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Rodger Randle: Walt Helmerich rebuffed developer for park site

Walt Helmerich III, whose foundation donated $1 million toward the 1991 purchase of the riverfront property now known as Helmerich Park, and who served on the board of the bank that owned the land, rebuffed an overture from a private developer who wanted to create a "major mixed-use entertainment, recreational,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 15, 2017 10:48 PM

OK Supreme Court: Helmerich Park lawsuit can go forward

The Oklahoma Supreme Court voted unanimously today to allow Tulsa residents to move forward with a lawsuit against the City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Public Facilities Authority over the proposed sale of part of Helmerich Park to a private developer. Here is a statement from Save Helmerich Park, the...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 11, 2017 5:20 PM

Langenkamp on Helmerich Park deal: "Grand Juries have been impaneled for less."

Save Helmerich Park posted the following comment from R. Dobie Langenkamp, former Director of the National Energy Law and Policy Institute and Chapman Distinguished Professor of Energy Law at the University of Tulsa Law School, about the business flaws of the Tulsa Public Facilities Authority effort (with Mayor Dewey Bartlett...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 11, 2016 11:10 PM