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Tulsa County plats, indexes online

Exciting news! Yesterday, Tulsa County Clerk Michael Willis announced that subdivision plats for Tulsa County are now online. You no longer have to subject yourself to downtown parking and courthouse metal detectors to access this fascinating trove of Tulsa history. We have a pretty big deal launching in the Tulsa...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 16, 2018 11:36 PM

Michael Willis for Tulsa County Clerk

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Republican voters in Tulsa County will decide which of two candidates will be our next County Clerk. The incumbent is not running for re-election, and only two Republicans filed for the seat: Michael Willis and Nancy Rothman. Online access to public records is a big...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 18, 2016 11:56 PM

Pat Key campaigner arrested for sign stealing

This is pretty clever: A Tulsa County voter noticed that his signs supporting Dean Martin for Tulsa County Clerk kept disappearing from his yard. After losing several, he put a GPS tracker in one. It disappeared, too, but they found out who had the sign and a bunch of others...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 26, 2012 3:30 PM

Runoff 2012: Dean Martin for Tulsa County Clerk

Another race that will be decided in the August 28, 2012, runoff election is the race for Tulsa County Clerk. No Democrats filed for the open seat, and none of the three candidates received a majority in the June primary, so the runoff between the top two finishers -- Pat...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 25, 2012 7:16 PM

Cassidy Tandy for Tulsa County Clerk: A commitment to transparency

Tulsa County Clerk Earlene Wilson is retiring after 12 years in the office. Three candidates are running for the Republican nomination to replace Wilson: Pat Key, Dean Martin, and Cassidy Tandy. It is the only contested county election, and the winner of the Republican primary will win the seat --...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 13, 2012 9:51 PM