In case you missed it, Gitter Done made the news and Leon Russell sees some of his stuff again
Published: 2/2/2013 10:00 AM
Last Modified: 2/1/2013 4:48 PM
A Texas oilman donated 4,500 Leon Russell items to the proposed popular culture museum in Tulsa.
Tulsa County Commissioner Fred Perry votes to give himself and other elected county officials a 2 percent raise.
Best Excuse: Tulsa World reporter Ziva Branstetter found that EMSA allowed its contractor, a Texas-based paramedic provider, to receive more than $7 million worth of fuel and other items at EMSA’s tax-free rate, an apparent violation of state law and the company’s contract.
In defense, EMSA’s chief financial officer told state auditors the practice made "good business sense" and that Paramedics Plus "relies on EMSA for purchases" because it lacks a local checking account.
Workin’ for a Livin': The Tulsa County commissioners gave themselves a 2 percent pay raise , bringing their salaries up to about $102,300 a year.
The commissioners also get a car allowance of up to $600 a month and cell phone reimbursement up to $125 a month.
Of the three commissioners – Fred Perry, Karen Keith and John Smaligo – only Smaligo voted against it.
Perry compared the work of the county’s elected officials to chief executive officers overseeing a private business.
Gimme Shelter: Houston oilman Steve Todoroff donated more than 4,500 pieces of Leon Russell memorabilia to the proposed Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture.
Again, that’s 4,500 things.
What’s in a Name: A drug bust of 3,000 packets of what law enforcement officers claim is a synthetic drug was confiscated from a Grand Lake convenience store, which labeled the product as incense or potpourri.
The store’s name: Gitter Done.
It’s located on the north side of Cowskin Bridge.
Study Hall: City Council Jeannie Cue has proposed forming a task force to seek quality of life improvements for the area of 61st Street and Peoria Avenue, which is where four women were shot to death on Jan. 7.
This would join the Public Safety Task Force and Public Safety Intelligence Working Group.
The Way of the Gun: The Glock model 22 .40-caliber gun used to kill two girls in Okemah more than 4 years ago went through at least five owners before landing into the hands of Kevin Sweat, on trial for their deaths.
At the first day of a preliminary hearing , prosecutors tracked the gun from its manufacturer in Austria to rural Okfuskee County.
It went to the Baltimore Police Department, back to the company, to an Okemah gun store, sold to a sheriff’s deputy, traded with a reserve deputy and sold to another police officer.
That officer, John Woods, testified he sold the gun for $300 to Sweat, who was working at the Henryetta McDonald’s drive through when the two met.
When originally questioned, Woods could not recall the name of the man to whom he sold the gun.
Prosecutors say that gun killed 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker, both of Weleetka.
Punked: Three 20-somethings - Daniel Blake Nix, 22, and Nathan Michael Howe, 21, both of Broken Arrow, and Logan Sours, 25, of Tulsa - were arrested Tuesday after they decided on a prank in downtown Tulsa.
Their idea was to give a random person a bag with what looked like a pipe bomb along with a threatening note, then record their reaction and post online.
Written by
Ginnie Graham
News Columnist
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