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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 2010
Page
3
Four of the 200 Baytown residents voting at Sterling Municipal Library were special needs voters with portable machines. One voter rode out a medical barrier in her car while staff used the machine outside with a police officer directing traffic.
Clerk Heather H. Hawthorne won unopposed with 8,275 votes while County Treasurer Tony Sims garnered 7,985 votes. County Commissioner Precinct 4 Rusty Senac also ran unopposed with the final vote count not fully shown.
Harris County voters elected Judge Ed Emmett for the district and U S representatives Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green with 2528 votes. Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Yale H Devillier was unopposed with 1132 votes. Precinct 2 Randy Van Deventer unopposed with 817 votes. Precinct 3 Tracy Woody unopposed with 227 votes. Precinct 6 Larry Ray Cryer unopposed with 3801 votes.
Perry secured a third term with more than a two to one margin as voters cited the economy as the top issue. Democratic challenger Bill White performed strongly with moderates and voters approving Obama’s performance, while Perry tied White to Obama in ads and White urged Texas to embrace change.
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and attorney general Greg Abbott led a GOP wave as Perry faced a discontented electorate. White voters largely backed their candidates but many cited dislike of Perry as a motivating factor. Plano resident Gene Carlton voiced the desire to remove Perry from office. More than a quarter harbored reservations, and those voters tended to back Perry opponents. Perry aimed to harness anger at the federal government and Obama, a strategy that resonated with many voters.
Baytown residents in Chambers County backed the red light camera measure with strong support from both mail and Election Day voters. City officials plan a Nov 15 canvass to validate results, then a council vote on the new ordinance, which would take effect 10 days later barring pending legal action by American Traffic Solutions.
Authorities investigate a Saturday FM 565 crash that killed 54 year old Jose Salinas and lightly injured his young daughter while severely injuring a 19 year old Mustang driver. LifeFlight airlifted the driver. Salinas’s daughter was treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
Police report multiple thefts across town. Between 9 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday a vacant building on Decker Drive lost copper wire and batteries later found at a scrap business on North Main Street. A shotgun and a laptop were taken from a home on East Defoe Avenue Monday. A handgun and several boxes of cigarettes were stolen from a store on North Alexander Drive around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
A blue 2007 four door Chevy Silverado 1500 pickup was reported stolen from the 3600 block of Bayway Drive between 5 45 am and 5 pm Monday. The license plate is S8T VG4.
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