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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 2007
Page
4
Clifton E. Cliff Clements serves as Editor Publisher with Jim Finley and Jane Howard Lee as Managing Editors. Jay Eshbach listed as Reporter and M A Bengtson noted as Community member among a group of editorial staff.
The Baytown Sun editorial board endorses Prop 5 for Texas Avenue revitalization with a $2.525 million program plus near $700,000 federal grant and Prop 6 for $2.02 million drainage upgrades to reduce flooding and health hazards. Editorial by David Bloom urges support for city growth and infrastructure.
Bert Marshall, longtime Baytown resident and publisher, writes a tribute to his son Sgt Nick Marshall on his upcoming honorably discharge from the U S Army after five and a half years of duty. He recalls wartime service in Kuwait and Iraq, Korea duty, and family history across multiple generations.
A compiled contact guide lists President George W Bush Vice President Dick Cheney two Texas Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn and several U S Representatives including Ted Poe Ron Paul Gene Green with phone numbers fax lines and websites for political outreach and correspondence purposes.
The Sun lists contacts for leadership and departments with Clifton Clements as Publisher Sandy Denson Business Manager Joshua Hart Circulation Manager Gordon Gallatin Advertising Director and David Bloom Managing Editor The paper notes letter submissions up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words and requires a photo of the author for guest columns.
The Baytown Sun provides guidelines for signed letters and guest columns including submission address and contact methods. It notes delivery times and a redelivery contact if the paper is late, with offices listed for news, retail, classifieds and circulation.
A Baytown reader urges support for the Texas Avenue Master Plan highlighting a $700,000 federal grant to renovate one block with wider sidewalks streetlamps and inlaid pavement. Prop 5 would extend work to five more blocks, enabling growth while preserving the historic link to the city’s roots.
A Baytown Sun letter earlier in the year urged unity with the line United we stand, divided we fall. On Monday October 15 2007 the writer states they fell, marking an event tied to community or local police relations.
Citizens from Baytown, Chambers, Liberty, and Harris County mobilize to stop a proposed barge terminal and alleged waste discharge. Over 3,000 signatures delivered to the governor, large public hearings, and high legal costs foreshadow a costly fight to protect air, water, and land from pollution and new dredging of Cedar Bayou.
Baytown high school students now face fewer AP course options as AP enrollment will be split among three schools instead of two. Some AP classes are already unavailable at Lee High School due to low enrollments, with students able to take AP courses at other locations if needed.
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