Cries for help from neighbors around Admiral Boulevard and Yale Avenue fell on deaf ears as the Tulsa City Council voted approval of a huge center for the homeless and mentally ill.
With scant notice of a vote, dozens of neighbors from the Braden Park and White City areas crowded into the council chambers to try to stop the project.
A hotly contested race between Republicans for the Oklahoma Senate highlights an August 26 election.
Gary Stanislawski, a military veteran and financial planner, faces Cason Carter, a trial lawyer, in the Senate District 35. Since no Democrat filed, the winner of that primary will win the seat. Sen. James Williamson was forced to retire due to term limits.
Pastor Reza Safa, raised a devout Shiite Muslim in Iran, won’t pass up a chance to defend his new faith in Jesus Christ.
On January 25, Safa defended Christianity against Islam in a debate in front of hundreds of Tulsans. On August 24, he will engage in a similar public debate in Ft. Myers, Fla.
Three times in my life I have escaped the heat of Tulsa in August in other parts of the country.
After I got out of college, a friend enrolled in a seminary in Mill Valley, Calif., adjacent to San Francisco. I went there twice, both times after spending a week with relatives in the Los Angeles area.
Several weeks ago I briefly spoke with John Fregonese, Tulsa’s planner for our new Comprehensive Plan, regarding what our new zoning code will look like as a result of the new plan. He said that he would not be writing our zoning code, but that he recommended a code similar to those that are being adopted by Dallas and Memphis. Later I received a draft of each of these codes. This week I will discuss the Dallas code, and next week I will cover the Memphis code.
Robert D. Novak announced that he is retiring from writing his column, Inside Report, distributed by Creators Syndicate, due to the dire prognosis resulting from his recent diagnosis of a brain tumor.
Joe Momma’s Pizza has changed its name to Momma’s Pizza Express and will host a Back to School Battle of the Bands Aug. 16 on 61st Street and Highway 69.
The Musick School, a local business that offers music and voice lessons, is co-host of the event. This is the second year for the event, which is sponsored by The Edge Home Groan Program, the Guitar Center, Up Late with Ben Summer and Valcour Studios.
Data from the Oklahoma Tax Commission show that the state’s individual income tax revenues grew slightly for Fiscal Year 2008, which concluded on June 30, the co-chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee noted.
The Carbon Council of Oklahoma (CCO2) assisted the Oklahoma Conservation Commission in establishing a procedure for issuing carbon credits for underground injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emission reduction activities. As a result, the State of Oklahoma becomes the first state in the union to formally authorize issuance of carbon credits for underground injection of CO2.
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®) will arrive August 16 to examine all aspects of the Tulsa Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, Chief Ron Palmer announced.
