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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 2015
Page
4
Editorial board endorses propositions on Texas Constitution changes Harris County bonds Baytown charter updates tax districts and Evergreen golf use. Endorsements cover homestead exemption increases veteran widow protections Austin residency repeal sports charity raffles road funding and hunting and fishing protections.
Harris County will place four bond issues totaling 848 million on the November 3 ballot. Proposition 1 authorizes 700 million for road improvements, split across four precincts, Proposition 2 provides 64 million for parks, Proposition 3 allocates 24 million to update the overcrowded veterinary public health shelter, and Proposition 4 asks 64 million for the Flood Control District. The Baytown Sun urges a yes vote on all four propositions.
Voters on November 3 decide on preserving three special taxing districts with no rate change to 8.25 percent and supporting police and fire departments, plus a street maintenance levy of 0.25 percent yielding about 3.3 million annually. Charter amendments include pay for mayor and council and fewer special elections. The Evergreen Point Golf Club project seeks a 12.5 million bond to create a city golf community, repayable from Municipal Development District sales tax, with no endorsement.
Wanda Orton recounts the Kern brothers saga from Baytown, detailing Pi-Yi Kern's 1943 death, Mike Kern's death aboard USS Drexler, and Paul Bill Kern missing then found in Europe. The piece covers postwar corrections to a cemetery inscription, Paul Bill's career, and the Pi-Yi Kern Award for Gander football spirit.
Jim Finley collects reader comments on historic tobacco ads and brands Pall Mall, L and Old Gold, plus notes from Wayne Henscey and others. The letters reveal nostalgia, changing attitudes, and a public history of smoking in schools and workplaces.
On this date in 1765 the Stamp Act took effect triggering strong colonial opposition. Also noted is Lincoln naming McClellan Union general in chief in 1861 and the Weather Bureau’s first observations in 1870, plus the 1952 hydrogen bomb test at Enewetak. Thought for Today by Eric Hoffer warns about biting the hand that feeds.
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