Gilbert did not suggest what percentage of the general fund budget the Police and Fire departments should receive, but in recent years the figure has been approximately 60 percent.
It was trivia night at the bar, but the only question Lewis was asking had already been answered: Vic Regalado, a decorated longtime Tulsa Police officer, was emerging from a crowded field of Republican candidates to win the party’s nomination.
In part two of this week’s Listen Frontier podcast, Tulsa Regional Chamber board chairman Jeff Dunn talks about the impact Oklahoma’s budget crisis will have on education and other core services.
He also gives suggestions for how to improve the state’s budgeting process.
After seven days of testimony and 11 witnesses, a federal civil trial over alleged rapes in the jail appears to be headed toward a resolution as early as Tuesday.
TCSO is tight lipped on an incident involving one of its deputies over the weekend. A source has told The Frontier that a deputy and his wife were involved in a domestic disturbance and that he later fled from deputies in Wagoner and Rogers counties. No arrest was made.
Where a dated-looking wooden sign once marked the entrance to the Fairmont Terrace apartment complex, a vinyl banner boasts a new name: Savanna Landing.
As the republican candidates for Tulsa County Sheriff have neared the March 1 primary election, interactions between some of the candidates have begun to fray slightly.
For a few minutes on Saturday those interactions played out live.
Altogether, eight employees of ISTI Plant Services, and their spouses contributed $34,350 to Tulsa Police Sgt. Vic Regalado’s campaign, with nearly all of that donated on Feb. 12, records show. That figure accounts for almost 25 percent of the $147,000 that individuals have given to Regalado for the Sheriff’s race.
