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Editorial: A key to attracting new business

Tulsa Beacon

Thousands of people and businesses are leaving New York State and relocating to Florida. Likewise, tens of thousands of businesses and residents are exiting California for Texas. Why? The answer is simple. People and businesses are tired of the confiscatory tax rates in New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois and several other “progressive” states and are…

No need for a new definition of the Great American Dream

Tulsa Beacon

What is the “Great American Dream?” When I was growing up, that meant that you could do whatever you wanted to with a large measure of freedom and a chance for great success. For other Americans, that dream is for a large central government that provide, housing, clothing, food, jobs, health care, free cell phones…

It’s now time to ‘vote out the bums’ – the U.S. progressives

Tulsa Beacon

It seems that those of the Communist/Fascist/Socialist movement have no other way of pushing their agenda than that worn-out method of (as usual) screaming labels such as racist, sexist, Nazi or homophobe – loudly and falsely at their enemies.  Those further out in left field have even gone into using the accusation that PRESDT-45 is…

Take a baby bump on your babymoon

Tulsa Beacon

If you have read this column for more than a week, you know I am expecting my third grandson at the end of March. Last week, my son and daughter-in-love asked my wife and me if we would take care of Titus the Honorable and Cohen the Goodhearted while they go on a babymoon. A…

Bob Stoops will coach and manage the Dallas XFL team

Tulsa Beacon

Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has been named head coach and general manager of the new XFL’s team in Dallas, Texas. The XFL will begin play in February of 2020 with eight teams. Each team will have 45 players to cover a 10-week schedule (and a two-week post season slate). The XFL will also field…

TU spring drills March 3

Tulsa Beacon

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team will hold their first spring practice will take place on March 3. The March 3 opening of spring football is the first of the 15 scheduled spring practice dates that is slated for two weeks before and two weeks after the school’s Spring Break. Spring Drills will conclude with…

Tickets for Tulsa football

Tulsa Beacon

With the best home slate in recent history –– Oklahoma State, Wyoming, Navy, Memphis, UCF, and Houston –– The University of Tulsa is now selling season tickets to the public. Full Season ticket packages are available with prices ranging from $100 to $330 for the six games at H.A. Chapman Stadium in 2019. “This is…

No combine for M. Brown

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown, a potential first-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, had surgery for a Lisfranc injury in January that will keep him from taking part in the combine and the Oklahoma pro day. Brown, the cousin of Pittsburgh Steeler receiver Antonio Brown, is expected to be ready for summer training camp….

Ankle injury ends my season

Tulsa Beacon

According to Merriam-Webster.com, a “weekend warrior” is defined as “a person who participates in a usually physically strenuous activity only on weekends or part-time.” That often refers to those men and women who participate in sports as a leisure activity. You know the type: the beer-drinking softball leagues, the bowling night with the gals, etc….

Tax Vote on Nov. 12

Tulsa Beacon

Tulsans will vote on a $597,000,000.00 tax increase on November 12 but some city officials want as much as $2,200,000,000.00 just to fix the city’s crumbling streets. About $427,000,000.00 of the giant tax package would be financed through borrowing (bonds) and the rest would be paid for by sales taxes. The sales tax in Tulsa…