Local elections open 7 to 7 in Baytown area races
Baytown and surrounding communities vote today with elections for mayor city council and school boards across multiple districts. Voters may also face a quarter cent sales tax proposal in Baytown and a Harris County Emergency Services District No 11 creation in Crosby.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meets Weekly at 2 PM
The Baytown Sun editorial board holds weekly meetings at 2 p.m. each Wednesday and invites community members to attend to discuss local issues. To arrange an appointment, contact Managing Editor David Bloor at 281-422-8302, with board members listed.
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David Bloor
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
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Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include a non publication contact, and may be edited. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at The Baytown Sun, P O Box 90, Baytown 77522, or via fax, or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Baytown election debates stretch into tax hike move
Letters urge vote no on a quarter cent sales tax increase while warning Baytown faces possible combined state and local tax rises to nine percent by year end 2005. Citizens critique City Hall budget process and leadership before any new revenue is approved.
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Letter on financial irresponsibility in United Way noted
David Mohiman Executive Director United Way of Baytown Area thanks Denis Wood for his May 13 letter criticizing omissions in his May 9 letter. He cites Enron fallout and past United Way issues in Washington, Lansing, and a former United Way of America president who served federal prison time. He apologizes to Mr. Renteria and supporters and reflects on timing for future letters.
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District 6 Voter Election for City Councilman
Citizens of District 6 will vote to elect a new city councilman. The speaker regrets being unable to vote for that position.
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Armed Forces Day and notable May 15 history
May 15 marks Armed Forces Day with a roundup of historical events. Highlights include the 1911 Supreme Court ruling dissolving Standard Oil, Gosnold's 1602 Cape Cod discovery, Emily Dickinson's 1886 death, and the 1942 gasoline rationing start in 17 states. Also recalled are Mercury program finish in 1963, 1970 Jackson State shootings, Wallace shooting in 1972, and Yeltsin’s 1996 impeachment vote outcome.
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Standard Oil Company
Cape Cod
Bartholomew Gosnold
Emily Dickinson
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New York
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Cheyenne
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Philip Lafayette Gibbs
James Earl Green
Jackson State Univvrsity
Mississippi
George C. Wallace
Arthur Bremer
Laurel
Francois Mitterrand
Edith Cresson
France
Boris Yeltsin
Charismatic
Menifee
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Too Much Negativity About Local Candidates
Tracey S Wheeler Martinez laments harsh letters attacking Baytown candidates. She urges civil discourse, notes city government structure, and asks residents to support those who serve without pay, stressing issues over personal attacks.
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Tracey S. Wheeler-Martinez
Baytown History Highlights From 1944 to 2003
A chronology of Baytown events includes Ernest Bly’s death in 1944 at 64, 1950 football between Baytown Oilers and Rush Wreckers in Conroe, 1953 Red Cross water therapy at Roseland Park pool for polio victims, 1975 police call surge blamed for rising crime, 1990 Lee College science grant from Dr. Joe Horeczy, 2000 I-10 East repairs between Wade and Garth, 2002 Goose Creek trustees urged to shield Highlands Junior School students after an eighth grader’s arrest, and 2003 U.S. Steel dropping its TSP landfill lawsuit against the city.
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Wade Road
Garth Road
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Highlands Junior School
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