Archive for the 'Tulsa' Category

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 to how [...]

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 and rides a [...]

Judge Jesse Harris Busted

Published: April 25, 2008
Last Updated: June 30. 2008
Tulsa District Judge Jesse Harris has been arrested on two felony counts of indecent exposure on allegations that he exposed himself to his ex-girlfriend and her friend in a parking lot at an east Tulsa hotel between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 9.

Jail records [...]

Vicki Chiles Guilty

Vicki Leigh Chiles has been convicted of the first-degree murder of two-year-old Joshua Minton on May 17, 2007.
After deliberating for about 3-1/2 hours, an eight-woman, four-man Tulsa County jury found Chiles guilty as charged and recommended a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Chiles did not testify in her own defense [...]

Dr. Z’s Little Zoo

A Bubbaworld Opinion/Editorial
Take a group of kids, say ages 11 through 19 or so, all with disciplinary issues and some with juvenile convictions for violent crimes that require them to wear GPS ankle bracelets to track their movements and put this group of kids together in a school that is grossly understaffed, underfunded and under [...]