by Michael Bates | May 22, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
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...
by Michael Bates | May 17, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
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...
by Michael Bates | May 1, 2023 | Counties and Districts, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
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...
by Michael Bates | Apr 30, 2023 | Culture, Education, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
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...
by Kenny Bob Tapp | Apr 21, 2023 | CD03, Cimarron County, News, OKGrassroots, Oklahoma House, Tapp into Common Sense
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America“Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer”For Immediate ReleaseBy: R-CALF USA Field Director Karina JonesContact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill...
by Michael Bates | Apr 15, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Tonight I attended Augustine Christian Academy’s middle-school production of Annie (Jr.). As is always the case at ACA, the production was characterized by excellence and a lot of heart. It hit me that no one involved in the production (except the director)...
