Sen. Jim Inhofe, being 100 percent on-brand as the out-of-touch legacy politician that only the Republican Party can breed (seemingly with family members), rolled out his “newest” pet project: securing billions of tax dollars to fight … eye roll please … illegal weed. Medical cannabis is legal in this and 36 other states. Recreational use […]
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Letters to the Editor: Aug. 3, 2016
The worst thing about it, Oklahoma is not the only state in dire straights financially, with the same issues and obsessions.
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New Ado
Director René Moreno has set the play in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, at the turn of the last century. Thus, you have a Col. Don Pedro, a Lt. Claudio and a Capt. Benedick of Chickasha, all of the First Cavalry Regiment. Moreno makes numerous other dialog changes to fit the setting. Placing Shakespeare plays in the […]
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Go home, teacher; you’re drunk
Authorities took 30-yearold Chamberlain into custody after she appeared intoxicated and fell asleep at her desk. They claim her speech was slurred, she was a little wobbly and she smelled of Grandpa’s old cough medicine. Apparently, an empty whiskey bottle was also found in her purse. There are bigger issues at hand here: Doesn’t Chamberlain […]
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Big hurt
Photo by Mark Hancock The husband and father (pictured) also never anticipated he’d be at the center of a constitutional fight over free speech and a potentially unconstitutional city ordinance. Martin, considered a big man by any standard at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 485 pounds, arranged for a security team to work a […]
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Positive predicament
Jim Couch addresses city council. Credit: Shannon Cornman The expected surplus comes from the estimated 3 percent growth the city will see over the next fiscal year following higher-than-anticipated sales tax collections in May and June. The City Council on June 12 adopted the city’s $951 million 2012- 13 budget, and it was agreed that […]