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Cleta Deatherage Mitchell: Everyone should run, and why smaller districts are better

Earlier this week, in my entry about the passing of Twyla Mason Gray, I mentioned the fascinating collection of interviews from 2007 that makes up the OSU Women of the Oklahoma Legislature oral history project. Cleta Deatherage Mitchell represented Norman in the State House of Representatives as a Democrat from...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2011 11:49 PM

9/12 video: "Pull on your big girl panties" and deal with the debt

As quickly as I can, I'll be posting the video I took at Sunday's 9/12 March on Washington. Here's the first. I caught up with this lady, Gail Champion from Ohio, as we were about halfway along Pennsylvania Ave. What caught my attention in the first place -- and you...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 14, 2010 1:23 PM