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Tulsa City Council funds teen sex survey with federal COVID cash
A sex survey targeting teenagers was funded by the City of Tulsa using federal COVID relief funding. The survey was one of 70 non-profit projects selected for funding by a working group of four city councilors who are on next Tuesday's ballot -- Phil Lakin (District 8), Jeannie Cue (2),...
SB962 to move school board elections to the fall
SB962, which would move school board general elections to November, has cleared the Oklahoma House of Representatives Rules Committee and is awaiting action by the whole house. The bill does not alter terms of office and does not make the elections partisan. The bill does not change the date for...
Tulsa redistricting commission considers plans
Tomorrow, September 24, 2021, the City of Tulsa Election District Commission will hold a special meetingto consider a set of five proposed plans for redrawing Tulsa's city council district boundaries for possible presentation for public comment. The proposed plans were assembled by mapping staff at the Indian Nations Council...
Minneapolis bans single-family zoning
NOTE: I will be on KFAQ 1170 with Pat Campbell at 8:05 am on Wednesday, October 8, 2019, to discuss this issue, which was mentioned by Minneapolis police union president Lt. Bob Kroll in his interview with Pat Campbell this morning, as well as the City of Tulsa's plan to...
2017 Tulsa election: Proposition 5: Mayor picks redistricting panel
The fifth of the seven charter change propositions on the City of Tulsa November 14, 2017, ballot would change the makeup and responsibilities of the Election District Commission, which redraws the City Council district lines after each Federal decennial census. A yes vote on Proposition No. 5 would expand the...
Oklahoma Senate committee passes anti-Common Core bill
On Monday, March 24, 2014, the Oklahoma State Senate's Education Committee unanimously passed a committee substitute for HB 3399, a bill initiated in the State House to repeal Oklahoma's adoption of Common Core national standards. (Click the link for the text of the bill, which shows deletions from current law...
How integrated is Tulsa? A 2010 update
An interactive demographic map -- called the "Racial Dot Map" -- is making the rounds. The map is by Dustin A. Cable, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Each dot on the map represents one person from the 2010 U. S. Census, located within the...
Vision2 poll's real margin of error
There are a couple of serious flaws with the Vision2 poll that was published today in the Tulsa World and conducted by SoonerPoll.com. The results weren't too surprising, and they may very well match what we see on election day, but nevertheless the results should be taken with a big...
Campaign help wanted: Next-to-last weekend, House 71
It's the next to last weekend for the election, and there are plenty of opportunities to help good candidates in close races. Oklahoma Republican chairman Matt Pinnell's call to the troops from a couple of weeks ago is even more urgent now: Our nominees' need your help, and in one...
Tulsa Election 2011: Filings, day 1
The Tulsa County Election Board has the official list of Tulsa municipal candidates on its website, but here's a list for handy reference: CITY AUDITOR-2 (Two) Year Term No candidates. CITY COUNCILOR OFFICE NO. 1 -- 1 (One) Year Term Democrat Jack Ross Henderson, 2014 N. Rosedale Ave., Tulsa, OK...
The 2011 Delaware Republican Convention
May 4, 2011: I'll be on the air with Angel Clark on WGMD 92.7 at 8 pm Eastern (7 pm Central) Listen online at wgmd.com. Business had taken me to Dover, Delaware, and Friday morning on my way to work, I heard a news story about the upcoming Delaware Republican...
Follow Friday 001
Follow Friday has become a tradition for many Twitter users, who take time each Friday to point their followers to at least five other Twitter feeds worth following. Now John Hawkins of Right Wing News is launching the same idea into the blogosphere. Here are my five for this week:...
Tulsa Hills TIF bonds approved
Thursday night the Tulsa City Council gave the green light to the Tax Increment Finance district for the Tulsa Hills retail development between 71st and 81st on the east side of US 75. Steve Roemerman and I were both there, and both of us spoke in support. Steve has a...
You'll shoot your eye out, kid!
Back Friday evening from a short trip to Rogers, Arkansas, where we spent Thanksgiving Day with my wife's family. After the threat of snow on Wednesday, the weather was nice, with blue skies and beautiful sunsets. Friday afternoon, my wife and I took a walk around downtown Rogers. Although Rogers...
Even McDonald's can blend in
Saw the following recent post (about halfway down) by Keith Mooney in one of the Tulsa Now forums: After being out of town for a few months, I was really disappointed to see that generic looking McDonald's being built on the sw corner of cherry and peoria. What nimron allowed...
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