Delaware County elects Harlan Moore as new sheriff
BY SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
8/29/12 at 3:40 AM
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After a multimillion-dollar civil rights judgment hit Delaware County residents in the pocketbook, voters overwhelming elected an outsider to the county's top law enforcement post Tuesday and voted out an incumbent county commissioner.
Harlan Moore defeated Mike Wilkerson, 68.3 percent to 31.7 percent. Moore carried 20 out of 22 precincts.
"I want to restore integrity and honor to the sheriff's office," Moore said.
Moore, 60, who retired from the Adams County (Colo.) Sheriff's Department with 28 years of law enforcement experience, came out of retirement to run for sheriff after the county was hit last year with a $13.5 million federal civil rights judgment.
For the past nine months, Delaware County residents have not minced words about their anger over a judgment they were saddled with after 15 female inmates said they were sexually abused by jailers. In April, voters resentfully approved a 17-year, half-cent sales tax to pay off the judgment.
The female inmates accused former Sheriff Jay Blackfox of ignoring their complaints. Blackfox was never the target of the sexual allegations and denied any wrongdoing.
"We are so much ahead of the game because (interim) Rick Littlefield has done such a great job during this time," Moore said.
School bonds: In Bartlesville, voters approved school propositions including an $11.625 million proposal, which would pay for a new early childhood center at Richard Kane Elementary School, upgrades in technology and new textbooks, science lab equipment, band uniforms and athletic equipment.
The new classroom construction will allow the district to move out of portable buildings students in prekindergarten and kindergarten classes at Kane.
A $1.05 million proposal for funding for new buses and vehicles also was approved.
School bonds require 60 percent approval for passage.
In the Skiatook school district, a $7.695 million bond issued also passed.
The proposition includes the construction of a new 23,000-square-foot second- and third-grade center, new secure entrances at every school site, food service improvements, roofing repairs, HVAC improvements, flooring, grounds and landscaping improvements. In addition, the money goes toward gym floor repairs at the middle and high schools and new auditorium seating in the high school. The bond also includes $350,000 for technology upgrades districtwide.
World Staff Writer Susan Hylton contributed to this story.
Original Print Headline: Delaware County elects retiree as new sheriff
Election results
Unofficial
X = Denotes winner
TULSA COUNTY
COUNTY CLERK
REPUBLICAN RUNOFF
X - Pat Key ..........................9,004
Dean Martin....................... 8,825
SKIATOOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposition 1: $7.6 million bond for construction
Passed ........................637 to 276
Proposition 2: $300,000 bond for transportation
Passed ........................ 634 to 281
DELAWARE COUNTY
SHERIFF
DEMOCRATIC RUNOFF
X - Harlan Moore............... 2,281
Mike Wilkerson .................. 1,057
MUSKOGEE COUNTY
DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER
DEMOCRATIC RUNOFF
X - Stephen Wright ........... 1,299
Ronnie Pevehouse ................836
OSAGE COUNTY
PRUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposition: $2.37 million bond for construction
Passed ...........................153 to 79
PAWNEE COUNTY
PAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposition 1: $5.3 million bond for construction
Failed ......603 (yes) to 458 (no) (60% required)
Proposition 2: $2.95 million bond for construction
Passed .......................663 to 402
Proposition 3: $500,000 bond for transportation
Passed ....................... 684 to 376
ROGERS COUNTY
JUSTUS-TIAWAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposition 1: $4.150 million bond for construction
Passed ........................352 to 233
Proposition 2: $250,000 bond for transportation equipment
Passed .........................376 to 214
WAGONER COUNTY
COURT CLERK
REPUBLICAN RUNOFF
X - Jim Hight ........................ 1,154
Rhonda J. Vincent .................645
WASHINGTON COUNTY
BARTLESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Proposition 1: $11.625 million bond for construction
Passed .................. 4,197 to 2,213
Proposition 2: $1.05 million bond for transportation equipment
Passed ................. 4,328 to 2,184
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