Credit: Brad Gregg Paddack, who lost that 2010 election to Janet Barresi, has filed a joint resolution to make the job appointive instead of elective. The legislator has said the proposal — which would also make the offices of insurance and labor commissioners appointed positions — has nothing whatsoever to do with that previous race. […]
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Cars and guns
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, told a Tulsa radio station that he is working with some Senate Democrats on legislation that would require background checks for people buying a gun — the idea being to keep weapons out of the hands of convicted criminals and the mentally ill. That news, of course, has excited the easily […]
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Waiting for a Super Bowl
Hank Williams Jr. ain’t got nothin’ on Oklahoma City’s favorite psychedelic rockers, at least not when it comes to the upcoming Super Bowl Sunday. A brand-spanking-new Lips song, “Sun Blows Up Today,” will be front and center in a Hyundai commercial slated to run during the big game. The band will be spotted performing the […]
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Putting the gross in groceries
Credit: Brad Gregg Wait, what? With its organic line of pH-balancing feminine hygiene products, Healthy Hoohoo has penetrated the Whole Foods market, launching in select stores in four states, Oklahoma included. The Seattle-based company’s news release says it best: “Healthy Hoohoo makes it easier to cleanse and deodorize without the worry of drying out and […]
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Tom Tom, clubbed
Credit: Brad Gregg Apparently, that was just a warm-up act. Now, the news agency is examining SandRidge Energy and its CEO, Tom Ward. In a recent story, Reuters showed how some practices at SandRidge didn’t differ much from those at Chesapeake, which Ward had co-founded with McClendon. Reuters reported that Ward received $75 million in […]
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Lobby for a loophole
Credit: Brad Gregg The Green family, founders and owners of the OKC-based company, don’t want to provide their employees insurance coverage for birth control — namely the morning-after pill — that they believe is tantamount to abortion. As a result, Hobby Lobby is facing $1.3 million in fines for each day it fails to comply […]
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Bills of goods
Credit: Brad Gregg We’re talking about the Oklahoma legislative session. Each year, bills are filed that, in the kindest of terms, could best be described as “paste-eaters.” Last year’s winner, hands down, was a proposal to ban the use of fetuses in food. It never made it to a vote, so be extra cautious […]
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Coffee’s mate
Credit: Brad Gregg The mystery of where Secretary of State Glenn Coffee will go once his resignation takes effect Jan. 31 has finally been solved. The former state senator revealed last week that he will buy the OKC law firm of attorney Lee Slater. Slater, a former head of the state Election Board, was appointed […]
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Diamond dolls
Credit: Brad Gregg AAA’s Four Diamond rating is a recognition associated with a level of regality that the thread-count of sheets can’t relegate. The standards for North America are rigorous, but not any match for Oklahoma City’s Waterford Marriott, now a proud four-diamond recipient for 17 consecutive years. Downtown’s Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel, […]
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Avenging the kitty
Credit: Brad Gregg And then there is that volatile hybrid of “cat and gun people.” Witness the case of Fred Meyer, who recently was arrested for threatening to shoot an Oklahoma City veterinarian at an animal hospital after his cat died while in their care. Apparently, the cat escaped, ran willy-nilly around the clinic, and […]