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A state district court judge has
denied the City of Baytown’s
motion for summary judgment
in the lawsuit against Baytown
Firefighter Patrick Mahoney,
which could now go to trial.
The city filed for summary
judgment in November to speed
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Brandi Prejean of the San An-
tonio-based law firm Thornton
Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra —
and denied the city’s motion,
which means the case is sched-
uled to go to trial June 3.
“I’m grateful the court saw
through the attempt by the out-
Baytown Sun photo by Matt Hollis
Crews have been cleaning up debris from the plane crash for removal to a warehouse where the plane will be pieced
back together as part of an investigation.
to save resources that would have
been spent in a more protracted
legal process,” the city said then.
“Based on this decision, the
city will detenuine the path for-
ward for this case in keeping
with the best interest of the citi-
zens of Baytown,” Natasha Bar-
rett, city spokeswoman, issued in
a statement Wednesday.
City Council, city staff and the
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by Regent Gilbert Santana.
“This month, they will go
through looking at what projects
we will present, as well as prior-
itize, at some point to the com-
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The state of Lee College is in
solid shape, according to its presi-
dent, Dr. Dennis Brown.
Speaking to members of the
Rotary Club of Baytown, Brown
said he was excited to share some
of the achievements and success-
es happening at the college.
Brown said the college is in
good financial shape after going
through a shortfall in 2017 after
Regents discovered the unre-
stricted net position went from
$13 million to $8 million between
outside counsel
2013 and 2016.
“We had some cash
issues last year, and
we do not have cash
issues anymore at the
college,” Brown said.
“A lot of folks did
tremendous work on
that. Our audit came
out with the highest
discuss what that
path might be.
“There were three
choices to make, and
this is one choice that
the judge made in
passing it to court,”
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side attorney for the city to con-
fuse the issues,” Mahoney said.
“The time has come for the city
to respect the will of the citizens,
drop this lawsuit and show that
it will follow state law when it
comes to employees that are in-
jured or become ill on the job.”
Mahoney, a battalion chief for
the Baytown Fire Department,
was diagnosed with thyroid can-
cer in 2016, which forced him to
SEE LAWSUIT • PAGE 9
about a turnaround for an issue
we had to deal with, and we did
effectively.”
Brown also mentioned the col-
lege’s strategic facilities plan,
But we need to discuss it, iron it
out and hear all the information
first.”
Judge Donna Roth heard ar-
guments Monday by the city’s
possible unqualified opinion.”
Brown said the college will
nings, installing UPS system, and
replace fiber optics campus-wide.
“These are important things,
and we are replacing all of the
fiber optics, all of the networks,
phones and computers,” Brown
said. “They have been in there for
over 20 years, and ensure our con-
nectivity continues.”
A quick-thinking Harris
County Sheriff’s deputy
became a hero after he res-
cued a Baytown woman
from a burning trailer.
Dramatic footage from
Deputy Roberto Martinez’s
bodycam showed him run-
ning from window to win-
dow at a trailer engulfed in
flames in the 6500 block of
Zaragosa Street, looking
for a victim still trapped
inside.
Harris County Sheriff Ed
Gonzalez explained what
happened with the Tuesday
early morning fire.
“At 3:25 a.m. or so Dep-
uty Martinez was out on
patrol,” Gonzalez said at a
press conference. “He was
glancing at the calls and
saw this call drop. He was
at the right place and right
time and headed in that di-
rection, arriving within a
couple of minutes. Some
family members altered
him, and said a loved one
was still inside trapped. He
quickly sprung into action
and was able to come up
with a plan to get the wom-
en out. He was told by the
arriving fire personnel, if he
had not taken quick action,
she would’ve perished.”
Martinez was able to
break out a window in the
trailer with his flashlight.
He reached inside the
burning trailer, retrieved
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The National Transportation
Safety Board has announced its en-
gineers have completed the initial
review of the Atlas Air Flight 3591
cockpit voice recorder, according to
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway.
The review indicated a loss of
control of the aircraft just before
the crash.
Three people were killed when
the plane, a Boeing 767-300 cargo
jet, crashed in the muddy marsh-
land of Trinity Bay Feb. 23. They
have been identified as 60-year-old
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have $10 million in reserves this munity for the consideration of a
August. general obligation bond,” Brown
“This will be available for the said.
college to use as we move for- Brown added the college has
ward,” Brown said. “I am excited made short-term plans for some
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Captain Ricky Blakely, 44-year- is preliminary and subject to change
old First Officer Conrad Aska and as the investigation continues.
36-year-old Sean Archuleta, a jump Workers also recovered the air-
seat rider from Mesa Airlines. plane’s flight data recorder Sunday.
The aircraft was about 40 miles The engineers are working with
from Houston’s George Bush In- the NT SB’s Office of Research and
tercontinental Airport when it Engineering Vehicle Recorder Divi-
crashed. The flight was carrying sion.
cargo forAiuazon.com Inc., and the The length of the recording is
U.S. Postal Service from Miami to approximately two hours and was
Houston. obtained from a download of a sol-
Holloway said directors from the id-state type cockpit voice record-
Office of Research and Engineering er The recording included the final
and the Office of Aviation Safety portion of the flight. Holloway add-
conducted a test of the C VR as part ed the quality of the audio is poor,
of the NTSB’s ongoing investiga- --------------------------------
tion of the accident. He added this SEE NTSB e PAGE 7
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we’re at a fork in the road where
there are only two options: carry
it forward and go to court for a
judge’s decision in full court or
we could just cease it and drop it.
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 2019, newspaper, March 7, 2019; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1467621/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.