In a letter sent to Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators, the secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board warned that an election bill promoted by congressional Democrats “guarantees chaos in our elections.”
The June 2 letter from Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax focused on the provisions of S.1, titled by its authors as the “For the People Act of 2021.”
Remembrances of the Tulsa Race Massacre have focused largely — and understandably — on the tragic and unnecessary loss of life and property. But Oklahomans should not ignore other lessons provided by the rise and resurrection of “Black Wall Street,” Tulsa’s Greenwood district.
Too many observers gloss over the fact that a center of wealth and commerce was a black community in a state where Jim Crow laws were still enforced —at times, brutally so. How could this be so? Because the power of free markets is often greater than even the power of true systemic oppression.
Pictured are the winners from the 2021 A Small Town Weekend Hot Wheels Races, from left, Henry Weaver of Chickasha (13), Mattison Norton of El Reno (3) and Asher Schweitzer of El Reno (6).
Canadian Valley Technology Center had several dozen state contest placers, including many state champions.
El Reno Campus National Contest
Business Professionals of America (BPA)
Ian Fowler placed eighth in Server Administration Using Microsoft as well as 10th in Computer Security.
State Contest
Business Professionals of America
C+ Programming: Austin Bole, first.
