- August 01, 2023 at 07:41PM
2023 Tulsa sales tax and bond issues: Seven reasons to vote NO
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Here are seven reasons to vote no on all four City of Tulsa ballot propositions at the special election next Tuesday, August 8, 2023: 1. Two-and-a-half years too early: The proposed sales tax may not go into effect until January 1, 2026.* A lot can change in two years...
- August 01, 2023 at 07:41PM 2023 Tulsa sales tax and bond issues: Seven reasons to vote NO Click the headline to read the full story.
City of Tulsa residents will vote on a new sales tax on August 8, 2023. Why are city officials pushing for a new tax more than two years before the current tax expires? Click to read ballot language, ballot resolutions, and lists of "specific" projects.
- July 23, 2023 at 04:49PM 2023 Tulsa sales tax & bond issues Click the headline to read the full story.
I have finally gotten around to reading Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, in anticipation of the Martin Scorsese film to be released in October. I'm about halfway through, and I was skimming ahead. (It's OK. I already knew who the bad guys were.) I was surprised to...
- July 09, 2023 at 12:54AM Oil in Oklahoma: Tulsa TV 50 years ago Click the headline to read the full story.
An apt remark by P. Andrew Sandlin: Church leaders: if your praise band plays songs 90% of your congregation can't sing easily or enthusiastically, you don't have a church music program; you have a musical performance program. Let me urge you to start a church music program. prompted Noah Goedker...
- June 15, 2023 at 09:42PM Spurgeon on music in worship Click the headline to read the full story.
For fun, I decided to look up the local newspaper from 50 years ago this weekend. I was particularly curious to see what kind of live entertainment was on offer, and what people were watching on TV. (News clips below are from newspapers.com. Click the image to see the original...
- May 28, 2023 at 04:52PM Memorial Day weekend 1973: Saturday night in Tulsa Click the headline to read the full story.
Monday, May 22, 2023, Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed HB 1236, a bill that, by the change of a single word, would have significantly neutered Oklahoma's deterrent against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). Deep-pocketed and powerful public figures have used meritless lawsuits to punish critics and chill free speech. The...
- May 23, 2023 at 12:42AM Stitt saves anti-SLAPP law Click the headline to read the full story.
Tony Lauinger, State Chairman of Oklahomans for Life, who has tirelessly, for decades and at his own expense, lobbied on behalf of the unborn at the State Capitol, is calling on Oklahomans who oppose abortion to support SB 368. In his message below, Lauinger rightly points out the short-term thinking...
- May 22, 2023 at 10:49AM Oklahomans for Life backs SB 368 Click the headline to read the full story.
I've been asked to give a lecture to a civics class on City of Tulsa government. Below are the collection of links from which my presentation was drawn: Oklahoma Municipal Code (Oklahoma Statutes, Title XI, Cities and Towns) City of Tulsa charter (Municode) City of Tulsa ordinances (Municode) City of...
- May 18, 2023 at 12:00AM City of Tulsa informational links Click the headline to read the full story.
First-ever Wayback Machine snapshot of BatesLine.com, from August 5, 2003 Twenty years ago today at 6:01 am, the first blog entry at batesline.com came into being, an automatically generated entry proclaiming, "MovableType 2.63 has been successfully installed!" The first blog entry authored by a human followed at 12:22 pm,...
- May 01, 2023 at 07:01AM BatesLine 20th anniversary Click the headline to read the full story.
A recent tweet from Jeremy Tate, founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT): Classical education is fundamental an educational [sic] it what it means to be fully human. It is not a politically conservative alternative to the already politically hijacked mainstream education. Instead, it is an education in...
- April 30, 2023 at 06:45PM Do all cultures share the same values? Click the headline to read the full story. |
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