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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E. Clements is listed as Editor and Publisher with Kim Finley David Bloom as Managing Editor and Luke Hales as City Editor. M. A. Bengtson is noted as a community member. The notice outlines staff roles in a local newspaper masthead format.
The Baytown Sun editors praise voter approval for five of six bonds, note Prop 5 failed but city gains fire and street upgrades plus new parks. They applaud Lee College for Clinton Climate Initiative bid, salute new Animal Services head Gary Chambers, and condemn graffiti tagging and highway sign vandalism with calls for accountability.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette columnist Gene Lyons notes how talk radio figures like Rush Limbaugh and Matthew Continetti fume at government and media while using propaganda labels. He attacks the pattern of partisan loyalty, fake press tactics, and phony heroism claims, urging intellectual honesty in political discourse.
A compiled roll of officials includes President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney with White House contact lines, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and Senator John Cornyn with both DC and local faxes, Rep. Ted Poe and Rep. Ron Paul, and Rep. Gene Green with their provided phone numbers and district links. The list notes district offices for Texas lawmakers and a general House contact page.
The Sun lists contact details for Clifton Clements publisher Sandy Denson business manager Joshua Hart circulation manager and Gordon Gallatin advertising director plus newsroom contact for letters and guest columns. It invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words with a photo of the contributor.
The Baytown Sun publishes original letters and guest columns with signed authors. Include address and phone for publication. Submissions may be edited or refused. Readers should receive the paper by 6 a.m. Mon–Sat and 8 a.m. Sunday. call by 9 a.m. if late for redelivery.
A Baytown reader laments revenue loss from the smoking ban, arguing it drives patrons to neighboring cities. He defends local businesses, criticizes the ban’s proponent, and urges a compromise that preserves health and economic vitality.
A Baytown reader vents frustration at litter in drainage ditches and vacant fields along main roads like Garth Rollingbrook and Decker Drive. They praise local businesses for beautification awards but urge residents to join efforts, proposing citizen solutions beyond calling Baytown Garbage and Trash Pickup to curb Trash town image.
Readers urged to back S. 206 to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision that reduce Social Security benefits for Texas seniors with government pensions. The appeal references a Washington Post report and notes lobbying by state educators to Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn.
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