Archive for May, 2007

Deadly Day Care – Another DHS Failure

Deadly Day Care – Another DHS Failure is our report and commentary on the death of Joshua Minton in a Tulsa in-home day care, allegedly at the hands of Vicki Chiles, a woman already under investigation by DHS for child abuse. If you have children, grandchildren or simply care about kids this is a scandal [...]

Speed Trap Oklahoma

There really isn’t a town named ‘Speed Trap, Oklahoma’.  That would be too obvious even for those that operate speed traps in many Oklahoma towns through which major U.S. and state highways pass.  For many years speed traps existed all over Oklahoma.  A few years ago a law was passed to put them out of business.  That law has [...]

The Missing Sheriff of Adair County

Publication Date: 5/10/07 Last Updated: 5/10/07 If you have business with Adair County Sheriff Charles Hartshorne do not bother going by his office or even calling on the phone, as his staff will tell you the sheriff is not in. And they would be telling you the truth, for Sheriff Hartshorne is not in his [...]

One Big Step

Today Governor Brad Henry signed into law House Bill 1804, the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007. The Oklahoma Legislature sought, as best a state can, to do the job the federal government has thus far lacked the courage to do; enact real immigration reform. In signing this bill Governor Henry said “Illegal [...]

For The Record – April 2007

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