Universal opinion “build a wall”

ImmigrationOpenFenceA ‘Liberal Journalist’ on assignment from Esquire was sent to ask people living along the border what they want done to stop the flow of illegal immigrants.

The typically liberal magazine doesn’t post their most recent issue online, but does send editors to interview (promote print sales) with other traditional media. A clip is included in this story of the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jay Fielden, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Host Joe Scarborough referred to the writer as a “liberal journalist” and Fielden said he instructed the reporter to “go down there with no preconceived notions, just an empty notebook.”

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Deadline to request absentee ballots nears

Vote2016aLess than a week remains for registered voters in Tulsa County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the June 28, 2016 State & County Primary, State Senate District 12 Special Primary, City of Tulsa Primary, City of Jenks Special (Utility Franchise) and Liberty Public Schools Special Elections, County Election Board Secretary Patty Bryant said today.

Applications for absentee ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, to be processed in time for the election.

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Inhofe on Clean Power Plan stay

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at a hearing entitled, Implications of the Supreme Court Stay of the Clean Power Plan.

As Prepared for Delivery:

We are here today to talk about the status of the Clean Power Plan in the wake of a historic decision from the Supreme Court of the United States to stay the rule.

The stakes are high when it comes to the Power Plan. An agency charged with protecting human health and the environment is attempting to restructure the entire energy system on imagined legal authority in a manner that will cost billions of dollars, is based on unreasonable assumptions, will increase energy bills, puts grid reliability at risk, and have no impact on the environment.

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Mayor Bartlett questions G.T. Bynum’s lobbying

Mayor Dewey Bartlett

Mayor Dewey Bartlett

Updated with video: Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett today released an advertisement bringing current City Councilor G.T. Bynum’s dual position as a Washington D.C. lobbyist into question.

“Councilor Bynum’s simultaneous position as both a lobbyist and a city councilor is a gross conflict-of-interest,” Bartlett said. “The citizens of Tulsa elected Bynum as a city councilor to represent their interests exclusively. When he goes to Washington D.C. representing the citizens of other municipalities like Claremore, Bartlesville, or Miami to bring funding to their cities and not ours, I see that as a breach of the taxpayers trust.”

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AG Pruitt announces lengthy sentence for fraudster

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Tuesday announced an 18-year prison sentence for LaTroy Staglin after he was convicted of 9 felony counts of submitting a false claim for insurance.

Operating under many aliases, Staglin would wait in various store parking lots around the Oklahoma City metro area, and he would intentionally cause wrecks that resulted in the other party paying for his false insurance claim. Many of Staglin’s victims were elderly, indicating that he may have been targeting them because of their age.

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