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OSU journalism prof to Bartlett Jr: "Sealing court records isn't supporting the public's right to know"

OSU journalism prof Joey Senat, writing on the blog of FOI Oklahoma, an organization that promotes open meetings, open records, and government transparency, chides mayoral candidate Dewey Bartlett Jr for having public records pertaining to his divorce sealed shortly after pledging himself to transparency in government. Bartlett's request came a...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 5, 2009 3:08 PM

Bartlett Jr has divorce file sealed, denounces blogs

Welcome, new readers! Click this link to read the blog article in question regarding Dewey Bartlett Jr's divorce filings and what his own side's assertions tell us about his financial acumen. Did Bartlett Jr fairly characterize what I posted? Read the article and the accompanying documents for yourself and draw...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 5, 2009 4:03 AM

Candidate background checks: Part 3: Dewey Bartlett Jr and his "best managerial efforts"

NOTE: The information and analysis regarding this are derived entirely from the public record pertaining to the case, as found in the records of the Tulsa County Court Clerk and the Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN) online database. Links or photographic images are provided for relevant excerpts from those records....

Posted by Michael Bates on September 1, 2009 11:58 PM

In the bag for Dewey Bartlett?

I was listening to the Pat Campbell Show on 1170 KFAQ this morning. He spent about four minutes at the end of the 7 a.m. hour talking about people who think he's "in the bag" for Dewey Bartlett, Jr., the candidate for mayor who endorsed incumbent Democrat Kathy Taylor for...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 20, 2009 10:35 PM