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  • State's Revenue Woes

    Later today the revenue report for October's results for Oklahoma should be made public. In September, general revenues fell about 30% from the same time last year. Experts are blaming low oil and gas prices and a depressed economy.

    I really question the judgment of our legislators who apparently' [...]
    Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:31am EST
  • Will There Be No America?

    The warning has been sounded. By a Briton, no less. Is America about to give up its sovereignty to a UN created government? Check out this video. [...]
    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:58pm EDT
  • Vote For Mark Perkins


    After careful contemplation I have decided to lend my support to Mark Perkins for Mayor of Tulsa. You can find out more about him by following this link.



    I listened to Chris Medlock's endorsement of Bewey Dartlett, emphasizing our need to come' [...]
    Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:39am EDT
  • Time For a Few Laughs

    Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:06am EDT
  • Guns in our Schools

    I can hear the yawns from those reading the headline.

    But if you have a student at TPS, you aren't yawning, you're knees are knocking. I know many parents that have a real fear for the safety of their children in Tulsa Public Schools.

    TPS has responded [...]
    Posted: October 26, 2009, 9:41am EDT
  • A Laugh About Obamacare


    Let's see if I have this straight.

    We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it,
    signed by a president that also [...]
    Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:46pm EDT
  • America the Beautiful!


    With everything going on in our country right now, it's good to take time out to reflect on something good about our country. Click on this link, you'll be glad you did!

    Hat tip to Gary. [...]
    Posted: October 16, 2009, 9:03am EDT
  • Real Solutions for Public Education Reform in Tulsa

    Axiom: It is easy to criticize a situation, but a leader will find solutions.

    I know that I have fallen into this trap as it is definitely easier to make critical remarks about a topic like public education, than it is to offer concrete solutions. So here are a [...]
    Posted: October 07, 2009, 10:41am EDT
  • For Janet Barresi

    I whole-heartedly endorse Dr. Janet Barresi and her campaign for the office of Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools. She is an experienced reformer with the right set of priorities. I have personally worked with her on some charter school issues in years past.

    You can follow the link [...]
    Posted: October 07, 2009, 9:36am EDT
  • City Council Makes the Right Call

    Although it was not unanimous, the Tulsa City Council yesterday voted 7-2 in favor of taking the "Community Oriented Policing Services" grant of $3.5 million. This will pay for 18 new TPD officers for 3 years with the stipulation that the city pay for them for at least one additional [...]
    Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:45am EDT
  • Mayor Taylor Will Flee Tulsa


    As it was just announced, Mayor Kathy Taylor, in a genuine carpetbagger style, will pack her bags and "flee" Tulsa at the end of her term as mayor on December 7, 2009.

    I have always contended that she is not a Tulsan. She is [...]
    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
  • Judge Uphold Oklahoma's Charter School Law

    Vowing to appeal a recent judges decision about the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Charter School Act, Doug Mann, attorney for TPS says an appeal is likely. This is a complete waste of taxpayer education dollars by Tulsa Public Schools.

    As I have blogged before, the OCSA is constitutional, [...]
    Posted: April 24, 2009, 12:02pm EDT
  • The History of Gun Control

    A LITTLE GUN HISTORY


    In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
    ------------------------------

    In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million [...]
    Posted: April 18, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
  • 2009 or 1934?



    This political cartoon is from the Chicago Tribune in 1934 in response to FDR's New Deal policies. Strangely similar to our situation now isn't it? [...]
    Posted: April 11, 2009, 11:50am EDT
  • Tea Party 4-15; Patriot Day 4-19
















    Awake from your slumber! [...]
    Posted: April 09, 2009, 9:26am EDT
  • Lame Duck Governor Out of Step With Electorate

    Henry vetoed a bill that would require some type of identification to vote. At the same time the state legislature apparently knowing what Henry was about to do, passed another measure that now by-passes the governor and allows we the people to vote on this measure this [...]
    Posted: April 09, 2009, 9:02am EDT
  • KFAQ Sans Chris Medlock

    As previously reported by other Tulsa Bloggers, Chris Medlock has been summarily dismissed from his afternoon radio show on 1170 KFAQ. Without a hint or warning, his image and record has been expunged from the on-line record. Now, it will be more Laura Ingraham and a new [...]
    Posted: March 16, 2009, 8:41am EDT
  • Why Was Ben Bernanke Not Arrested?


    Incredibly the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, refused to answer a direct question from a U.S. Senator yesterday during hearings in Congress. Mr. Bernanke was asked to disclose which banks have received bailout funding from the American taxpayers. He refused to [...]
    Posted: March 04, 2009, 8:52am EST
  • Insanity!

    I am sick to death of the crazy spending binge by Congress. It continues to snowball. Now the proposal is to spend $900 million in Gaza. You've got to be kidding.

    We have no business piling this debt on top of an almost insurmountable mountain of debt. Congress' [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2009, 9:22pm EST
  • A Four Year Itch

    Man, the time sure flies! Today ends my 4th year of blogging at Tulsa Chiggers. I must admit I have lost some steam and focus on blogging over the past year. My goal is to get back into it and blog more consistently. There should be plenty [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2009, 9:09pm EST
  • Weekend Roundup

    Let's see...

    Some of the things happening in and around T-Town lately are: A Broken Arrow church teaching The Shack to tickle the ears of attendees. What happened to teaching the Bible?

    This follows a story in 2008 of a church (gathering) of people in Jenks teaching life' [...]
    Posted: February 16, 2009, 8:37am EST
  • Blatent Fear Mongering

    Listening to the rhetoric of an impending catastrophe and that we are in a disaster, I can't help but think that this is nothing more than fear mongering. Fear is an effective, but utterly useless form of motivation. And President Obama is only continuing the drumbeat started' [...]
    Posted: February 10, 2009, 8:41am EST
  • Tara Vreeland at KOTV

    KOTV has quietly slipped in a new weekend anchor named Tara Vreeland. She most recently came from the CBS affiliate in Cheyenne, Wyoming KGWN Channel 5. Interestly, the KOTV website still does not have her bio listed as part of the team. Does this mean she is [...]
    Posted: February 05, 2009, 9:07am EST
  • Tulsa Public Works Reforms

    Mayor Kathy Taylor has hired a high-priced accounting firm to conduct a forensic audit of the Tulsa Public Works Department. This is in response to the explosive revelation of bribery and corruption in the Department, perhaps to the tune of $4.2 million.

    Over the past week news has leaked [...]
    Posted: February 02, 2009, 8:53am EST
  • Let's do SOMETHING, even if its wrong


    Against President Obama's wishes against partisan politics, the House of Representatives voted to approve the "Stimulus" bill. Not one Republican voted in favor of this bill. Is it any wonder?

    You can find the full text of the bill, H.R. 1 at http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf
    [...]
    Posted: January 28, 2009, 6:51pm EST
  • Major Media Bias In Plain View



    It was widely and repeatedly reported on Tuesday, inauguration day, that 75% of Americans were watching the inauguration. I found that to be to high to believe at the time. I kept on hearing the same number reported, much like they were [...]
    Posted: January 22, 2009, 9:52am EST
  • Care to Speculate?

    Watching the evening news last night, there was a teaser on KOTV about a press conference sometime today from the IRS and FBI people regarding a special announcement on public corruption.

    Would you care to speculate?

    Here is my list of potential suspects:
    Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trustees/County Commissioners [...]
    Posted: January 22, 2009, 8:58am EST
  • Election Fatigue

    It was news in Tulsa today that so far not one Republican opponent has filed for or declared their candidacy for Tulsa's mayor. But wait just a minute. The filing period is not until this July! That's six months away.

    Never mind that Kathy Taylor announced [...]
    Posted: January 19, 2009, 3:57pm EST
  • It's All About Advertising

    "Show me the money!" should be the by-line of this blog entry. In an apparent fit of envy, the Tulsa Whirld has sued Urban Tulsa and fellow blogger Michael Bates for libel stemming from an article written on January 15th. You can link the the article here.

    This [...]
    Posted: January 16, 2009, 8:57am EST
  • Brief Time of Sanity

    Earlier this week the TPS School Board voted 4-2 against dismissing the lawsuit they had filed last year against the Oklahoma State Department of Education regarding the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Charter School Act.

    The brief time of sanity came when Brian Hunt, who made the motion, and [...]
    Posted: December 17, 2008, 2:16pm EST
  • Wisdom and Perspective

    The following is an email I received earlier from a Texan that I thought I should pass along.....

    As chairman of the Bastrop County Republican Party, it is fitting
    for me to be the first to speak to you, the Republicans of Bastrop
    County, regarding our national loss of [...]
    Posted: November 07, 2008, 1:50pm EST
  • The End of Affirmative Action?

    With the decisive win by President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama yesterday, one thing is now apparent. With an African American as President, and that being the most powerful position in the world, the argument for affirmative action is now gone. All the wrongs of the past have now been righted.[...]
    Posted: November 05, 2008, 7:51am EST
  • Remember Bells


    As all Texans know, "remember the Alamo", still stirs the emotions over 150 years later.

    To all Tulsans, "remember Bell's", or perhaps "remember Zingo" should stir our hearts as we prepare to vote in our election tomorrow.

    Let that battle cry resound in your' [...]
    Posted: November 03, 2008, 8:58pm EST
  • It's Time to Vote


    It's time to vote!

    The Tulsa Chigger recommends:




    John McCain for President of the United States

    Sarah Palin for Vice-President of the United States
    Jim Inhofe for U.S. Senate
    John Sullivan for U.S. House of Representatives
    Sally Bell for County' [...]
    Posted: November 03, 2008, 8:40pm EST
  • Wacky Priorities

    Do we still have a Federal government?

    Yes, I know we still have all three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial. We still have a great military. But our confidence level in all branches of government are at extreme lows and it seems no level of government intervention [...]
    Posted: October 10, 2008, 9:02am EDT
  • Federal Government Nationalizes Insurance Company

    With a tactic reminicent of Venezuela instead of the U.S.A., our federal government effectively nationalized its largest insurance company, AIG. In exchange for an $85 billion bridge loan for 2 years with 8.5% interest, we the people got an 80% equity participation stake in a once public company.
    [...]
    Posted: September 17, 2008, 9:07am EDT
  • Go Pokes!


    All I can say is WOW! OSU philantropist, T. Boone Pickens has just announced his $100 million donation to OSU for endowing academic chairs.

    GO POKES! [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2008, 11:31am EDT
  • El Jefe de Tulsa dice que esculelas necessito mucho dinero mas

    Sorry about the broken and incoherent Espanol.

    Mayor Kathy Taylor was quoted to say that she, "is sad that Tulsans do not appear ready to invest in education." But wait, we already give over $31 million per year to TCC from existing property taxes (OKC gives about $3 [...]
    Posted: May 14, 2008, 3:40pm EDT
  • Tulsa Community College Tax Increase

    Next Tuesday the voters of Tulsa County will have the opportunity to vote up or down on a proposed increase (both permanent and temporary) in millage for Tulsa Community College. This is to fund expansion of buildings and operations and maintenance.

    Did you know that space is available, especially [...]
    Posted: May 07, 2008, 11:17am EDT
  • The Peter Principle and Politics

    The 2 party system will ultimately elect a nominee for the election this fall, but almost two years into the election process there are no favorites.

    With the Democrats effectively split and Obama's delegate count only a shade above Billary's, even the Republicans are having trouble. It seems that [...]
    Posted: May 07, 2008, 9:00am EDT
  • Happy Anniversary to Braum's

    Today is Braum's 40th anniversary in Oklahoma. I have loved their dairy products since I was in high school way back in the '70's. While playing football for Nathan Hale, a friend and I would go to Braum's and eat banana splits hoping to gain some [...]
    Posted: May 01, 2008, 8:38pm EDT
  • Feds Should Raise Interest Rates

    When will the Federal Reserve pull their collective heads out of the sand and realize that it is past time to raise interest rates instead of continuing to cut them?

    They need to stabilize our currency now!

    Further interest rate cuts fuel a weaker dollar and a weaker [...]
    Posted: April 30, 2008, 11:17am EDT
  • Medlock Moves to Afternoons


    Radio station KFAQ is still tinkering with their morning show. After the departure of Michael Del Giorno last year and Gwen Freeman earlier this year, the morning show continues its metamorphosis with the hiring of Pat Campbell. Chris is to move to a new afternoon [...]
    Posted: April 17, 2008, 10:17am EDT
  • Obama as President?


    There are roughly 240 days until the election. I believe that as Election Day approaches and the magnifying glass focuses on a nominated Obama, that he will not pass scrutiny of his beliefs and his activities.

    Already today, it was revealed that Wright was [...]
    Posted: April 10, 2008, 9:02am EDT
  • R.I.P. Chalton Heston


    Saturday marked the passing of a truly larger than life American, Charlton Heston. He had such memorable roles in countless films, and he played even more impressive roles throughout his long lifetime.

    Heston was a major contributor, fund-raiser and activist for the civil rights [...]
    Posted: April 07, 2008, 9:04am EDT
  • Patriotic Act Gets Albuquerque Man Sentenced

    Peter Lynch of Albuquerque was sentenced for tearing down a Mexican flag flying inappropriately over the ROTC building on the campus of the University of New Mexico. You can read more about it here.

    Lynch said he felt compelled to do something about the flag flying all alone, [...]
    Posted: April 02, 2008, 4:27pm EDT
  • Lights On and the Cockroaches Scatter For the Corners

    Tulsa Academic CenterThe Tulsa Academic Center, which is in the former Lindsey Elementary School facility at 2740 E. 41st St. North, is a two-part alternative school for grades six through 12. The program was launched in August 2007. Students who are suspended from school can be [...]
    Posted: March 25, 2008, 7:29pm EDT
  • Are You A Minuteman?

    The second amendment to the U.S. Constitution states in its entirety:
    "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"
    The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear [...]
    Posted: March 18, 2008, 9:08am EDT
  • Tulsa, The Oil Capital of the World

    I really like the representation I'm receiving from my District 7 City Counselor, John Eagleton.

    It seems he has an innovative and out of the box potential solution to the city infrastructure problems: Let's see if T-Town still holds the mineral rights to drill for [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2008, 7:00pm EDT
  • Tulsa Bombed! No One Injured.

    Following an evening of thunderstorms, Tulsa awakened to find that they had been inadvertently bombed by our own Oklahoma Air National Guard F-16!

    Officially an accident, the cynical Tulsa Chigger cannot help but think the real story is that as part of the Federal Government's [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2008, 7:59am EDT
  • Why is Barack Obama Black?


    The race card has now been played in the Presidential race. Geraldine Ferraro has resigned from the Clinton campaign amid a firestorm resulting from some off-handed comments she made regarding the race of Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

    The pictures [...]
    Posted: March 13, 2008, 8:16am EDT
  • Good Ole Boy Network Active Again

    In a 6-1 Board vote, Tulsa Technology has elected a successor to Dr. Gene Callahan. Who is it? None other than Dr. Kara Gae Neal, the wife of Tulsa Whirld editor Ken Neal. The beat goes on..... [...]
    Posted: March 11, 2008, 10:28am EDT
  • New York's Bad Apple



    Democrat Governor Eliot Spitzer is the latest version of corruption and is a bad apple for New York. It appears Oklahoma is not alone in this regard.

    You can read about it here.
    [...]
    Posted: March 11, 2008, 8:34am EDT
  • Easter Tidbits


    Do you realize how early Easter is this year?

    As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the,1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people [...]
    Posted: March 07, 2008, 8:47pm EST
  • One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Entire Barrel



    The tentacles of corruption run very deep in Oklahoma. My theory is that due to the nature of how we became a state, Oklahoma attracted some very unsavory [...]
    Posted: March 07, 2008, 9:20am EST
  • Unscientific Poll Results

    The results are in. The numbers were not great, nor are they statistically significant, but the readers of Tulsa Chiggers voted 8-2 that they are not satisfied with their "choice" for public schools in the Tulsa district.

    The numbers were extremely low in light of over 1,400 people [...]
    Posted: March 04, 2008, 4:49pm EST
  • Illegal Immigrants Cost the U.S. More Than the Iraq War

    The URL's are included for verification of the following facts:

    1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.[tinyurl.com]

    2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and [...]
    Posted: March 03, 2008, 9:10pm EST
  • Gwen Freeman on Sabbatical?

    Clearly Gwen Freeman has been off the air for over a week now over at the Morning Show on KFAQ. However, if you go to the KFAQ website, and click on the link to Elvis Polo, suddenly there is a link to Gwen Freeman. However, the link to Gwen [...]
    Posted: February 28, 2008, 11:12pm EST
  • Education Issues Loom over Legislature

    The number of bills winding there way though this legislative session that seek to tweak our educational system indicate that education remains a critical issue for Oklahomans. As we spend several billion dollars each year on it, and we continue to see mediocre results, it's no wonder.

    Bills include [...]
    Posted: February 27, 2008, 8:39am EST
  • Oklahoma Academic All Staters Announced

    The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2008 Academic All-State Awards. These are 100 of the top public high school seniors in Oklahoma.
    David L. Boren, chairman and founder of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, describes the selection of the scholars [...]
    Posted: February 26, 2008, 7:12pm EST
  • A Three Year Itch

    Hooray! Yippee!

    Today ends the third year of my blog, Tulsa Chiggers. Neither the first nor the last blog about local issues for Tulsa Oklahoma. [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2008, 6:32pm EST
  • TPS Board Approved Early Termination of Deborah Brown Charter School Contract


    The founder and director of the absolutely outstanding Deborah Brown Community School is the person pictured at right. Her charter school is the first one granted in Tulsa. It has a long and distinguished record of achievement and progress. It is a bright and [...]
    Posted: February 23, 2008, 5:55pm EST
  • Answering 6 Common Criticisms Against Charter Schools

    Here is an excellent article from the Center for Education Reform:

    SIX COMMON CRITICISMS FROM OPPONENTS…AND PROOF THAT THEY ARE UNFOUNDED

    1) Creates Balkanization in Education
    (The “Charter Schools Segregate” Argument)

    More than 22 studies demonstrate that charters are over serving those
    traditionally under served by [...]
    Posted: February 21, 2008, 10:17pm EST
  • One Proud Reaganite

    I am certainly old enough to remember the lampooning by our entire national media of President Ronald Reagan's proposed missile defense shield in the '80's, they dubbed as "Star Wars". Thank God he was too principled a man to allow this to deter what he knew [...]
    Posted: February 21, 2008, 4:44pm EST
  • KFAQ Sans Gwen Freeman

    Why is Chris Medlock smiling? Could it be because he is the last man left standing on the KFAQ morning show?

    As noted yesterday, Gwen Freeman the co-host of the morning show has apparently left KFAQ. All of this transpired rather quickly over the past [...]
    Posted: February 21, 2008, 10:05am EST
  • Freeman Gone?


    Gwen Freeman the popular host of the KFAQ morning show has apparently left the station. She follows the departure last year of Michael DelGiorno. This leaves the morning show in the hands of Chris Medlock and a cadre of minions including, Michael Bates, Charley Biggs, [...]
    Posted: February 20, 2008, 8:56am EST
  • Necromancer Searches SE Tulsa

    I really am shaking my head on this one.

    Over the radio and TV news today is the report that an admitted necromancer, or a consort with the dead, has caught the fancy of the local media. It is unbelievable to me that this is even a story, or [...]
    Posted: February 19, 2008, 2:23pm EST
  • Tulsa Taps Bunney


    The Tulsa Chigger is glad to hear the Mike Bunney wants come come back to his roots here in Tulsa.......

    Only a scant 3 weeks ago, Mike Bunney retired (was retired?) from Boeing. The exact same man who led the national site selection for [...]
    Posted: February 18, 2008, 3:38pm EST
  • Not Again!





    When will this exodus stop?
    When have you had enough?
    Do you care one iota about Tulsa?
    What are you willing to do? [...]
    Posted: February 13, 2008, 9:32pm EST
  • Where Did the Funds Go to Fix Our Streets?

    With all the plans swirling around about fixing our streets and all the new taxes that will be required, I was wondering, where did the existing money go for fixing our streets?

    As I blogged before, in a public meeting last fall Randi Miller stated [...]
    Posted: February 12, 2008, 11:05am EST
  • Invest In The Future and Plant a Tree

    The December ice storm and resulting damage to Tulsa's urban forest is an event that we will all remember for the rest of our lives. Now that the clean-up is well under way, and things are getting back to normal, we can now more clearly see [...]
    Posted: February 10, 2008, 7:59pm EST
  • Ramblings on Romney

    My good friend and former Tulsan now living in California sent me this information shortly after Fred Thompson dropped out of the Presidential race. He is a wise political pundit and articulate to boot.

    "I never saw Fred creating a "firestorm" of passionate support in South Carolina. He is [...]
    Posted: February 06, 2008, 12:21pm EST
  • The Guru to the Stars is Dead


    The Maharishi Yogi has died at a reported age of 91 in the Netherlands. Death was attributed to natural causes, or old age.

    He apparently died "peacefully". As a proponent of Transcendental Meditation, I would have expected no other outcome.

    Baby Boomers [...]
    Posted: February 05, 2008, 8:34pm EST
  • Super Tuesday on Tulsa Time

    At this stage of the political process, this chigger says it's Romney-baby!

    What chiseled good looks! Executive governmental experience; self-made multi-millionaire; and his name is linked to the defunct American Motors Corp.

    He says the right things, but in the political area, that's worth [...]
    Posted: February 05, 2008, 9:08am EST
  • Technologically Challenged

    Being a part of the baby boom generation (I'm in the middle), it goes without saying that for the most part I am technologically challenged. Having just gotten familiar with the iPod, is it now time for the iPhone?

    As Americans, we have come [...]
    Posted: February 05, 2008, 8:52am EST
  • TPS-The District of (Limited) Choice

    This smiling group of elected volunteers, continues to perpetuate the myth that is public education in Tulsa Oklahoma.

    Having made good on their previous threat to challenge the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Charter School Act, existing charter schools are fighting for their lives and new [...]
    Posted: February 04, 2008, 8:42am EST
  • Tulsa Weather Forecasters Left Out In The Cold

    Once again, Tulsa's weather forecasters blew it. Universally forecasting 4-8 inches of snow, the Tulsa Metro area went into self-imposed hibernation. Local restaurants reported extremely slow sales on Thursday. Sporting events were rescheduled. Grocery store shelves were barren. People just stayed home, hunkered down for an [...]
    Posted: February 01, 2008, 3:34pm EST
  • John McCain Is the Best Republicans Can Come Up With?


    Have we all just forgotten that just a few years ago, John McCain came in a distant second to George Bush in the last Presidential race on the Republican side? So, the best we can do this time around is a Republican retread? I mean, [...]
    Posted: January 31, 2008, 9:00pm EST
  • Tulsa Chigger Is Back!

    After a two month hiatus, the Tulsa Chigger is back! Anticipating a number of local and national topics we all can sink our teeth into.

    Taxes
    Illegal Immigration
    Political Corruption
    Loss of Landmarks
    Potholes
    Downtown
    Debates
    Etc..

    Oh, how could I forget? Public Education! [...]
    Posted: January 24, 2008, 10:05am EST
  • Oklahoma!

    Columnist Mark Steyn has a wonderful article about our fantastic state song. You can link to it here.

    Yes, we have the greatest state song of any in the union. Its catchy, singable and widely known.

    Thanks to my good friend Gary Bonner for the information. He's [...]
    Posted: November 13, 2007, 9:10am EST
  • Tell Us Something We Don't Know

    It's all over the news and in the Tulsa Whirld. Seven of our nine high schools are "dropout factories". You can read about it here.

    I am frankly tired of constantly reminding you that we need more charter schools in Tulsa. Specifically, more charter high schools. And I [...]
    Posted: October 31, 2007, 3:15pm EDT
  • Shepherds without a flock

    Number of comments: 2
    Reverend Victor Orta, pictured here with two cohorts, must be a shepherd without a flock to guide. Otherwise, he should be ministering to his congregation and keep his reverend's nose out of blatant politics.

    If his church has 501 c(3) status from which he is [...]
    Posted: September 28, 2007, 9:43am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Education Lottery Rolls the Dice

    Number of comments: 1
    Since the first lady of Oklahoma, Kim Henry, is an educator, and certainly much better looking, it would seem that the spin doctors at the governor's mansion should allow her to be the spokesperson for the Oklahoma Education Lottery.

    Only a scant few years ago Gov. [...]
    Posted: September 20, 2007, 9:15am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Where's the Parade?


    Sinclair Tulsa Refining

    Located at 902 W. 25th

    Sinclair has 260 full-time employees.

    Sinclair bought the refinery in 1983 from Texaco U.S.A.

    The refinery was built in 1910 by Texas Co., later called Texaco.


    A huge ($1 billion) expansion will [...]
    Posted: September 20, 2007, 8:47am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • River Tax Revelations from Randi Miller

    Number of comments: 4
    I attended a meeting today where Commissioner Miller spoke at length about the river tax. Some of the things she said stuck with me, as I have not heard them before in this debate.

    First, the City of Tulsa has $200,000,000 right now in tax funds to fix the [...]
    Posted: September 18, 2007, 2:48pm EDT
    by Red Bug
  • The Fruit Falls Near the Tree

    Norman Hsu


    Gene Lum


    With the recent revelations regarding Norman Hsu and his money laundering and influence peddling with the Clinton's, I am reminded of something else that happened long ago right here in Tulsa.

    There was [...]
    Posted: September 13, 2007, 7:26pm EDT
    by Red Bug
  • TSAS Top Tulsa School in ACT


    Once again, TSAS shows its continued academic excellence by scoring 23.9 on the ACT. Next highest area high school was Jenks at 23.1.

    See a video by KOTV here.

    Tulsa needs more charter schools!!!!!!!! [...]
    Posted: August 15, 2007, 10:23pm EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Can Iraq Be Free?

    President George Bush has stated repeatedly that it is his opinion that freedom is a universal goal for all mankind.

    With that statement, I do not disagree. That is because the desire or yearning for freedom is common to mankind. But there is a wide gulf between desire [...]
    Posted: July 12, 2007, 10:34am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Blog Reader Survey

    I am a regular reader of Batesline.com. It was the blog that inspired me to start my own blog way back in February 2005.

    Just as Batesline.com has encouraged you to take a blog reader survey, so am I.

    Here is the link: Please [...]
    Posted: June 29, 2007, 9:26am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Keepin it in T-Town

    The Tulsa Metro Chamber is sponsoring a business program to ask local businesses to switch just 5% of their business to local vendors. With all the business in our metro area, this can add up to some significant additional revenue for our local government.

    Will this be successful? [...]
    Posted: June 26, 2007, 10:55am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Cops for Kids

    Number of comments: 2
    In its latest attempt to address the rampant crime in the public middle and high schools of Tulsa, the TPS Board is considering establishing its own independent police force. Sadly, this is what our society has degenerated into in order to have a safe school. The plan [...]
    Posted: June 22, 2007, 7:55am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • The Iconic 1957 Plymouth Belvedere

    Number of comments: 1
    I think that whoever ends up with the rusted Belvedere should donate it to the city with the stipulation that it be encased and on display prominently in front of the BOK Arena. That's right, an iconic car in front of an iconic arena.

    Actually the [...]
    Posted: June 16, 2007, 8:18am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Survey on Charter Schools for Tulsa

    Am I tilting at windmills, or is there enough support for charter schools for Tulsa out there? Please click on the link for a one question survey.

    CLICK HERE TO TAKE CHARTER SCHOOL SURVEY [...]
    Posted: June 09, 2007, 10:03am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Good News for Charter Schools!

    Number of comments: 3
    Unbelievably, Governor Henry signed HB 1589 into law on 6-4-07. This was the culmination of a herculean effort by a group of dedicated parents, leaders and legislators over the past three years. HB1589 significantly improves the Oklahoma Charter School Act of 1999.

    The passage was given only cursory coverage [...]
    Posted: June 09, 2007, 8:53am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Tulsa's Lucky Number Reveals T-Town's Truth

    The good news is: The U.S. Census has revealed the population of Tulsa as of 6-1-07. This is the number that will be used to determine the winner of the buried 1957 Plymouth Belvedere.

    The bad news is: The U.S. Census has revealed the population of Tulsa as of [...]
    Posted: June 02, 2007, 8:36am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Too Few Police? or Too Much Crime?

    Number of comments: 1
    We hear the rhetoric every week. We don't have enough police.

    I had a chance to have dinner with a police chief in a well known California city a few weeks back. He was just named as police chief, so naturally, the conversation turned to Tulsa's search for [...]
    Posted: May 21, 2007, 10:10pm EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Brother of the Brush Photos

    Here's a pic of dad with his co-worker George taken in 1956. Looks like he already had a good start on that beard! This pic was taken at American Airlines, I believe. He came off the farm in Illinois and received his training in aircraft mechanics in [...]
    Posted: May 18, 2007, 9:19am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Tulsarama and the "Brothers of the Brush"

    Number of comments: 1
    "Tulsarama, " was Tulsa's contribution to the Semi-Centennial (1957). Local men, called "The Brothers of the Brush," were encouraged to grow beards. Beards were rare in the 1950s and always gathered attention. The beards would then be shaved off during the festivities.
    You can learn more about the Tulsarama [...]
    Posted: May 17, 2007, 6:06pm EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Brother of Joel Hinrichs Arrested

    Does lightening strike twice in the same place?

    Apparently the brother of Joel Henry Hinrichs has been the subject of an FBI investigation for some time, and now he has been arrested. Read about it here. [...]
    Posted: May 13, 2007, 8:52am EDT
    by Red Bug
  • Too Much Government Interference

    Number of comments: 2





    I happened to take an old shortcut through my mom's neighborhood a few days ago. I turned down Darlington, my mind on automatic pilot. I came to my senses just in time to see a stop [...]
    Posted: May 10, 2007, 10:03am EDT
    by Red Bug

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