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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 2005
Page
4
Baytown faces an editorial critique of its hurricane preparedness after 12 employees were fired for alleged job abandonment during Rita. The piece highlights missing personnel guidelines, no defined essential staff, no evacuation policy, and lack of a staff handbook, with managers making ad hoc decisions.
After a rough week of travel heat and outages James Baytown cheers the Baytown Little Theater for a therapy-like performance led by a standout 16-year-old John Paul Green. The letter also condemns the City of Baytown for firing 12 employees during mandatory evacuation ahead of a hurricane.
Wesley Jackson, 52, Baytown, on disability, seeks a donated car to attend cancer treatments at M D Anderson and LBJ Hospital. He fears driving is essential and cites long illness since 2003 with cancer spread to liver and lungs. He also reports Bayou sewage contamination near his home and urges city action.
A caregiver recalls the evacuation ordeal in Highlands during Rita. Bedridden patients and those needing oxygen faced delays as city services and 311 offered little help. An ambulance from Tyler finally transported the family at 10 p.m. on Thursday, but FEMA has no plan to return her mother-in-law home, risking thousands in costs.
Wanda Garner Cash edits the paper with David Bloom as managing editor Jim Finley retired Sun managing editor and Jane Howard Lee as Sun reporter are listed in the byline.
The Baytown Sun invites original letters up to 500 words and guest columns with a writer photo. Include a signed address for publication. Limit one submission per month. Send to Garner Cash or David Bidom at The Baytown Sun, P O Box 90, 77522, or fax 981 427 1880, sunnews baytownsun.com.
On October 6 events include the 1927 Jazz Singer premiere signaling talking pictures, the 1949 Mutual Defense Assistance Act aiding NATO, the treason sentence of Tokyo Rose in San Francisco, Ford Carter debate gaffe, Sadat assassination, Bette Davis death, Clinton foreign policy address, and Duelfer report on Iraq WMDs findings.
Editor notes Brandy Morris serving with 3rd ACR intelligence in Iraq writes of calm after danger, healing glimpses, and shared memories. She recalls a memorial, dancing, meals with an Iraqi general, and a thunderstorm after months of drought while awaiting leave. She expresses longing for home and hope for continued efforts.
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