OKC Mayor Ignores Reality

By Jonathan Small, OCPA

In an interview with KOCO news, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt urged Oklahomans to adopt California’s election system and place all candidates from all parties on a single ballot and allow all voters to participate in a summer election. Then the “top two” vote recipients would advance to the November general election, even if both candidates are from the same political party.

Holt endorsed State Question 836, which would impose California’s system on Oklahoma, saying the California system promotes officeholders who “seek pragmatic, practical outcomes that have a broad spectrum of support. We just need people in office who are talking about the economy and education and health care and issues that are important,” Holt said.

Perhaps Holt has not noticed how things actually play out in California and Oklahoma.

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Donate Venison: Get Bonus Season

By Oklahoma Wildlife Department Staff

Oklahoma’s 2025 holiday antlerless deer gun season will open Dec. 18 and run through Dec. 31 across most of the state. Hunters are urged to get outdoors during the last two weeks of the year and harvest one or two antlerless white-tailed deer — if not for themselves then for the thousands of hungry people in need through the Hunters Against Hunger (HAH) program.

Deer taken during the holiday antlerless season are considered bonus deer, which are in addition to a hunter’s aggregate deer limit from the other regular deer seasons. Hunters holding the appropriate base hunting license and a deer gun season license (unless exempt) may participate in the holiday antlerless season, even if they have already harvested their combined season limit of deer. 

Deer hunters are urged to get more time afield during holiday antlerless deer gun season and consider donating their harvest to ODWC’s Hunters Against Hunger program. (Barry Bolton/Courtesy))
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Oklahoma Political Parties Unite

By David Arnett

In a statement released late Wednesday, Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Charity Linch asserted her unwavering support for the Democrat Party in their decision to have only Democrats choose their candidate in Oklahoma primary elections.

“Republican voters in Oklahoma are grateful that our party protects the primary for Republican voters. With the Democrat Party’s recent decision, they created autonomy in their primary process, allowing only Democrats to pick the Democrat nominee, and the Republican Party will continue to defend [the same position] that only Republicans pick the Republican nominee,” Linch said.

Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Charity Linch @ White House 2025
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President of OK Bank Indicted

By David Arnett

WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Oklahoma returned an indictment December 3, charging the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the First National Bank of Lindsay for his role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, making false entries in the books and records of a financial institution, obstructing the examination of a financial institution and failing to implement an anti-money laundering program.

According to the indictment, Danny Seibel, 54, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the First National Bank of Lindsay from in or about February 2007 until his termination in September 2024.

First National Bank of Lindsay. Photo: KGOU
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OK Revenue: Year-Over-Year Growth

By David Arnett

The November 2025 State Tax Revenue Report released last week by State Treasurer Todd Russ shows a 4.1% increase in total revenue compared to November 2024, even as monthly results were uneven. Over the past 12 months, Oklahoma collected $17.08 billion, up 1.3% from the prior period, underscoring continued revenue resilience heading into 2026.

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