by Michael Bates | Apr 13, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Some thoughts on the April 4, 2023, school board and municipal results, from my live-tweet thread. (ThreadReaderApp unroll here.) At 7:36 pm, early results in the Tulsa school board election came from 4 of the 18 precincts in District 1, all east of the river (and...
by Michael Bates | Apr 3, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
April 4, 2023, is general election day across Oklahoma for school board races and for municipalities that use the default forms of municipal government established by state statute. Many cities with city charters that define a customized government structure still use...
by Michael Bates | Apr 2, 2023 | Ethics, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
The incumbent and challenger in the Tulsa School Board District 1 race have each raised over $50,000 according to campaign contribution and expenditures reports filed with the Tulsa Public Schools district clerk. As of the March 20, 2023, close of the pre-election...
by Kenny Bob Tapp | Mar 27, 2023 | CD03, Cimarron County, News, OKGrassroots, Oklahoma House, Tapp into Common Sense
By John Michener OKFORLIFE MARCH 25, 2023 ABOLITION, ABORTION, PRO-LIFE On 21 March 2023 the Supreme Court of the State Of Oklahoma (the Court) held in a 5-4 decision that Oklahoma’s most recent abortion law (63 O.S. § 1-731.4, passed as SB 612) “is void...
by Michael Bates | Mar 6, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
More warnings from professionals who work with teenagers about the dangers of legalizing recreational marijuana by passing Oklahoma State Question 820 and the damage already caused by the dysfunctional medical marijuana regime approved through SQ 788 in 2018. School...
by Michael Bates | Mar 4, 2023 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
More commentary opposed to SQ 820, on the ballot this Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (My earlier SQ 820 blog post covers campaign finances, the actual text of the proposition, and more voices against the proposition.) Twitter user Chels (@ChesterTweet) has a link-rich thread...
