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Tulsa Election 2011: General election day
This entry post-dated to remain at top until polls close. Welcome to those visiting BatesLine especially for today's election. BatesLine has been around since 2003, and you'll find a lot of information and history here about the players and forces at work in Tulsa politics. BatesLine also features stories on...
Tulsa Election 2011: The City Council candidates and the trash contract
A number of guides, interviews, and videos have been posted to introduce voters to the candidates on the Tulsa City Council ballot tomorrow. In most cases, the winner of a hotly contested primary for the district's dominant party faces the nominee of the minority party, who either got a bye...
Tulsa Election 2011: Progress report
Things are moving rapidly on this last day before the Tulsa City Council primary, and I'm doing my best to catch up. Several developing stories: Oklahoma City-based Majority Designs (the direct mail firm of Fount Holland and Karl Ahlgren) have put out mailers "not authorized by any campaign or candidate"...
Tulsa Election 2011: Pre-primary campaign contribution reports
Analysis will have to wait, but for now, here is the full collection of C-1s, required to be filed by 5 p.m. yesterday, as provided to me by the Tulsa City Clerk's office. The only processing I've done is to merge two separate files into one and to run OCR...
Tulsa District 6: For Jim Mautino
I'm happy to endorse my friend Jim Mautino for re-election as Tulsa City Councilor for District 6. Jim Mautino isn't a slick politician. He is passionate and persistent when it comes to pursuing policies that will help residents of far east Tulsa and the entire city. Alone among the councilors...
TulsaBizPac it in: Majority would oppose candidate with Tulsa Metro Chamber PAC support
I emailed FOP political consultant Victor Ajlouny and requested a copy of the FOP's press releases on their poll and their endorsements. The eight-page Tulsa FOP poll release featured a question about the impact that an endorsement from the Tulsa Metro Chamber's political action committee (TulsaBizPac) would have on a...
Council-suer, SOT member announce picks for City Council (UPDATED)
We're beginning to see components of Tulsa's establishment coalesce around certain candidates for City Council, the candidates they believe will best represent the establishment's interests at City Hall. Burt Holmes and Ben Latham have selected a partial slate of candidates, according to an email from Latham soliciting contributions for their...
Tulsa Election 2011: Filings, Day 3
The filing period ended at 5 p.m. today. The Tulsa County Election Board has the official list of Tulsa municipal candidates on its website, but here's a list for handy reference. I've added (MON), (TUE), or (WED) to indicate the day on which each candidate filed. CITY AUDITOR-2 (Two) Year...
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