SoonerPoll founder Bill Shapard repeatedly tried to link City Councilor G.T. Bynum to former Mayor Kathy Taylor during an interview last week on the Pat Campbell radio show. Shapard has been paid $100,000 by the city for citizen surveys but said his comments should be viewed as analysis, not support for either candidate.
It’s unclear how often similar sweeps occur, or what officers conduct them. Sgt. Luke Sherman, who commands TPD’s fugitive warrants division, said his team typically doesn’t focus on offenders like Brooks with municipal warrants.
Mayor Bartlett signs an order banning the practice of police paying superiors to retire early following an investigation by The Frontier and NewsOn6. However the FOP says it won’t go along.
More than 20,000 Oklahomans are employed by companies that have opted out of the state’s workers comp system. If they get hurt on the job and their employer refuses to pay for medical care, they could be waiting months until a court challenge is decided.
Don and Linda Goss were mistakenly arrested due to a typo on a Creek County search warrant but ended up spending $100,000 in a losing legal battle. “It’s unconscionable that your own government can violate your rights then order you to pay its costs,” he said.
Where to begin with this week? Dylan Goforth and Kevin Canfield tackle all the hot topics around Tulsa in our free weekly Listen Frontier podcast.
In the last month, TYPros has helped register hundreds of new voters, and the process continues Friday, the last day to register to vote in Tulsa County. “TYPros is not going to give up. We’re not going to let our demographic sleep and let decisions be made for us,” said Daniel Regan, 2016 TYPros chairman.
Wait, what? There are three other candidates for Tulsa mayor besides G.T. Bynum and Dewey Bartlett?
Meet the other guys: Paul Tay, Lawrence Kirkpatrick and Tom McCay.
