Sculpture by former Talala resident Sandra VanZandt, photograph by Dawn Orwig, Talala Town & Court Clerk

Mayor Bartlett

In July, Mayor Dewey Bartlett of Tulsa spoke out regarding the need to develop other sources of revenues for Oklahoma municipalities.  The continued dependency on sales tax as the primary source of income has created hardships for most cities and towns across the state and both Mayors Bartlett and Cornett have chosen to form a task force of other Oklahoma mayors to go before lawmakers. 

OETA Interviews Executive Director Carolyn Stager

OML is asking that each community and exhibitor participate in this year's silent auction to raise money for the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank during the 2014 OML Annual Conference. Bring a basket of goods that represents your municipality or business to be auctioned off, example - Oklahoma City basket includes Bricktown items, local restaurant gift cards, local gifts, etc. Please bring all baskets to the center of the Exhibit Hall, known as the Town Square.  

Following the vote by the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to approve new liquidity standards on banks, NLC CEO and ED Clarence E. Anthony issued this statement: "We appreciate efforts by the Federal Reserve, FDIC and Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) to strengthen the banking system by imposing credit and liquidity standards for banks' capital requirements.