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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2015
Page
4
Baytown residents will decide on November 3 whether to continue three special taxing districts. If approved, the city keeps the 8.25 percent total sales tax. The taxes, re approved periodically by law, are extra user fees paid by anyone who spends money in Baytown to help cover city costs.
The Crime Control and Prevention District and the Fire Control Prevention and Emergency Services District would each levy one eighth of a percent, yielding about 1.5 million dollars annually to police and fire departments for equipment, vehicles, personnel, and programs under citizen panels. Vote yes on both measures.
The Sun Editorial Board urges voters to renew the street maintenance sales tax. The tax sets a quarter percent rate for city streets, raising about 3.3 million yearly. Funds used only for maintaining existing streets, with no costs for salaries or new roads.
The Baytown Sun editorial urges voters to approve charter changes 2 through 23. Proposals include aligning with state law and two nonconforming items: pay for mayor and council set at 1000 and 500 per month and reducing the need for special elections to fill short-term vacancies, costing about 48000 annually. Editorial by David Bloom notes future coverage of a 12.5 million golf course bond vote.
On this date in history, the Million Man March in Washington led by Louis Farrakhan is recorded for 1995, Marie Antoinette's beheading in 1793, and Margaret Sanger opening Brooklyn's first birth control clinic in 1916. The clinic was raided October 25 with Sanger arrested. A thought from La Rochefoucauld finishes the item.
A Baytown reader vents distrust of city hall citing water meters, debt, and misused funds. He urges participation in local democracy, calls for voting no on Baytown propositions, and says yes to Harris County measures while criticizing city leadership.
Bert Marshall recounts his youth on Michigan farms and frequent moves, detailing early athletic success, a pivotal ninth grade failure, and how summer school transformed him into a reader. He argues that academics and reading, not sports, pave lasting success, citing figures like Jobs, Gates, Buffett, and Trump as proof nerds rule.
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