The second session of the 55th Oklahoma Legislature adjourned this past Friday amid an abundance of sunshine pumping from those in the majority party of how they passed a budget before their deadline. The outlook for a great number of the state’s citizens is increasingly more grim as so many less affluent bore the brunt…
Continue ReadingMonth: May 2016
An abortion bill veto and the big picture theatrics
As the local legislative candidates have been organizing and meeting to discuss ideas of what messaging might work in our favor on specific issues, I have been able to impart some things I have learned in my dozen or so years of working on various political campaigns. One thing I have taken due note of…
Continue ReadingSweat equity and supporting local candidates
As one who has been directly involved in campaign politics for nearly a decade now, I have spent my fair share of time manning phone banks. I can empathize with those who call total strangers on behalf of political candidates to ask for things they normally would not ever ask anyone for like votes or…
Continue ReadingAdults reading their awkward teenage diaries
It may be a little known fact outside this most conservative corridor of Old Route 66 but there is a thriving community of aspiring story tellers, budding comedians and stand-up comic artists in my beloved home town. The Comedy Parlor in Tulsa’s Blue Dome district played host to OK, So Tulsa Storyslam Saturday evening for…
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