Talk:Vidor, Texas

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[edit] "Large Minority Population"

I'm pulling this text out again for now since this really doesn't match up with the statistics (quote in the article). 2.67% being something other than non-White (mostly hispanic) and 0.07% being African American (if you do the math, that's 8 people) doesn't really contradict the claim of being a sundown town. Just so that we don't end up in a revert-war, if you disagree please follow up here. Scott.wheeler 20:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe this was unclear but I was refering to the larger Beaumont=Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area not just the one town.

This page makes Vidor look very Rough and characterizes the city as a poor uneducated town. I would like to see somethings added and kept that gives the town some justice.

[edit] Personal Research

Removed minor additions involving personal research, unsourced claims. Deatonjr 12:44, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Simpson

I removed the bit on Bill Simpson and did some copy editing on the controversy section, which was reverted by Mrtrey99. I'm reverting his revert pending discussion here. Aside from the copy-editing, the Bill Simpson section which was removed was:

Bill Simpson, the last of the three black residents to leave, was murdered in Beaumont the day after he left. His killing sparked much controversy coming only hours after he fled Vidor. It no longer remains a mystery as he was killed by Michael Wayne Zeno, a member of the Hoover Crips, in the course of a robbery..

Aside from being poorly writen, I removed it because as stated, if not a product of racial violence in Vidor, it is of less relevance to an article on Vidor. Scott.wheeler 11:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)