A Bubbaworld editorial: Rep. Mike Ritze Over-Rules Supreme Court Oklahoma Representative Mike Ritze of Broken Arrow has single handedly over-ruled the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision regarding the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare. In a report published by the Tulsa World Ritze is attributed as indicating that despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, the law [...]
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 [...]
And gets caught in the process. When an Okie pol achieves national or international attention the implications for Oklahoma are usually not good. This is clearly the case with Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern. Representative Kern has drawn the applause of fellow Okies and the disdain of pretty much the rest of the world with [...]
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 [...]
Oklahoma House Republicans find themselves in a taxing situation. One of their own making and one that is taking a major toll on party leaders. First it was discovered that then Speaker of the House and All-Round Boy Wonder Lance Cargill had a major problem in filing his state and federal taxes on time. And [...]
Every year most of us go through a required ritual; filing tax returns. But not all of us do so. And now we know five such individuals and oddly enough they are all members of the Oklahoma Legislature. According to the Oklahoma Tax Commission: Representatives Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, Don Armes, R-Faxon, Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat, [...]
