The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 158, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 1984 Page: 1 of 65
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Volume 62, No. 158
Inesday, May 2, 1984
Baytown, Texas 77520
Telephone Number: 422-8302
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County delays
hiring lawyers
, Tax collection debated
Students
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delinquent taxes is assigned to a
Action on a controversial pro- private law firm, “we as tax-
posal to retain a private law firm payers lose control of any ac- H
to collect delinquent taxes was countability for actions taken.” jf
delayed Tuesday after Harris Moreover, Ms. Baird said it 2]
County commissioners heard an could impose an “impossible” jjfij
appeal to allow sufficient time burden on the “conscientious M
taxpayer who may, through no H
t If the county hires an outside fault of his own, been a victim of H
agency to collect its delinquent the recession.”
taxes, it could ,mean an addi—~™”in addition'TFpaying*p5nSl^ ■
tional charge to property owners charges, the taxpayer would 9
who are late in paying their also have to pay a collection fee H
tc the law firm, she noted.
In the letter to Eckels, the law ms
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Government students from
Ross S. Sterling High School
have their turn Thursday to get
an insider’s view of local govern-
ment, taking over City Council,
the school board and other city
andsehooi positions.
V Civics Day is the name of the
ip annual event.
i i Students will spend about half
the day. with their respective
school or city counterparts. The
highlight of Civics Day comesin
H the afternoon with mock. City
t. Council and school board
H meetings..
H Students elected by their peers
■ to student school board and City
j Council will receive instructions
for conducting their meetings.
■ At about 1 p.m. Thursday the
w student school board will con-
n sider controversial recommen-
“ dations of the Governor’s Select
klj Committee on Education. —
|L*everything from minimum
B salaries for teachers to the
■ elimination of funding (beyond
flj that appropriated for other elec-
tives) for vocational courses,
vj The mock City Council will
kSk, consider adopting a city budget
Ev and zoning the city.
9* Those students making up the
ft mock City Council include
Mayor Mark DelToro, Nancy
Dickens, Amanda Elliott, June
Frederick;tRicky Elledge, Ran-
dy Daringtpn and Rusty Guen-
ther,
The school board is composed
of-’Tdby Taylor, Keith Dunlap,
•Phillip Bunce, Karen Roberts,
Everett Auzenne, Greg Magnes
and John Dizon.
Other city officials for the day
include Wendy Walsh, city
manager; Greg Abshier, assis-
tant city manager; Robert
Tyler,, finance director; Pauline
’ Timmons, chief' accountant;
O.J. Simpson, tax assessor-
collector; Tammy Babb, pur-
chasing agent; Rusty Barbee, ci-
t& attorhey; and Richard Mar-
tinez, director of planning and
traffic. ■
Other city officials include
Anita Hepry, assistant city
librarian for public services
' Shawn Norton, civil defense
8-C ' director; Jeannie Daigle,
' municipal court supervisor; Kel-
ly Hundsrucker, personnel
director; and Lisa Pate, police
chief.
Also; Susan Gilbert, fire chief;
Ray Whitlow, / chief inspector;
Billy Daley, office engineer;
- Delia Burris, public works direc-
tor; 'John Peace, chief
. sanitarian; Jsaac Kirkpatrick,
parks and recreation-director;
andTthonda Brewer,-city clerk.
Students to take on the respon-
sibilities of the school district in-
clude Michelj'C ebge.n,
superihtendent; Stacei Phillips,
assistant superintendent^ and
, .Nora Sc heller, deputy
, superintendent.
Others with the school district
include Brent Hallum, director
of elementary education;
Thelma Potts, director of secon-
education; and Clark
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for opposing arguments.
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county taxes.
The Houston law firm of Smith
and Connor, in conjunction with firm argues that a private agen-’
the law firm of Heard, Goggan cy would collect mcire delinquent
and Blair, has submitted a pro- taxes, eliminate the need for ad-
posal to collect delinquent taxes ditional employees to perform
this task arid place the cost onto
In a letter to Commissioner the delinquent taxpayer.
Bob Eckels, the firm proposes to
serve as “local counsel and Mike Driscoll, whose office cur-
liaison” between Heard, Goggan rently is entrusted with the task
and Blair and (founty officials. of collecting delinquent taxes,
According to the letter, Heard, said the transference of this
Goggan and Blair collects delin- function to a private law firm
quent taxes for such large would mean ah annual loss of
governmental entities as Dallas, $500,000 in attorney’s fees to his
Tarrant and Bexar counties, the department.' >
Moreover, Driscoll argued
thattiis office could collect more
Under the terms of the delinquent taxes than a private
proposed agreement, the law firm,
firm would qharge a property
owner 15 percent of the amount Lyons noted that the county al-
collected from him in delinquent tomey’s office has made a
t taxes, penalty charges and in-
terest . .
Annie Pearl Baird, chairman quent taxes
of Greater Houston Tax Coali-
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for the county
However, County Attorney
city of Dallas and the Dallas
school district.
Commissioner E.A. “Squatty”
“tremendous improvement” in
' recent years in collecting delin-
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Lyons also noted that commis-
tion, urged commissioners to sioners previously have con-y—v
delay action on the proposal so sidered retaining a private firm IT PROBABLY won’t be long before buildings parents are Mr. and Mrs. Rick
1 “all arguments pro and con!; to collect delinquent taxes but sprout up like wildflowers at the comer of Roll- Ripplecreek Drive, Russell is the soft of Missy
rejected the proposal, ingbrook and North Main. In th^ meantime, Bartel of 1804 N. Fifth.
Commissioners Jim Fonteno Russell John Bartel; 7; and Anibej Bawcum, 6,
there. Amber’s
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cum of 4708
could be heard
Ms. Baird said she opposes the
plan because if the collection of
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
(See COUNTY, Page 2-A)
pick dandelions from the field.
Precinct caucuses Saturday
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Democrats to vote on presidential nod
Pearce Street Journal- -
Baytown flavor
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HUNTSVILLE (CN) -
Distinguished alumni night at
Sam Houston had plenty of
Baytown flavor. . , By BRUCE GUYNN________ pnimaries,., Harris County tions will be submitted May 19 to
The late Dr. Harmon Lovgnan, Bpth Democrats and Democratic and GOP officials county conventions. The, state
SH president for 21 years, was Republicans will hold precinct , said. Democratic convention will be
among four recipients. Son Bill, conventions following Satur- The conventions will begin . held June 15-16 in Houston while
a dead ringer for<his great dad, day’s primaries to select promptly at 7:15 p.m. at the the national convention will be
accepted and sent greetings to delegates and to vote on resolu- precinct polling plpces unless held July 15-19 in San Francisco.,
Baytown friends. tions. there are still people yoting.
Kansas City publisher Jim Democrats will also vote on However, officials don’t ex-
Half watched a friend and co- the presidential nominee at their pect any long delays in the start
worter, Jack Tinsley of JFort conventions but the names of the of the conventions as the pol^s May 19, the state convention in
Wonth get a plaque. Democratic presidential con-, are scheduled to open at7 am, Fort Worth June 15-18 and the
; Dr. L.D. Vincent, now San tenders will not appear on the and close atj p.m. V national convention in Dallas
Angelo State prexy, and wife ballot.
Johnell (Stuart),, looked on.
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The GOP precinct conventions
will be followed by conventions
in the 31 state senate districts on
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Demote'ats will indicate their Aug. 20-23.
However, the.name of Presi- presidential preference when Republicans wiU hold a second
Former Sun staffer Frank dent Reagan, the lone they sign infbr the precinct coil- state convention in Corpus
K ’ Krystinik snapped pictures. Republican candidate, will ap- vention, said Debbie Posey, Christi Sept. 21-23.
Don Treuhardt and Bertha pear on the ballot in the GOP primary administrator for the One Democratic and one
Kirkpatrick are alumni who primary. Harris C<?uhty Democratic Par- Republican delegate will be
helped put on the show. To attend the Democratic or ty. - chosen for every 25 votes cast, in
Republican precinct conven- Republicans and Democrats a precinct in the 1982 governor’s
tions, a resident will have to vote will vote on resolutidhs that election,
in the appropriate primary, » could ultimately be submitted to Democratic officials expect
either in persoripr absentee. the national conventions. ' their precinct conventions to last
Precinct judges will have lists ^ Resolutions approved at the^ anywhere from 20 minutes to
of those- wha -voted:.rint^Bir"prefirictiLDemocratic---c«nven- (SeePRECINCT, Page 2-A)
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WEATHER
■ MOSTLY CLOUDY with a
30 percent chance of rain is. '
- forecast for the Baytown
f Wea Wednesday night and
Thursday. Temperatures
are expected in the mid to
upper 60s Wednesday night ‘
and in the mid.-80s Thurs-
day. From 8 a.m. Tuesday
toSa.m-. Wednesday, aJdw
of 62. degreesand -a high of. J
80 degrees were recorded: ' “■
AROUND
TOWN
Dillard Chambers candidate*
JEREMY GpNZALEZ and Eric
Campbell make a big fish catch
... Charles Kirkland’s jokes
make their way around a crowd-
ed room .. . Liaurie Tillman
reads aloud during a long Chambers County Commie-
meeting . .. Joshua Gonzalez is'~ sioiier in the May 5 Democratic
working hard in Washington; primary.
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OLD RIVER — Tony Dillard is
a candidate , for Precinct 3
elected I will be a full-time com-
missioner.
“I feel that we need im-
provements in our roads and
also in our drainage,” Dillard
said. “We also have some other
problem^ that need to be looked
into.” .
Dillard and his wife, Danna,
have two’'sons who both attend
Barbers Hill schools: Tooter, a
high school junior,* and Kevin, a
seventh-grader. They are all
members of Old River Baptist
Church.
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Pre-school survey meet set
... .. . „ . , The 30-year Old River resident
Manon Marshall is helpful, js challenging incumbent E.B.
but the bird died anyway . MBooster” Stephenson and posi-
Laune Tillman reads aloud dur- tion bope(uls Vthur Barrow,
• l0"g "J1®®11"® ' hir^ „ ® Raymond Davis, Billy Northcutt
Whi ock gets a birthday and Earl Porter
greeting card from Ronald and -v ■
Nancy Reagan Dlllard> 34> a Product of
Ask Police Chief Wayne Barbers Hill schools, attended
an apprentice school for five
School officials will hold pre- parents may bring the records to
school survey meetings at 9:30 the child’s school prior to the
a.m. May 10 in each elementary first day of school.
« school for "parents of children
J entering kindergarten or first
f grade, who are new to the
M district. , ^
“I will support all the youth of i’% Ayj Insttuotiodsc6nc^rning school
the county,” Dillard said. “I ' —entrance requirements will be
know how important the youth 8 discussed at the meetings,
are to the county. I feel that my . Also, children will be pre-
age will be a benefit because I -ivwvnn ADn registered for kindergarten for
am young enough to get out and TONY DILLARD the 1984-85/term,
work for the people of Precinct Committee fot the past 15 years., Parents should bring their
Also, he and his wife have been children’s birth and immuniza- Children aged 5 on or before
Dillard has served oh the coordinators of the Barbers Hill tion records, unless they are Sept. 1 are eligible to attend
Chambers County Calf Scramble 4-H Club fqr the last four years. unavailable, in which case kindergarten.
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All parents of proj
kindergarteners are urgi
tend this meeting to pre-register
their children. For information
on which school the child will at-
tend, parents may call Jenarie
Alexander, director of elemen-
tary education, at the school ad-
ministration building, 428-2553,
Ext. 211.
;ctive
to at-
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Henscey about his new “Mr. T” ^
nickname . .. Cheryl Moyer years 9fter his graduation. He
sports about in a fancy car V. has been a member of Pipe Fit-
Jeannette Tyssen gets used to ters Local 211 in Houston for 13
i contactlenses ... James years-
Isaacks starts gathering in-
formation about the Vietnam construction would be a benefit
if I am elected commissioner,”
‘I feel that jay experience in
War.
Cletus Shepphard stays “cool” - Dillard said. “I feel the time has
about a test and passes it with come for a full-time commis-
flying colors.
3.”
sioner for Precinct 3 and if I’m
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 158, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 1984, newspaper, May 2, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153571/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.