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 …
Voter Guides Online: School Board and House District 71 Elections
The League’s voter guides for the February 14 school board elections and the Oklahoma House District 71 special election are now online.
Study on Criminal Sentencing Proposed
The January Unit meetings will discuss whether to concur with a proposal from the Washington, D.C., League to create a two-year National study beginning in 2012 on criminal sentencing policy. The proposal will be considered at the National convention in Washington in June. LWVDC (Washington, D.C.) will sponsor the following proposal for concurrence at Convention 2012 in June: “Sentencing Policy …
Participate in the LWVUS Privatization Study
The Program Committee has chosen to focus the League’s study efforts through the end of April on the National privatization study. The Unit meetings in February, as well as a General meeting to be scheduled, will be devoted to scrutiny of privatization of public utilities and other government functions. The goal is twofold: be prepared to respond to LWVUS by …
Tulsa County 2012 School Board Candidates
On February 14, voters will go to the polls in three Tulsa County School Board districts. Find out who’s running and who’ll fill open seats in the other districts.