Michael Bates

Council to change tax ordinance to enable Gilcrease demolition

5/22/2020

Back at the beginning of March, we reported that Gilcrease Museum would not be renovated and expanded, as Tulsa voters were promised in April 2016, but would instead be demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility, with the help of funding from the University of Tulsa and other donors. The change is substantial enough that the new plans will not fit within the broad language of the "Brown...

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Tulsa redecorates Golden Driller begs for Tesla

5/22/2020

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It's cringe-worthy. Some persons, apparently with the permission of the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority, painted the Tesla logo on the chest of the Golden Driller, and painted the name Tesla on his belt buckle, over the word Tulsa. If that weren't bad enough, used some kind of wrap to cover the statue's face to turn it pale, almost white, to try match the appearance of Tesla chairman...

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Did being "Phillipsburg" stymie Bartlesville's growth?

5/18/2020

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Rita Thurman Barnes, a Bartlesville local historian and newspaper columnist, recounts a Tulsa conversation that rubbed her the wrong way. We made a very early trip to Tulsa this morning to get a belt for hubby's lawn mower. We left before breakfast so we could get there when the dealership opened and home to mow before the rain. On the way back about 9:30 we stopped at a bakery and got a...

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Did being "Phillipsburg" stymie Bartlesville's growth?, Click the headline to read this full article,
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66% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were sheltering at home?

5/15/2020

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There ought to be a law that all social media posts about CCP Bat Virus must begin with the word "Aha!" Quite a few posts on the topic are there not so much as information, but as vindication for whatever theory or policy prescription the poster wishes to offer. I've heard this stat in the title quoted a dozen different ways, by people who want to prove that lockdowns are useless, and by people...

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66% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were sheltering at home?, Click the headline to read this full article,
66% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were sheltering at home?, at BatesLine

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V-E Day 75th anniversary

5/8/2020

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"Advance Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King!" So concluded Winston Churchill's announcement to the British people of the utter defeat of Nazi Germany. This playlist begins with a British Movietone newsreel of V-E Day in London, including excerpts of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's broadcast announcing Germany's unconditional surrender, the procession of the House...

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Council to change tax ordinance to enable Gilcrease demolition

Tulsa redecorates Golden Driller begs for Tesla

Did being "Phillipsburg" stymie Bartlesville's growth?

66% of COVID-19 hospitalizations were sheltering at home?

V-E Day 75th anniversary

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