Family Pokes Fun at Gore's Global Warming While most Washingtonians took cover during the Blizzard of 2010 (or Snowpocalypse, or Snowmaggedon - whatever you want to call it) Sen. James Inhofe's family braved the storm to poke fun at former Vice President Al Gore.

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Where Did the Money Go, and Who Knew? Thursday’s local newspaper The Tulsa World misleads its readers about the problems with the Mayor’s budget. The headline reads“No Cuts Planned for Mayor’s Staff.” Reading the headline, one would assume that the Mayor is just being stubborn and is too good to take his own medicine after asking the Police and Fire departments to take pay cuts. Not exactly.

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New Chief – Stupid Hate Crime Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced Friday afternoon that he has accepted the resignation of Police Chief Ron Palmer and appointed Charles W. “Chuck” Jordan as the interim chief for the department. Despite competing press conferences addressing rampant rumors amid department budget cuts, union objections, and layoffs well documented by local media the timing and purpose of this change remains unclear.

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Editorial Wrong Again!

Written by Charlie Meadows Tuesday, 09 February 2010 09:33

In an editorial on January 30th The Oklahoman took a swipe as Senator Brogdon, claiming him to be a populist candidate. Brogdon, one of three Republican candidates for governor, is proposing legislation to prevent the Turnpike Authority from having the ability to raise tolls without legislative approval. The Oklahoman said: “We remind Brogdon and his supporters that tolls not only pay for turnpike maintenance but Highway Patrol services as well. Thus, taxpayers aren’t required to fund maintenance or patrols. That burden goes solely to turnpike users, many of them from out of state.”

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Workers Comp Reform Might Include Sale

Written by Patrick B. McGuigan Tuesday, 09 February 2010 07:15

A range of options have been submitted to top legislators and Gov. Brad Henry by state leaders who served on a task force studying anticipated new status, including a potential sale to benefit taxpayers, for CompSource Oklahoma. CompSource is the state’s workers’ compensation “insurer of last resort.”