“I’m just shaking my head,” said Andrews. “Walters is invited to ‘sub’ at a hand-picked charter school by one of his campaign donors to demonstrate that he gets what teachers and students face with COVID infections and critical staff shortages? That isn’t substitute teaching; it’s taking advantage of students’ plight.”
Research claim: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jackson Lahmeyer, who last month was photographed with the leader of a Q-Anon group based in Dallas, last week told followers that the federal government is involved in virus research that requires a steady supply of “fresh but never frozen aborted babies.”
Scholarship app: Application deadline is April 30 for Republican Women’s Club of Tulsa County’s $1,000 scholarships to high school senior girls graduating in spring 2022.
Applicants must be a registered Tulsa County Republican or have a registered Republican parent or guardian living in Tulsa County.
Contact rwctulsaeducation@gmail.com for more information.
Bottom lines: State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd said her office found that the town of Bennington in southeastern Oklahoma has failed to pay more than $100,000 in payroll taxes and that its police chief and others have benefited from misappropriation of public funds. … Oklahoma is one of three states to cut both personal and business income tax rates for the current tax year, the Tax Foundation reported. … State Rep. Ajay Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, was the only Oklahoman to receive the Council of State Governments 20 under 40 award. … State Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, was appointed to the CSL’s Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee. … State Sen. President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Edmond, is a member of the Republican State Leadership Committee, the GOP PAC focused on legislative elections. … State Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, is trying to revive the notion of a state militia separate from the National Guard, an idea floated several years ago to no avail. … A recent survey listed Tulsa as the 10th-worst city in the nation for dog-walking.
