Archive for July, 2008

An Old Fashion Butt Kickin’

Sally Bell has handed Tulsa County Commissioner Randi Miller an old fashion butt kickin’ in the Tulsa County District 2 County Commission Republican primary. That Bell defeated Miller is no surprise although the margin of victory for Bell was pleasantly surprising. Sally Bell received 81.4% of the vote to Miller’s 18.6%, leaving no doubt as [...]

Sheriff Says ‘Drop Them Charges’

July 29th will be a big day for Woodward County Sheriff Leslie Morton, shown above, as it is primary election day and he is facing two opponents in the Democrat primary race for Sheriff of Woodward County. Sheriff Morton may be a bit distracted on election day as that is also the scheduled date of [...]

Let’s Outlaw Outlaw Gangs

Oklahoma Representative Paul Wesselhoft, R-Oklahoma City, who spent years trying to outlaw dogs he does not like while failing time and again has come up with another goofy idea – outlawing outlaw gangs. Say what? That’s right, Wesselhoft wants to outlaw criminal gangs, with a misdemeanor law which Wesselhoft admits would probably be unconstitutional on [...]

Stipe Watch – July 20th

There was big news on the Stipe front this past week. Francis Stipe, 77, bother of former state senator Gene Stipe, died on Monday. Francis Stipe pleaded guilty in April to a four-count indictment involving a conspiracy aimed at gaining several hundred thousand dollars in taxpayer money for a McAlester dog food plant. Under the [...]

Dr. Z’s Final Hurrah

A Bubbaworld Editorial The Tulsa School Board and “Dr. Z”, aka Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Zolkoski have agreed to what one might call an “amicable divorce”. Maybe a “slow motion amicable divorce” would be a more accurate description of the breakup. Unlike most scenarios where a high level manager departs an organization suddenly [...]

Former CEO Fingers County Commissioner

Rick Bjorklund, until recently the President and CEO of Expo Square, aka “Tulsa Fairgrounds” has fingered Tulsa County Commissioner Randi Miller as the person behind his actions or more appropriately inactions involving the failure of Big Splash Water Park to pay its rent on time. Bjorklund has told the Tulsa World that then fair board [...]