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Ron Peters, Money Belt candidate for Tulsa County Commissioner

Former House District 70 representative Ron Peters has announced his candidacy for the Tulsa County Commission District 3 seat being vacated by retiring Commissioner Fred Perry. In 2003, Peters was one of six Republicans to support a state lottery, breaking ranks with the vast majority of the GOP caucus. Had...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 10, 2013 9:17 PM

People who need beating (at the ballot box)

An edited version of this piece was published on May 31, 2006, in Urban Tulsa Weekly. The archived version is no longer online. Posted on the web, with hyperlinks to related articles, on August 18, 2010. "No man's property is safe while the legislature is in session." So goes the...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 31, 2006 12:22 AM

City Hall update: HB 2559, SB 1324, Susan Neal, and non-partisan elections

An edited version of this piece was published on May 10, 2006, in Urban Tulsa Weekly. The archived version is no longer online. Posted on the web, with hyperlinks to related articles, on August 18, 2010. We're now a month past the city election, and it's time to follow up...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 10, 2006 1:18 AM

Scary bypass

An edited version of this piece was published on April 26, 2006, in Urban Tulsa Weekly. The archived version is no longer online. Posted on the web on August 18, 2010. It appears that Tulsa's development lobby, discouraged by the results of the Tulsa City Council elections, has decided to...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 26, 2006 12:59 AM