Archive for October, 2007

HB 1804 Law Suit Redux

Reverend Victor Orta, the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and illegal immigration apologists late last week managed to raise from the dead their lawsuit challenging House Bill 1804, a state law aimed at illegal immigrants.
They managed to breath life back into the effort by bringing forth additional plaintiffs who say they are facing eviction because [...]

Judge Tosses HB 1804 Lawsuit

U.S. District Judge James Payne in federal court in Tulsa has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Hispanic groups seeking to block implementation of House Bill 1804, set to go into effect on November 1st.
Judge Payne in his ruling stated that he found that none of the plaintiffs in the case had been injured by [...]

The Second Coming of Oral

The PR disaster at Oral Roberts University has gotten so bad that they had to conjure up “The Second Coming of Oral” to deal with the scandal that threatens to destroy the Oral Roberts empire, or as some might call it the “Roberts Family Cash Cow”.
Reportedly it has been three long years since the “Old [...]

What Rights?

Last week the National Coalition of Latino Clergy filed suit in federal court in Tulsa challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma HB 1804 which is scheduled to take effect on November 1st.
Thursday, after business hours, the same group filed electronically an emergency motion seeking a temporary restraining order that will prevent this new immigration [...]

LeFlore County Commissioner Cuffed and Stuffed

On Tuesday, LeFlore County Commissioner Carroll Wayne Rogers, 54, was arrested at the LeFlore County Courthouse, cuffed, stuffed and hauled off to Muskogee where he was to appear before a federal judge.
Doing the honors of taking in Commissioner Rogers were FBI Special Agent James A. Dawson, and State Fire Marshall Agents Gene Wheat and Tony [...]