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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E. Clements editor and publisher Jim Finley retired as managing editor. community member Laura Jane Howard Lee retired as reporter and M A Bengtson noted.
The Baytown Sun editors praise local achievements including San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and El Toro Restaurant for Business Beautification Awards. They celebrate Senior Olympics events across town, Community Toyota giveaways to students, newly chartered Baytown DAV Auxiliary, and the Miss Highlands Pageant marking its 50th anniversary.
The Sun invites readers to submit cheers and jeers about local coverage. A recent Great Day Houston segment misidentified Lee College as being in Houston instead of Baytown, overlooking the college’s Baytown location and campus innovations like eco friendly sidewalks and on campus wellness.
The column rails at neocon talk of striking Iran led by Ahmadinejad in New York. It laments the televised war frenzy, notes real power lies with Iran’s Supreme Leader, and criticizes Columbia University confrontation and media sensationalism. It recalls Iran’s history with the US and regional allies.
List of federal and state officials with phone and fax numbers. Presidents Bush and Cheney high level contacts. senators Hutchison Cornyn. representatives Poe Paul and Green with district phone numbers and web addresses. Includes Hutchison senate and Cornyn contact pages and district offices.
Contact details for Clifton Clements publisher Sandy Denson business manager Emmett McKinley advertising director Joshua Hart circulation manager and newsroom staff with policy on reader letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words requiring a photo for column submissions.
The Baytown Sun publishes original signed material and may edit submissions. Send letters to David Bloom at the Baytown Sun P O Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 or by fax or email. Delivery is by 6 a m Monday through Saturday and 8 a m Sunday with redelivery help by 9 a m if late.
A Baytown reader denounces city tobacco policing as government overreach and accuses authorities of misusing crime funds. The letter questions police priorities citing unsolved local violence and urges residents to boycott tobacco sales within city limits.
A Chambers County resident notes Liberty growth and a positive Walton Walmart in Baytown while criticizing health advocates. The speaker plans to visit Baytown only when necessary, arguing smoking won’t be cured by smoke free rules and urging acceptance of smoking in public spaces.
A Baytown reader defends BACCA and Marilyn Kinney, praising quick responses and flexible arrangements for a successful Austin adoption. The writer also notes a later, cautious denial that they accept as wise, acknowledging long hours and dedication in rehoming ill and neglected animals.
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