur, prosecutions are rare, and state law caps land purchase price while limiting direct negotiations.
Government officials list includes Governor Rick Perry Lt. Governor David Dewhurst Attorney General Greg Abbott Comptroller Carole Strayhorn Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs and several state senators and representatives with district numbers and phone lines. Visit www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/yi.htm to locate your representative.
A reader directory lists Wanda Garner Cash as Publisher Sandy Denson as Business Manager and the Baytown Sun newsroom staff including David Bloom as Managing Editor Doyle Bartow as Sports Editor Danielle Lynch as News Editor Angie Pagel as Advertising Director and Wayne Oxedine in Production.
Address and phone numbers for The Baytown Sun are listed along with delivery expectations. Readers are advised to call for redelivery if the newspaper is late, with a deadline of 10 a.m. for Sunday and Saturday deliveries.
The Baytown Sun invites signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a writer photo. Include an address and phone number not for publication. Submissions may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun P O Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 or by fax or email.
Editor notes endorsements in letters to the May 13 municipal election will not be run after Friday due to backlog. The Baytown Sun cannot guarantee letters received after today will be published.
A public letter endorses Keith Coburn and Pete Alfaro for Lee College regents. The author lauds Coburn’s community service since 1994 and Alfaro’s long commitment to Baytown youth, urging readers to vote for both candidates to bring needed experience and leadership back to the college and community.
A Baytown District 5 voter endorses Lynn Caskey over Ronnie Anderson. The letter claims Anderson ignored Ferry Road residents for years while they pressed City Hall for safer streets and Cemetery protection. Caskey urges voters to consider his documented record before the election.
A longtime Lee College instructor urges support for Dr. Keith Coburn’s re election as Regent. The author describes Coburn as a caring, dispassionate leader whose votes favor the college, its students, constituents, and faculty. The writer states they have already voted and asks others to vote for Coburn.
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