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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 [...]

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 chairwoman, [...]

Rick Bjorklund Under the Bus

Tulsa County Commissioners Randi Miller and John Smaligo teamed up with other members of the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority to toss Rick Bjorklund under the bus this morning, possibly in an attempt to save their political careers.
The Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority, with Commissioner Smaligo leading the charge, today fired Expo Square [...]

Yet Another Fairgrounds Scandal

Less than a week after a major scandal over unsafe rides hit Big Splash Water Park there comes another scandal. A scandal that is causing a lot of red faces for Tulsa County commissioners, Tulsa Expo Square management and of course Big Splash management.
It seems that Big Splash Water Park is late on paying [...]

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 [...]