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Run for School Board; filing ends Wednesday

UPDATE Thursday, December 7, 2017: Filing is closed, and here is the final 2018 school board candidate list from the Tulsa County Election Board. Only three of 17 seats will be contested. Shawna Keller, the incumbent from District 4 in the eastern part of the Tulsa school district, has drawn...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 4, 2017 11:11 PM

Run for School Board

Next Monday through Wednesday, December 7 - 9, 2015, is the filing period for public school board positions in Oklahoma. Most school districts will have a single seat, Position No. 1 up for election to a five-year term. Skiatook will have one additional seat on the ballot to fill an...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 3, 2015 1:14 AM

Gary Ezzo comes to Tulsa

Every year around this time, Gary Ezzo, creator of a popular system for child-rearing and discipline (including books like Babywise and Growing Kids God's Way), holds an annual "National Leadership and Alumni Conference" for his organization, Growing Families International. And every year, conservative Christian bloggers who reject Ezzo's approach...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 13, 2010 5:45 PM

Downtown Tulsa Unlamented

An edited version of this column was published in the May 14 - 20, 2009, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly. The published version is available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Posted October 25, 2022. Cityscope By Michael D. Bates Downtown Tulsa Unlamented The departing head of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 13, 2009 8:45 PM