Mayor G.T. Bynum and the Tulsa City Council love to raise taxes and fees to grow government and they are experts at disguising the impact. The latest salvo of taxation is a “tourism improvement district.” This tax scheme would raise an additional $2,300,000.00 a year by increasing the cost of hotel stays. This scheme mandates…
Who cares what the American Academy of Pediatrics thinks? That group, like so many others, has surrendered to progressive national leadership and made pronouncement based on liberal politics rather than science or common sense. The latest news flash is that people who are spanked as children will have more problems as adults than those who…
The New York Times loves State Rep. Chris Kannady and for good reason. The New York Times is perhaps the most liberal and biased newspaper in the nation and is completely out of step with the values and politics of Oklahoma. Kannady is a natural hero for the Times because he wants to purge the…
Tulsa needs a new school board. Reform must come from the top and Tulsa won’t get it from the present board. Recently, the Tulsa Public School Board did their annual evaluation of Superintendent Deborah Gist. Of course, Gist passed with flying colors. That’s because Gist is a liberal educator who is more concerned about growing…
Hustler Hollywood may already be open on 41st Street just west of Sheridan Road. That means you can add sexually oriented retail merchandize to the list of Tulsa vices – including tribal casinos, alcohol in almost every retail store and marijuana farms. Several years ago, former Mayor (now District Court Judge) Bill LaFortune used his…
Negative campaigning works, especially when it is reinforced by the liberal news media. Thanks to the wrong-headed belief that lawmakers created the mess in public education, ill-informed Oklahomans have voted in a number of teachers, former teachers and administrators into the Legislature. The first order of business for these “educators” will be to craft a…
Last fall, four Bixby High School football players were accused of raping another player. Remarks by some Bixby residents were that those players “got a little rough – you know how boys are. They were roughhousing. Boys will be boys.” Numerous school systems in other states are watching to see what the outcome will be…
One of the keys to the November 6 mid-term election is for Republicans to retain control of the U.S. House and Senate. Forecasts has swayed widely when it comes to predicting what will happen. Many are forecasting a “blue wave” in which Democrats take over the both houses of Congress. That would be bad news…
Having 135-plus tribal casinos and a statewide lottery is not enough opportunity to gamble for some people. The Republican-led Legislature and Gov. Mary Fallin expanded casino gambling by permitting craps and roulette to tribal casinos. Now, the focus is on letting Oklahomans legally vote on college football and other sporting events. The tribes want it…
The University of Oklahoma is about to approve allowing the sale of alcohol at its sporting events. No big deal, right? Actually, it is a big deal. The University of Tulsa and Oklahoma State University already sell alcohol at NCAA sporting events. OU doesn’t, but it does allow alcohol consumption in their luxury boxes. Alcohol…