While I hadn’t had time to consider it earlier in the day, I suddenly realized I felt the same way. In the days following, I heard from dozens of other LGBT Oklahomans who had similar feelings. I shared this with a straight friend who simply couldn’t understand these feelings. “Why?” she asked. “This is just […]
Sally Kern
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Kern-fil-A
We’re talking about breasts of chicken, of course. From the because-the-Chick-fil-A-controversy-wasn’t-stupid-enough-already file, Kern issued a statement July 27 asking Oklahomans (even the gay ones, we guess?) to eat at the restaurant chain during Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day on Wednesday. Just a week prior, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy responded that his company was “guilty as charged” in […]
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Kern she win?
Sally Kern Moore, a Bethany city councilman, is Kern’s opponent in the primary election for House District 84, which includes parts of northwest Oklahoma City and Bethany. The winner of Tuesday’s primary will be unopposed in the November general election. Sally Kern Kern, 65, has been a high school government teacher for around 20 years […]
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Ill-conceived
Brad Gregg House Speaker Kris Steele said April 19 that the body would not hear Senate Bill 1433, which would proclaim that embryos have all the same rights as folks not encased in a womb. The bill is dead now that the House Republican Caucus voted to pull out the legislative equivalent of a vacuum […]
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‘Slap’ down
Well, all right, maybe it is every day, but this time it’s serious business, dammit! Apparently, the One-World-Islamic- Government-types have infiltrated the state Legislature, after it issued what Kern called a “slap in the face to voters who believe foreign law should have no bearing on legal decisions that impact Oklahomans in Oklahoma.” So what […]
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Hippo hero
Ponca City native Gayla Peevey Henderson, the childhood star who changed Christmas carols forever with “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” re-visited Oklahoma City for the first time since recording her novelty hit at the age of 10, according to newsok.com. The one-hit wonder visited the Oklahoma City Zoo last week to lead a sing-along […]
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Hippo hero
Ponca City native Gayla Peevey Henderson, the childhood star who changed Christmas carols forever with “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” re-visited Oklahoma City for the first time since recording her novelty hit at the age of 10, according to newsok.com. The one-hit wonder visited the Oklahoma City Zoo last week to lead a sing-along […]
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Save Elmo!
I wish Rep. Charles Ortega, R-Altus, and Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, would add OETA to the list of possible charities to be deducted from our state income tax refund checks if we so choose. Voluntary contributions from income tax refund checks would increase funding for OETA, but state funding should remain the same. Our […]
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Save Elmo!
I wish Rep. Charles Ortega, R-Altus, and Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, would add OETA to the list of possible charities to be deducted from our state income tax refund checks if we so choose. Voluntary contributions from income tax refund checks would increase funding for OETA, but state funding should remain the same. Our […]
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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 […]