by Michael Bates | Oct 24, 2022 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
A few notes on the four Oklahoma Supreme Court justices and five Court of Civil Appeals judges on the retention ballot this year. None of the five members of the Court of Criminal Appeals are up for retention this year. Judges in Oklahoma’s appellate system are...
by Michael Bates | Aug 16, 2022 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
A sex survey targeting teenagers was funded by the City of Tulsa using federal COVID relief funding. The survey was one of 70 non-profit projects selected for funding by a working group of four city councilors who are on next Tuesday’s ballot — Phil Lakin...
by Michael Bates | Jun 21, 2022 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
recent U. S. Senate debate on KOTV/KWTV, there wasn’t much distance between the four participating candidates on economic matters and social issues. There were a few differences on how the U. S. should respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the wisdom of...
by Michael Bates | Sep 28, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Tulsa’s Gathering Place, LLC, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against a family-owned coffeehouse in Shawnee, Oklahoma, 90 miles away. The trademark complaint, filed on Friday, September 24, 2021, in the Western District of Oklahoma, claims that the...
by Michael Bates | Sep 26, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Local (almost), live conservative talk radio has returned to the Tulsa airwaves, on the frequency that was the first full-time talk radio station in Tulsa over 40 years ago. AM 1300 KAKC, owned by iHeartMedia, has rebranded itself as 1300 The Patriot, as of September...
by Michael Bates | Sep 23, 2021 | History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
Tomorrow, September 24, 2021, the City of Tulsa Election District Commission will hold a special meetingto consider a set of five proposed plans for redrawing Tulsa’s city council district boundaries for possible presentation for public comment. The proposed...
