Goose Creek board under fire over superintendent pay package
A Goose Creek editorial criticizes a four year contract raising Superintendent Barbara Sultis salary from 170000 to 210600 by 2007 plus disclosed benefits while teachers receive no raises. It argues the plan worsens morale and questions incentives and data from TEA and other districts. The board defends top administrator pay as necessary to keep qualified leaders.
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Rustees
Goose Creek
Barbara Sultis
Sultis
America
Pheliria Barnes
Barnes
Texas Education Agency
Baytown Sun Editorial Board invites community visits
The Baytown Sun notes its editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and welcomes residents to discuss local issues. To arrange a meeting, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302.
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Today
Wanda Garner Cash
The
Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Bush wrong on terror and Iraq war critique
Opinion piece arguing President Bush prioritized Iraq and ignored al Qaeda before 9/11. Claims include extended vacations in 2001 2002 and a late August CIA briefing about Osama bin Laden. Describes public opinion polls and calls for withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
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Bush
Iraq
al- Qaida
U.S
CIA
bin Laden
United States
al-Qaida
Fallujah
Crawford Texas
President Bush backs war on terror and jobs plan gains
The piece argues President George W. Bush is doing well and ready to win the war on terror. It cites Labor Department data showing 288000 new jobs in April and over 1.1 million in eight months, claiming growth under his policies. It warns against tax hikes that could harm recovery and job creation.
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George W. Bush
America
Beware the Draft Return Looms in U S Politics
Meagan Monk of Baytown warns that talk of reinstating the draft could begin as early as Spring 2005 after the next election. She says legislation in Congress aims to launch programs for 18 to 26 year olds, with emphasis on opposing what she calls a violation of freedom.
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U.S. House
Senate
College
Canada
Meagan Monk Baytown
West Baytown cleanup thanks team and volunteers
Thanks to Bill Dupont and Baytown health department for a successful May 1 cleanup. Volunteers worked two and a half hours and prizes were distributed fairly via registration forms. Special thanks to Recovery Technology for the 18 wheeler trailer and John and Susan Schrader for bandannas.
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Bill Dupont
City of Baytown
John
Susan Schrader
West Baytown
May 28 anniversaries across history
Key historical events marked on May 28 include the Dionne quintuplets birth in 1934 in Ontario, England recognizing Henry VII's marriage in 1533, the first black Civil War regiment leaving Boston in 1863, and the Sierra Club formation in 1892. Other notes: the first all color talking picture opened in 1929, the Golden Gate Bridge opening traffic in 1937, Chamberlain becoming UK prime minister in 1937, and the Duke of Windsor's death in Paris in 1972.
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Dionne
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
Yvonne
Elzire Dionne
Ontario
Canada
England
Henry VII
Anne Boleyn
Boston
Sierra Club
San Francisco
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D.C
Golden Gate Bridge
California
Neville Chamberlain
Prie
Britain
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Paris
Baytown milestone years span diplomas and civic events
The timeline notes milestones from 1937 diploma records for 280 eighth graders 25 Lee College and 169 high school students to record Baytown commencements. It tracks 1950 chamber cleanup move 1953 fair livestock auction decline 1975 golf course and museum rejection 1990 flood concerns 2000 Sun feature on Bay Area Transitional Living Center and 2003 incinerator waste rate rise.
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Lee College
Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Liberty
Scott Parker
the Sun
Bay Area Transitional Living Center
Bay Area Homeless Services
Chambers County
Perry era lesson on Texas education funding and welfare policy
The piece surveys Texas Legislature funding trends with Shirley Neeley urging a 20 percent funding increase for education, while Gov. Perry faces criticism for cutting vital programs and limiting taxes. It notes casework needs in elder care, Perry's review of El Paso cases, and historical context on prior tax and budget decisions under Clements and Perry.
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Texas
Shirley Neeley
Midland
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Associated Press
el Paso
Rick Perry
Perry
Bui
Boards of Regents
Senate
David Dewhurst
Clements
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