- February 11, 2023 at 07:05PM
Oklahoma school primary 2023
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Tuesday, Februrary 14, 2023, is the annual school primary for all Oklahoma public school districts. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can view your sample ballot and find the address of your polling place at the Oklahoma Voter Portal. At least one school board seat in...
- February 11, 2023 at 07:05PM Oklahoma school primary 2023 Click the headline to read the full story.
Tulsa County Republican Chairman Ronda Vuillemont-Smith is seeking a second two-year term in that office. During her first term, Ronda built a record of success in advancing Republican principles and Republican candidates. I first met Ronda sometime around 2010, as she became active in local politics through the Tea Party...
- February 08, 2023 at 10:18PM Re-elect Ronda Vuillemont-Smith Tulsa GOP chairman Click the headline to read the full story.
The Route 66 Christmas Chute on Dewey Avenue in downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma, has just two more nights to run, but it continues to be a popular attraction two months after its opening on November 3, 2022. Ten overhanging steel structures decorated with a variety of themes stand in the...
- December 31, 2022 at 12:13PM Sapulpa Route 66 Christmas Chute, Rhema Lights final nights Click the headline to read the full story.
Edited from the version originally published on December 25, 2012 Merry Christmas to anyone who happens by BatesLine today. As a Holland Hall high school student, I attended and sang in the annual service of Christmas lessons and carols at Trinity Episcopal Church, modeled after the annual Christmas Eve service...
- December 24, 2022 at 11:57PM A bidding prayer for Christmas, A. D. 2022 Click the headline to read the full story.
Jo Ann Wilburn is writing a novel, Tumbleweed, fictionalizing her family's 1948 journey from Oklahoma to California on Route 66. Her mother recorded her memories of the trip in a diary. Jo Ann has expanded on those memories with a great deal of research. But her publisher thinks she's got...
- November 27, 2022 at 08:48PM Tales of a 1948 journey down Route 66 Click the headline to read the full story.
In a column last week on the role ritual and prohibitions play in group identity for Christians, Rod Dreher recalled a passage in Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology by Mary Douglas about Irish resistance to the Roman Catholic Church's decision to abolish the Friday fast and allowing meat on Fridays....
- November 12, 2022 at 10:17AM Internet Archive lending library Click the headline to read the full story.
An election eve assortment of thoughts: Last week, I attended and live-tweeted the Tuesday, November 1, 2022, Red Wave rally in Oklahoma City featuring Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Kevin Stitt, and State Superintendent nominee Ryan Walters; the Wednesday Tulsa rally with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and a Wednesday lunch-time...
- November 07, 2022 at 11:18PM Election Eve 2022: Notes Click the headline to read the full story.
The City of Tulsa's odd and oft-changed election process comes to its 2022 conclusion Tuesday with runoffs in three of nine Tulsa City Council seats. Three incumbents, all registered to vote as Democrats, failed to reach the 50% threshold in the August general election and so face a runoff. The...
- November 06, 2022 at 11:37PM Tulsa Election 2022: City Council runoff Click the headline to read the full story.
Looks like Tulsa's billionaire overlords aren't as competent as they pretend to be. If they're going to insist on being in charge and push us to elect their minions, couldn't they at least show some signs of competence? And maybe a little frugality along the way?
- November 06, 2022 at 06:18PM ahha closes, OKPOP delayed: Is Tulsa's oligarchy competent? Click the headline to read the full story.
Two State Senate districts and six State House districts that overlap with Tulsa County have general elections on November 8, 2022. Neighboring counties add in four additional State House seats. Here's an overview with my recommendations in six of the races; details after the jump, and more to be added....
- November 04, 2022 at 12:37AM Oklahoma 2022: Tulsa area legislative races Click the headline to read the full story. |
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