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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Friday. May 5, .1989
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EDITORIAL
Honorarium baring
applies to everyone
It is rare when two well-known national political
leaders like conservative Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo.,
and liberal Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., agree on
any issue, but both have taken the unusual step of
Strongly criticizing the long-standing honorarium
system under which public officials, many in high
government posts, receive honorariums for making
public appearances or speeches.
These payments are often substantial. They may
amount to several thousands of dollars, depending upon
how well personalities involved are known.
The honorarium issue was thrust into the national
spotlight recently during congressional debate on rais-
ing members’ salaries. It was emphasized, primarily by
opponents of the pay hike, that congressmen’s salaries
were often substantially implemented by honorariums
for making speeches and-or public appearances.
Rather than give up honorariums, congressmen back-
ed down on raising their salaries. They were also being
bombarded by criticism from across the nation for con-
sidering legislation that would have doubled their pay.
Sens. Simpson and Kennedy, appearing on a radio pro-
gram, agreed in answering interviewers that reporters
and others in the news media should disclose their own
outside income since they have devoted so much time
and space to the honorarium hassle.
“Their audience deserves to know if they (journalists)
pick up a fat check from a group they report on,” Sen.
Simpson said. “It’s basic fairness. It applies to Con-
gress, and it should also apply to the elite press corps in
Washington.”
Sen. Kennedy agreed. “It is an invasion of privacy for
reporters, just as it is for members of Congress (to
disclose honorariums), but it goes with the territory in
this day and age.”
We are in agreement. There should be no distinction.
Everyone affected should live by the same rule, con-
gressmen, reporters — everyone.
From Sun files
Joe Wood president of
classroom teachers, '69
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was:
55 YEARS AGO
Robert W. Ewing, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W.O. Ewing of 516 Ave-
nue A, Baytown, is the healthiest
child of pre-school age out of 137
children examined during the
two-day health clinic sponsored
by the. Tri-Cities Mothers Club.
He made a perfect score in
examinations.
Pat Neff, Baylor University
president and former governor
of Texas, will speak at the Rob-
ert E. Lee graduation exercises
for the class of 1934.
50 YEARS AGO
Ray Bobbitt, Raph Ramin and
James Baker are injured in a
car wreck near Channelview.
Charter members of a new
Boy Scout Troop in Highlands
are Harold Hooper, Louis
Chandler, Jack Gore, Elbert
Keefer, Weldon Leonard, H.E.
Nelson Jr., E.C. Oehler, Bobby
Tanner, Joe Treat and Theo Rat-
liff.
40 YEARS AGO
Mrs. A.R. Stark becomes pres-
ident of the Baytown City Coun-
cil of Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions.
Mrs. B.M. Filbert is the new
president of the American
Association of University Wom-
en.
30 YEARS AGO
kenneth Tilton, star athlete at
Barbers Hill Hign School is vale-
dictorian of the 1959 class. Salu-
tatorian is Beverly Johnson.
Clifton Adams is named presi-
dent of the school board.
Rex Reed Jr. joins the Texas
A&M chapter Phi Beta Kappa,
national honor society.
20 YEARS AGO
Joe Wood, REL government
and history teacher, is elected
president of the Baytown Class-
room Teachers Association.
Miles Roger Jones receives an
appointment to the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point, U.S.
Rep. Bob Eckhardt announces.
Fred Bauer of Baytown serves
in Vietnam aboard the USS New-
port News, flagship for the
cruisers and destroyers of the
7th Fleet. He was appointed to
the admiral’s staff upon comple-
tion of radar school in San Fran-
cisco.
10 YEARS AGO
Former Gov. Price Daniel will
be honored for his 40 years of
public service at an appreciation
dinner June 6 in Houston. Honor-
ary chairmen for the event are
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gov.
Bill Clements, U.S. Sens. Lloyd
Bentsen and John Tower, and
former Govs. Dolph Briscoe,
John Connelly, Allan Shivers
and Preston Smith. Master of
ceremonies will be Leon Jawor-
ski. Fred Hartman of Baytown is
serving on the steering commit-
tee.
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in trouble.
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Today is Friday, May 5, the
125th day of 1989. There are 240
days left in the year. * ^
On May 5,1961, astronaut Alan
B. Shepard Jr. became
America’s first space traveler
when he made a 15-minute sub-
orbital flight in a capsule launch-
ed from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
In 1920, Nicola Sacco and Bar-
tolomeo Vanzetti were arrested
and charged with the murders of
a shoe factory paymaster and
guard in South Braintree, Mass.
In 1987, the congressional
Iran-Contra hearings opened
with former Air Force Maj. Gen.
Richard V. Secord the lead-off
witness.
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Davis is 63. Actress Pat Carroll
is 62. Singer Tammy Wynette is
47. Comedian-actor Michael
Palin is 46. Actor Jean-Pierre
Leaud is 45. Actress Tina
Yothers is 16.
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To The Sun:
I would first like to respond to
Raymond Sanchez’s letter in
The Sun April 28. I can’t say
what he meant by decent and
average citizens, but I do agree
that the citizens of our communi-
ty should have seen and heard
enough. That is, seen and heard
enough of the same ol<) line from
the same old politicians.
Reading between the lines is a
good way to say, in this case, ig-
nore the evidence. The mayor, of
all people, in city government
should endeavor to set an exam-
ple. I don’t think that sending a
letter of recommendation in a
case of possible drug dealings
without first ascertaining all the
facts is very wise. !r,
I also agee with Sanchez. The
at-large position is important, as
is the single-member positions,
especially after the present”
councils have spent so much of
the taxpayers’s money trying to
prevent us from having any
single-member candidates. Or
was that the intent in fighting a
no-win lawsuit so long?
Now in response to Joe C.
Spano, who also wrote on April
28. I don’t know who he called
around to, but I suspect that
since I personally know that
Gene Kinney hasn’t missed a ci-
ty council meeting without ex-
treme circumstances in years, I
doubt that he talked to many ac-
tive citizens in this community.
I personally have known Gene
Kinney for a little over three
years and have known him to be
very active in community af-
fairs. Having worked with him
these three years, I have found
him to be very honest, concerned
with the needs of the people
around him and devoted to giv-
ing aid to anyone that has a
legitimate need.
As for being a highly ex-
perienced politician, could we
forgive him if he isn’t? After all,
the ones we’ve seen in govern-
ment these last years haven’t
been all that inspiring, have
they? After all, did our founding
fathers say government by the
politicians and for the politi-
cians? That seems like what
we’ve had on the school board
these last years. Look what that
has gotten us.
My vote is for Gene Kidney
and everyone that is opposed to
the present city council. We need
a clean sweep-out with the old
council, in with the new.
AIL. Jacobs
Baytown
ToTheSun:
We who regularly attend the
City Council meetings find the
antics of Texas Avenue-
Brownwood Anti-everything else
People (TAP) sometimes irra-
tional, often amusing and usual-
ly boring. TAP apparently is un-
concerned about responsible city
government. Their interest
seems to take the form of sub-
siding investments in
Brownwood and the “downtown
area” of Texas Avenue by pick-
ing the pockets of Baytown tax-
payers. Woe to any elected of-
ficial who gets in the way.
^ Mayor Hutto is a recent target
for TAP mudslinging. Whether
or not we approve of everything
the mayor does is not important.
However, we definitely do not
consider writing a letter of
recommendation for a consti-
tuent as a sign of approval for
the drug trade. This attempt to
vilify the mayor proves that
TAP will do anything to get rid of
a city official perceived to
disagree with them. This at-
tempt backfired, but we may
well expect other attacks
against candidates not of their
choosing as election day comes
closer.
We are proud of Baytown and
want to ensure continued pro-
gress. This is why we must be
careful to elect the best possible
candidates for mayor and coun-
eilmen in order to insure the
leadership that will guarantee
continued progress. It is often
said, “The squeaky wheel gets
the grease.” However, we must
not permit the loud squeaks of
TAP to deafen us to the quiet
voices of reason. Let us study the
aims and qualifications of the
various candidates, and in so do-
ing we will find it easy to make
an intelligent decision when we
go to the polls on May 20.
Marion Hoffman
Baytown
To The Sun
The Baytown Chamber of
Commerce obviously spends lots
.of time and effort in attracting
business to Baytown and trying
to enhance Baytown business’s
image to the residents of
Baytown and surrounding com-
munities. Maybe they should ex-
pand a SYnall amount of energy
toward locating some people to
work in the retail industry.
I went to one major retailer on
Garth Road to try to buy some
oil filters and oil. They had one
lady working the cash register.
She was trying to take a check
from a man who had recently
njoved to the area and had the
audacity to try to write a check
whose number was less than 5000
(which means he hasn’t been
here long). He had a temporary
drivers license so the computer
went bezerk.
1 When I finally gave up and left
because I couldn’t shift from one
foot to the other any longer and I
realized no One else in the store
was going to check people out,
the clerk was on the phone with
the bank trying to decide
whether or not to let the guy go
with his $20.00 headlight for his
Toyota.
Later the same week I tried to
buy a portable radio with a
digital tuner. One store that had
the particular brand I wanted
was even running it on sale. Of
course it had been on sale the
week before and the previous
Sunday was going to be the ab-
solute last day. As luck would
have it, it was still on sale but
they only had one young man
working the entire area of TV’s,
VCR’s, stereos, cameras, and
telephones. He was on the phone
falling in love and didn’t really
have the time to mess with such
annoyances as people wanting to
buy something. >*
Now I amble on down to
another store which I know has
the same radio for $10 less and
try to buy it there.
When I arrive on this scene
there is one young lad working
all of TV’s, stereos, cameras,
etc. and to make matters worse
some guy has come up and
bought a portable stereo and
tried to pay for it with some sort
of precious metal type credit
card.
This salesman is so excited he
is running from one phone to the
other trying to call someone and
not getting any help. I know he
was tired because he couldn’t
pick up his feet when he walked.
The shoes sort of shuffled along
and the heels popped as he walk-
ed. Needless to say I didn’t get
my radio.
OK, well where can you get
good service from a staff of peo-
ple that are knowledgeable,
friendly and want to help you?
Good question, and the answer is
the library. You can go to Sterl-
ing Municipal Library and there
will be someone there that
knows what they are doing and is
mote than happy to help you. I
wept with my daughter last
week and when we couldn’t find
what she needed I asked if Lee
College might have it and the
lady at Sterling suggested they
might and even checked to see
how late they would be open.
When I got to Lee College the
man at the door was very nice
and assisted us in finding what
he had and showed us the copy
machine and how it worked and
was a big help. Finally though, I
had to go to the City of Houston
Library to get the last three ar-
ticles that my daughter needed.
When I got there it was the same
story. I had to get one article off
of microfilm.
After one gentleman looked up
the number of the cartridge for
me I found the cartridge and
stood there in front of the
machine like a bull looking at a
new gate.
Well guess what, here comes
another man and asked if he
could load the thing for me. I told
him it sure wouldn’t hurt my
feelings none and I was all set.
Found what I needed and put in a
quarter and out came a copy on
paper.
Never once did I run into
anybody that didn’t care or
didn’t know what they were do-
ing. Too bad they don’t sell oil
filters.
Ed Ferguson
Mont Belvieu
To The Sun:
Who are these Brown-
wood/Texas Avenue/anti-ad-
ministration people who desire
to have positions at city hall?
In reality, this group is small
but their goal is high. Their aim
is fairly simple. They want con-
trol of our city and our tax
dollars to spend as they see fit at
their own whim or special pro-
ject.
Many folks have never attend-
ed council meetings and don’t
understand how our city and
system works. | I
Six councilmen and the mayor
decide the tax rates and budgets.
Just a motion, a second and a
vote of four can carry anything
regardless of how the general
public feels about it.
Many people do not realize the
responsibility, the power in
this challenge. They must be
dealt with accordingly. The peo-
ple, the voters and taxpayers
must ’ rise to the occasion
together and vote this group
down into slamming defeat.
There is no other alternative.
Paul E. Weaver
—■— Baytown
To The Sun:
Just who is the responsible
person for the spraying of weed-
grass killer on our roadsides,
explanades, etc.
This is the time of year when
we are enjoying green things
after winter — and here comes
the city killing our “green.” ,~
You should see the esplanade
behind my house. (This
esplanade is between 146 and
Ferry Road.) It was mowed nice
and neat and then it got zapped
with weed killer and now it looks
like it’s been through a rainless
August with 110 degree
temperatures.
So would the dear city of
Baytown please reconsider and
stop the grass spraying?
Myrtle Hudgins
Baytowi
To The Sun:
On behalf of the Bay Areg
Heritage Society, we would like
to thank The Baytown Sun fbr
the excellent publicity the 1989
annual home tour received last
week. The article on the front
page several weeks ago in-
troduced the tour to the readers
and the coverage of the homes,
churches, lodge, the museum
and the Republic of Texas Plaza
contributed to a very successful
tour.
We would also like to thank
Freddy Rios and Diane Martihez
with Graphic Assurance for the
beautiful brochures and tickets,
contributions from Wayne Gray
Pharmacies, Mobay Corp.,
Chevron and Baytown Exxon
Credit Union to help defray the
costs of the brochures and sighs.
Also, Leaila Wells, Tommy
Clayton and the Cedar Bayou
Methodist Church, Jean Rosen-
baum and the K’Nesseth Israel
Synagogue, Walt Nolan and the
Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge.;
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Ben h-
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association with being council- Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Don Faust,
man-mayor. One thing for sure Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lewis, Bay-
and you can take this to the
bank, the Brownwood/Texas
Avenue/anti-administfation
group clearly understands the
situation and positions they are
seeking in the election.
Citizens of Baytown, are any
of you gullible enough to think
that any of this group is running
on the ballot to help Baytown?
Could it be that many are there
for their own personal interests?
We cannot allow a click or ma-
jority of this group to get into
any position here in Baytown.
Not now. Not ever.
If they ever get a toehold into
any position of authority we tax-
payers are in big trouble. This
group would show no mercy as
they flex their power and clout
and throw away our hard earned
tax dollars on useless projects.
Anyone doubting this could
watch Texas Avenue get spruced
up; never mind there are no
buyers or renters, the group will
prove they have prevailed. A
giant mound off to the southwest
could be a hurricane wall being
built around the newly formed
Brownwood area. V
If we allow any of them into of-
fice we deserve anything they
dole out. We must campaign for
those who have given us a fair
shake for our tax dollars. Can-
didates who will be there in true
representation of the people. The
Brownwood/Texas Avenue/anti-
administration group has issued
town Trophy, the DAR for serv-
ing refreshments at the Brown-
McKay house'.
Also, Audrey Maeser for her
excellent book review of “Texas
Quilts, Texas Women’*:’ the Bgy-
town Quilt Guild, Airianda Koh-
ler, Anna Haley, and Lou Britton
for coordinating the docents !in
the homes, Jean Shepherd apd
staff for the display of quilts at
the museum.
Also, Virginia Wingate for the
tours of the Wooster School, apd
to the many Heritage Society
members and friends who kept
things running smoothly. I
And to those who attended die
tour, thank you for being there to
help make this one of our most
successful years. ;
Alice Schoyen
Lea Shetiee
Co-chairpersons
To The Sun
Give Pete Alfaro, candidate
for councilman at-large, Bay-
town City Council, an oppor-
tunity to use his experience ak a
community leader to work with
Baytonians to develop goals that
improve the quality of life for all
citizens. He is open to comments
and ideas about any concerns or
challenges that citizens feel are
facing the community. .'
Make Baytown better for
everyone and vote for Pete.
Mandy and Frank Hernandez
Bayto,wn
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