http://bubbaworld.com Eleven Years Of Telling It Like It Is In Oklahoma Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:56:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of our regular readers will recall that Bubbaworld has a sister site called "Today In Oklahoma". Over the years, "Today In Oklahoma" had fallen into disuse and was all but forgotten. Well, not anymore Today In Oklahoma has received a major MAKEOVER and is providing the latest news and information ... http://bubbaworld.com/2009/02/07/today-in-oklahoma/ 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 ... http://bubbaworld.com/2009/01/29/mcmahan-can-go-to-prison/ A Major County jury has found Former Custer County Sheriff Michael Burgess guilty on 13 felony counts, including five counts of second-degree rape and three counts of bribery by a public official, in the latest jail house sex slave scandal in Oklahoma. After eight hours of deliberation on Friday and Saturday ... http://bubbaworld.com/2009/01/19/ex-sheriff-guilty-in-sex-case/ Meet former Creek County, Oklahoma District Judge Donald Thompson, who we sometimes refer to as "The Masturbating Judge". It seems that Thompson is in trouble with the law again. No, not for playing with his sex toys in public, like previously. This time Thompson was busted for allegedly driving while under the influence. This ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/12/06/former-masturbating-judge-busted-for-dui/ After what seems like years of trying, the feds have lost the battle to put former Oklahoma Senator Gene Stipe in prison, well other than for brief stays for evaluation. U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White declared the 82-year-old mentally incompetent last month and in an order issued earlier this week ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/11/25/gene-stipe-home-free/ Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between the cops and the crooks, and such is the case for the cops in Vinita, Oklahoma called in to crack the case of who passed the funny money at the Wal-Mart. Vinita Assistant Chief Of Police Barry Armstrong was quoted in media ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/11/25/cops-and-crooks/ The cat has slipped out of the bag much to the dismay of supporters of two ballot initiatives that would generate $450 million in taxes to fix Tulsa's crumbling streets and bridges. And "the cat" is the existence of $135.2 million dollars in unspent tax revenues collected over the past 20 ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/10/29/tulsas-135-million-slush-fund/ Former Oklahoma Senator Gene Stipe has once again managed to avoid a criminal trial - surprise, surprise. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Ronald White for the second time ruled Stipe mentally incompetent to stand trial on a four-count federal indictment that accuses him of continued political corruption and bribery. Judge White said, ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/10/29/still-crazy-like-a-fox/ 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 ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/10/16/you-cant-find-city-hall/ Midwest City, OK police officer Larry Schones had to catch the school bus Friday morning. Not that Officer Schones was going back to school. He did however catch the school bus carrying about 30 students to Star Spencer High School in Oklahoma City and driven by this man, Anthony Dewitt Atchison, 25. When ... http://bubbaworld.com/2008/10/11/catching-the-school-bus/