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Five amendments to Tulsa's city charter -- our city's constitution -- will be on the August 25, 2020, ballot. As usual, the summaries you will see on the ballot paper only tell part of the story. For the TL;DR folks, here are my recommendations: Proposition No. 1: Yes Proposition No....
 - August 11, 2020 at 12:51AMTulsa 2020 charter amendments Click the headline to read the full story.
I'm hearing that minions of Mayor Bynum IV are putting the word out that voting for one of his conservative opponents in the August 25, 2020, election will help elect someone further to the Left than the left-of-center Bynum. The rumor is self-serving garbage, preying on ignorance of the confusing...
- August 03, 2020 at 10:06PMIllustrating Tulsa's new city election procedure Click the headline to read the full story.
Hello from Tulsa, M.C.N. We're not in Oklahoma any more. This morning, in a 5-4 decision, America's permanent super-legislature voted, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma, to liberate convicted child molester Jimcy McGirt by ruling that all the lands within the 1866 boundaries of the Muscogee Creek Nation...
- July 10, 2020 at 12:18AMMcGirt v. Oklahoma: SCOTUS turns Tulsa, OK, into Tulsa, MCN Click the headline to read the full story.
If you're on Twitter you might have concluded that July 4th was Hipster-Pastors-Complaining-About-Flags-in-Churches Day.
- July 04, 2020 at 07:37PMIndependence Day 2020: Are flags in churches idolatry? Click the headline to read the full story.
A few notes, now that all the results are in. The passage of SQ802 by such a slim margin -- 6,518 votes out of 674,040 cast -- is amazing, given that there was no organized opposition until about a week ago. In Tulsa County races, Josh Turley will get a...
- July 01, 2020 at 12:39AMOklahoma Primary 2020 results Click the headline to read the full story.
Cheryl Baber is the conservative choice in the Oklahoma Senate District 35 race to replace term-limited Sen. Gary Stanislawski.
- June 29, 2020 at 12:50AMCheryl Baber for State Senate District 35 Click the headline to read the full story.
Before Oklahomans foolishly enshrine a new, unfunded and unlimited entitlement into our state constitution (SQ802), we ought to heed the experience of our neighbors to the east. On May 13, 2020, when the Oklahoma legislature was debating a Medicaid expansion bill, Arkansas State Representative Josh Miller, a Republican, wrote a...
- June 27, 2020 at 12:01PMNo on SQ802: Arkansas warning Click the headline to read the full story.
Here are the candidates I'm recommending in the Oklahoma primary elections on June 30, 2020, plus links to detailed analysis and recommendations from other trusted voices.
- June 30, 2020 at 08:00PMOklahoma Primary 2020: BatesLine ballot card Click the headline to read the full story.
Campaign contribution reports for Tulsa School Board candidates.
- June 26, 2020 at 01:01AMTulsa School Board 2020 general election contributions Click the headline to read the full story. The only state question on the June 30, 2020, primary ballot is Oklahoma State Question 802. This would create a new Constitutional Amendment, Article XXV-A, requiring the State of Oklahoma to offer Obamacare Medicaid expansion coverage to anyone below a certain income, regardless of the person's work or family status. While expansion brings in some additional federal funds, it also brings in heavy long-term liabilities that the state must meet, which would result in higher taxes, cuts in other state-funded services (e.g. education), or both. Oklahoma's governor and legislature have rightly rejected Obamacare Medicaid Expansion until now because of the fiscal time bomb it would create. - June 21, 2020 at 09:12PMNo on SQ802: Obamacare Medicaid expansion Click the headline to read the full story. |
   
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