Cheers and jeers honors Katrina relief in Baytown area
The Baytown Sun editors praise the Red Cross and residents of Baytown and Mont Belvieu for aiding Katrina evacuees. They spotlight Coast Guard rescue swimmer Chuck Medema, Highlands Little League, Travis Elementary water drive, and Gentry Junior School canned goods effort, highlighting community spirit and volunteerism.
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Sun readers urged on price gouging concerns
The Sun notes the Comfort Suites Motel faced an Attorney General probe over rates to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. It argues the motel leveraged a vulnerable group and calls Baytown residents to share cheers and jeers.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and invites residents to discuss issues affecting the community. To arrange an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. board members include Wanda Garner Cash, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include a non-published address and phone, and may be edited. Limit one submission per month. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom, P O Box 90, Baytown 77522, or fax 281 427 1880 or email sunnews baytownsun com.
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Free Choice to Workers and the Right to Work
George C. Leef argues power corrupts, unions pursue monopoly power, and compulsory representation harms workers. He cites SEIU in Los Angeles County where 97,000 home care providers were forced into dues and illegally overcharged, calling for voluntary union representation and renewed right to work laws.
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John Zogby
Aflcio
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Arla West
National Right To Work Foundation
George C. Leef
John W. Pope
Today in History September 4, key events over time
On September 4 of various years notable events occurred. Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish settlers, Eastman patented roll film in 1888, Beatrix Potter shared Peter Rabbit in 1893, and in 1917 American troops suffered first WWI fatalities in France. World War II saw British troops enter Antwerp in 1944. The 1950s brought Truman’s live coast to coast broadcast in 1951 and Faubus blocking nine students in Little Rock in 1957, the same year Edsel began selling.
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George Eastman
Kodak
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit
Noel Moore
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Antwerp
Belgium
Truman
San Francisco
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
National Guard
Central High School
Little Rock
Ford Motor Co
Edsel
Chronicle of Longview Area Events Through Years 1944 2003
The record highlights key local moments from 1944 to 2003 including the 1944 start of the school session after faculty meetings, 1975 hurricane winds at 85 mph, 2000 charity fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy telethon by the Baytown Evening Pilot Club, 2002 Goose Creek Country Club stockholder vote on charter dissolution amid declining membership, and 2003 Anahuac school district concern over low turnout after early voting for a $4.7 million bond.
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Attitude adjustment urged by long-time Baytown reader
A reader writes after decades of paper ownership, urging the Baytown Sun to report news neutrally without Christian or Iraq War bias. The letter condemns a cartoon linking the Bible and Koran, vows to oppose the paper’s positions, and praises obituaries and classifieds while urging more Bible study and open discourse.
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Impeach Harris County DA Over Car Handgun Law Debate
Reader letter argues Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal defies Texas legislature by instructing arrests for handgun in a vehicle under a broad travel interpretation. It cites a Houston Chronicle letter asserting law should be interpreted in court, not on the street, and laments potential personal and legal costs of arrest.
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