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4A The Baytown Sun
Friday
March 4. 2016
STATE VIEW
GOP builds
a wall around
court vacancy
Senate Republicans have made it clear they will slam
the door on President Barack Obama and anyone he
might nominate to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the
Supreme Court.
GOP Senate leaders took that stand only hours after
Scalia was found dead of natural causes Feb. 13 at a re-
mote West Texas ranch. They’re serving up red meat to
angry Republican voters.
Anger is the big thing in politics these days.
But once taken, this is a stand that cannot be repudiated
without those same GOP leaders making themselves sub-
stitute targets for those same angry GOP voters.
And just to wrap it all up in a big bow, the Republican
Senate majority emerged from a closed meeting last week
all but united (only two members disagreed) in saying any
Obama nominee would receive no hearing, no vote, not
even courtesy meetings with senators.
The Republicans could have waited to see what name
Obama might put up, even gone through the motions of
consideration — who knows, it might have been someone
they could accept.
For a day or so, that even seemed possible. Word cir-
culated that Obama was considering Brian Sandoval, a
former federal judge who’s now the much-respected Re-
publican governor of Nevada.
But Sandoval, after initially agreeing to the vetting pro-
cess, then withdrew his name.
Obama has taken an irrevocable stand, too. He has
said he will put up a nominee, as the Constitution says
he should.
That’s worth watching. It’s not likely that Obama would
simply offer up a liberal lamb for sacrifice.
But the Republicans have forestalled any possibility of
success. They have sentenced the nation to live under a
short-handed Supreme Court for the rest of this session
and most if not all of the next.
Real court cases, on real important issues, are likely to
suffer. That’s a loss for us all.
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 4, 1966, John Lennon of The Beatles was
quoted in the London Evening Standard as saying, “We’re
more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go
first — rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity.” (After his comments
caused an angry backlash in the United States, Lennon
sought to clarify his remarks, telling reporters, “If I had
said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have
got away with it.”)
On this date:
In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into
effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The
lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.)
In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated
for a second term of office; with the end of the Civil War
in sight, Lincoln declared: “With malice toward none,
with charity for all.”
In 1913, the “Buffalo nickel” officially went into cir-
culation.
In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge’s inauguration was
broadcast live on 21 radio stations coast-to-coast.
In 1930, Coolidge Dam in Arizona was dedicated by its
namesake, former President Calvin Coolidge.
In 1952, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were mar-
ried in San Fernando Valley, California.
In 1974, the first issue of People magazine, then called
People Weekly, was published by Time-Life Inc.; on the
cover was actress Mia Farrow.
One year ago: the Justice Department cleared Darren
Wilson, a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer,
in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black
18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for
sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices.
Thought for Today: “I want to live my life so that my
nights are not full of regrets.”
— D.H. Lawrence, English author (1885-1930)
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A failure to communication
One of the major things that hin-
ders or destroys relationships is a
failure to communicate properly.
In the second article we discussed
one of the main things that hinders
good communication as being a
closed-minded and defensive atti-
tude. This is by no means the only
reason, however it is one of the ma-
jor reasons good communication is
not successful.
Many of the subjects that I am
identifying that hinder relationships
will overlap with our ability to com-
municate. Many deeply entrenched
attitudes, even if we may not even
be conscious of them, may interfere
with our being able to discuss and
find ways to solve the difficulties
that we face.
As we go through
the rest of the arti-
cles in this series we
will see that there
are other things that
get in the way of our
ability to communi-
cate. Some of these
HARVEY are selfishness,
cf>ui||T7 pride, faultfinding,
ounuut a lack of trust and
more. If any relationship is to suc-
ceed, good communication is a must
and it seems that there are so many
things that block our efforts to share
with each other about our problems
and how to handle them.
In order for true communication
to happen, there must be a two way
street! Both parties must participate;
just one side trying to solve the prob-
lems will not work. The marriage is
like a tinder plant, it needs constant
care for it to survive; otherwise it
will just wither and die.
Where love, respect and a will-
ingness to work together no longer
exists between both partners, then
the ability to truly communicate will
be all but impossible, But as long as
there is real love and devotion built
into the relationship, then when dis-
agreements or problems occur, then
they can be overcome when two
people genuinely care for each other.
Harvey Schultz is a longtime res-
ident of the Baytown area, marriea
for 53 years with two children ana
an author of three books.
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THE LEADERS
Baytown, my home of choice
I moved to Baytown straight out
of the Air Force in 1974. I had never
even heard of Baytown when I came
here, but my parents were living in
the new apartments on Ward Road
along with one of my three brothers.
The whole family with the excep-
tion of my mother was working for
Brown & Root at Mobay. Mobay
became Bayer and is now Covestro.
Brown & Root was THE con-
struction company and the job here
was going to be at least another year
long. In retrospect, I should have
used my G.I. bill benefits and gone
to Lee College, but youth has a way
of justifying procrastination. In-
stead, I became a pipe fitter’s helper
earning an amazing $4.25 per hour
— which coming straight out of the
military, was a lot of money.
A couple years passed and I still
hadn’t enrolled in college when I
was hired on at Atlantic Richfield
on Sheldon Road as a process op-
erator. I worked in that hell hole of
personnel abuse for five years be-
fore Reaganomics caused a layoff
and I transferred to ARCO Polymers
on Battleground road in 1982. The
leadership attitude there was a vast
improvement. I spent the next 31
years making polypropylene plastic'
pellets and other than a few college
courses here and there, I never got
that elusive degree. I also never left
Baytown, even though all of my
large family eventually did.
I’ve always been fascinated by
computers and somewhere around
1984; I bought a Tandy TRS-80,
which was the first home personal
computer. Now, 31 years later, I am
still fascinated and sweep viruses off
them to help friends keep on com-
puting. Somewhere around 2001, I
realized Baytown had an extensive
history and it was rapidly slipping
away from the public eye. One huge
BERT
MARSHALL
problem was we
had a transient pop-
ulation. I had been
experimenting with
web design and
decided to register
www.ourbaytown.
com and try and
build a website to
bring some of this
information to the
public.
It’s been up 15 years now and it is
still running strong with a lot of con-
tent. I have a sister web-based forum
www.baytowntalks.net where issues
and history are discussed also. It
turns out it is an excellent source to
watch how our city is changing and
listen as Baytonians react to what is
happening here.
For those who may not know, my
nickname is Baytown Bert and for a
good reason. I care about what hap-
pens here and the quality of life. My
interest is not in new restaurants,
even though I like to eat. My pas-
sion is in having a safe city to live
with amenities, namely parks, hike/
bike trails, and nature opportunities.
Pirates Bay is a big draw to the city
and the many spray parks are won-
derful and I applaud the city for their
foresight.
I have a good relationship with
our city’s leaders and the police de-
partment and recently was asked to
join the Strategic Planning Advisory
Committee to plan the future of the
city. I feel highly honored and ac-
cepted rather quickly with the stipu-
lation that “I am all about hike/bike,
sidewalks, and city parks”. Director
of Strategic Initiatives Nick Wool-
ery told me our new city manager
Rick Davis shares this same vision
listen to as many Baytown residents
as possible to learn the direction
they’d like the city to head in the
next five years. Your leadership will
be critical in this process. First, you
will help us determine the best ways
to reach as many residents as pos-
sible. Second, you will be the chief
cheerleaders for this project. Third,
you will be our eyes and ears during
the process. Finally, you will be the
chief architects of the ultimate final
product, Baytown’s five-year stra-
tegic plan. This plan will guide the
city as we make future budgetary
decisions, policy decisions, etc. As
we continue this time of unprece-
dented growth in Baytown, I can’t
imagine a better time to involve our
residents in charting the future of
our community.”
Now I want to go on record and
say that I am one of those rare people
who clear information from my in-
box with the speed of Montezuma’s
Revenge. I detest procrastination
when it comes to making a decision,
so if you send me a suggestion, I’ll
answer it and I’ll answer it quickly.
Your input is critical, so I set up a
sub-forum on www.BaytownTalks.
net under the heading Baytown in
General to log your suggestions. To
join the forum, you have to register
and provide a valid email address,
and then I can add you. This keeps
trolls and spammers off the forum.
I cannot see your password, and the
site is secure.
Let’s make a collective effort for
Baytown’s five-year future. I know
most of us want a good clean city
that is safe for our families and this
is a prime opportunity.
Our goal is simple it appears, but
will take a village for input. “Over
the next nine months, our goal is to
Bert Marshall is the owner ofOur-
Baytown.com and a Baytown resi-
dent since 1974. Reach Marshall at
baytownbert@gmail. com.
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