Archive for February, 2008

RIP Gary Shore

Former Tulsa meteorologist Gary Shore, 55, passed away on Monday in Sioux City, Iowa where he had worked for the past seven years.
As of early this morning, only one Tulsa news outlet even carried a mention of Gary’s passing and that was in this KOTV Report.
And then there’s this:
Danny Satterfield’s A Tribute to Gary Shore
Thanks [...]

Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields

State Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields - what is he?
Oklahomans have legitimate cause to question whether their current Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields is a drunken thief, an idiot or simply a practical joker run amok.
Last weekend something “strange” happened at the Professional Bull Riders Association’s Copenhagen Challenge Tour championship event at the Ford Center in Oklahoma [...]

Senator David Myers Says ‘Fooled You’

State Senator David Myers, R-Ponca City, wants to snuff our butts and he has introduced Senate Bill 1875 to make it happen.
A mere five years after decreeing that separate “smoking rooms” were required for restaurants wishing to provide a smoking section for patrons, the Oklahoma Legislature will now consider and likely pass a new decree [...]

Build It - They Will Come

It seems that the folks in Delaware County have a “field of dreams” situation going on.
Back in 1997 the voters of Delaware County approved a half-cent increase in the sales tax to fund a new jail.
Their new jail costing $3.8 million, was designed to hold 61 prisoners and opened for business in year 2000.
Now, [...]

Brokeback PD

Now that Okay, Oklahoma Police Chief Ronald Perry Lee, 32, has been charged on allegations that he failed to arrest on outstanding warrants a man with whom he lives, lots of folks may be suspecting some kind of “Brokeback” goings on at the Okay PD.
And odds are they might be right.
Chief Lee turned himself in [...]