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 Jamison Faught | Apr 27, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Governor Kevin Stitt probably prepared with some stretches and knuckle-cracking before he set out on a veto spree for the ages last night.In an escalation of the fight at the State Capitol over passing tax cuts and education reform, and in particular frustration with...
by Jamison Faught | Apr 22, 2023 | Education, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots
Governor Kevin Stitt's proposal to break the legislative impasse over school choice legislation is being met with a wide range of reactions.Read below for statements from:House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka (cautiously positive)Oklahoma Farm Bureau...
