Bring a friend and an appetizer and join us to celebrate the League’s 92nd birthday at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at The Sophian Plaza, 1500. S. Frisco. Sheryl Lovelady, director, Women’s Leadership Institute at OU’s Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, will talk about the dearth of women in elective office and why it matters. We’ll also have …
The League is sponsoring a primary candidate forum for the House District 71 special election from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Mon., Feb. 6 at Wright Elementary School, 1110 E. 45th Pl. The primary is Tues., Feb. 14. Two Democratic and five Republican candidates will be on the ballot.
The Stillwater League of Women Voters is holding its annual dinner Wed., Feb. 15, and Tulsa League members are invited. Barney Austin, director of hydrologic services with Intera, a firm working with the Choctaw Nation will speak on “Challenges for Oklahoma Water Resources.” The dinner will be held at the Meditations Event Center, 1205 North Country Club Road. A social …
The Tulsa County Election Board recently unveiled the new high-tech voting machines with an open house for voters to test the Hart International devices. Tulsa League Board Vice President Gloria Caldwell checked out the long-promised technology and reports that voters should be pleased. The new machines are: Outwardly sleek; Less prone to kick out a ballot because of a random …
The February Unit meetings will focus on what municipal services, functions and assets should never be privatized. Materials will include the executive summary of the KPMG study recently commissioned by the City of Tulsa as well as relevant excerpts from a research paper on privatization prepared for the Florida State Legislature. February study materials are here. The March Unit meetings …