If your hand is in the air, you are in luck. An Oklahoma state Senate committee last week passed Senate Bill 1433, “The Personhood Act,” as its first step toward becoming law. This measure states that life begins at conception, so a single-cell fertilized egg has “all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other […]
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Move school board elections
When one looks at the Oklahoma City Council races and the untraceable funds that poured into them — and, the fact that so few voters vote in these types of races — it is easier to “stack the deck” against the larger sample of voters who vote in general elections. School boards are controlled by […]
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Alternate route
The MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board voted Jan. 26 to recommend the City Council approve purchase of the Santa Fe Train Depot to serve as a convergence for several modes of transportation in the city, including car, rail, bicycle and possibly bus. The city already set aside $10 million of the $127 million in MAPS […]
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Oil vey!
The would-be Keystone XL pipeline would mean an estimated 1,200 jobs in Oklahoma. Obama’s decision, hailed by environmentalists and condemned by the oil industry, had state leaders vying to see who could crank out the most pissed-off reaction. “I am outraged by President Obama’s obstructionism, poor judgment and lack of regard,” fumed Gov. Mary Fallin. […]
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Deep water
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Dec. 13 to allow the board’s attorney to file state lawsuits to determine all water rights in the Kiamichi River, Clear Boggy Creek and Muddy Boggy Creek stream systems. The move comes after the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed a federal suit to keep the OWRB, city of Oklahoma […]
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Deep water
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Dec. 13 to allow the board’s attorney to file state lawsuits to determine all water rights in the Kiamichi River, Clear Boggy Creek and Muddy Boggy Creek stream systems. The move comes after the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations filed a federal suit to keep the OWRB, city of Oklahoma […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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‘Confederacies of municipal dunces’
—“Jefferson County (Alabama) Files for Bankruptcy” (wire services) because it couldn’t meet their sewer bond obligations. The local municipal leaders of Jefferson County have led their community down into the sewers. —“Trimmed TIF: Cost overruns and funding shortfalls have (OKC) city planners looking for ways to save money on Project 180” (Clifton Adcock, Nov. 9, […]