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Tulsa 2020 charter amendments

Five amendments to Tulsa's city charter -- our city's constitution -- will be on the August 25, 2020, ballot. As usual, the summaries you will see on the ballot paper only tell part of the story. For the TL;DR folks, here are my recommendations: Proposition No. 1: Yes Proposition No....

Posted by Michael Bates on August 10, 2020 11:51 PM

Eagleton on City Attorney Deirdre Dexter: "not competent in the field of municipal law"

Back in January, Tulsa City Councilor John Eagleton sent a 12-page letter to Mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. expressing his concerns about City Attorney Deirdre Dexter's competence to continue serve in that capacity. Dexter, a former associate district judge, was appointed as interim city attorney in December 2006, as one...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 13, 2010 12:57 AM