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Quinn challenges ONG franchise election (UPDATED)

UPDATE 2011/08/25, 1 p.m.: ONG spokesman Don Sherry has posted a comment to this entry, linking to a media kit about the Tulsa ONG franchise election. He points out that there are approximately 1,400 ONG/ONEOK employees working in the Tulsa area. Tom Quinn, a civic activist and longtime critic of...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 24, 2011 12:44 PM

Special Tulsa election today: New, secretive ONG franchise agreement

Oklahoma Natural Gas is granted a franchise by the City of Tulsa to run its lines through the city's easements and rights-of-way. That franchise was last renewed in 1986 for a 25-year-term. The franchise renewal is on the ballot for a special election today, August 9, 2011. The proposed renewal...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 9, 2011 8:26 AM