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District 2: For Rick Westcott

There are some very powerful people in this town that evidently would rather not have grownups on the City Council. They'd rather have children, nine naifs easily led to the preferred conclusion. But we ordinary citizens need grownups to look after our interests. We need people who have the intelligence...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 2, 2009 10:12 PM

Candidate background checks: Part 1: Bart Rhoades

The Tulsa World today, on page A-14, presented a summary of information turned up during background checks of the candidates for Tulsa city offices. Some of the information had been reported previously -- Eric Gomez serving alcohol to a minor in 1993 and being arrested for public intoxication in 1997;...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 23, 2009 9:22 PM