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To some it may appear to be getting strange when Sequoyah County Commissioner Michael D. “Mike” Huff, 60, (pictured above) pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges in Arkansas and was sentenced to 10 days in the Sebastian County Detention Center and ordered to pay $490 in fines and court costs. Usually when County Commissioners from [...]
August 8th, 2009 | Posted in Ethics, Hall of Shame, Scandal, Sequoyah County | 2 Comments
When Jeff McMahan ran for the office of Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector his campaign motto was “McMahan Can” And now in the wake of federal conspiracy and bribery convictions it turns out that not only Jeff McMahan can, but his wife Lori McMahan can also. Can go to federal prison. On January 26, 2009 [...]
January 29th, 2009 | Posted in Government Officials, Scandal | No Comments
Before Tulsans can fight City Hall they have to find it and for some finding City Hall has recently become a major problem. It used to be that City Hall was very easy to find. It was located in what is called the Civic Center, a place where one also finds the Tulsa County Court [...]
October 16th, 2008 | Posted in Government Officials, Scandal, Tulsa | 1 Comment
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 [...]
July 20th, 2008 | Posted in Legislature, Whoopsy | No Comments
From the “Well Duh!” department at Bubbaworld comes word that Eugene Bond is facing a lewd acts charge on allegations that he molested his 8-year-old daughter. Bond’s case would not be much different from hundreds of similar allegations and criminal cases each year in Oklahoma EXCEPT for: (1) The fact that Bond is an inmate [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Prisons, Scandal, Whoopsy | No Comments
Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan and his wife Lori McMahan have been convicted by a federal jury on one count of conspiracy and two counts of accepting bribes. They were acquitted of five mail fraud counts. Shortly after the guilty verdict was handed down, McMahan submitted a one sentence letter of resignation to [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Government Officials, Scandal | No Comments