A minor cyberflap erupted last week after it became known that the Oklahoma House of Representatives had blocked external emails addressed to “representative@okhouse.gov.”
According to House staff, the email was created years ago for internal messages to all House members. Once it leaked onto the internet, though, members found their inboxes bombarded with a message of unknown origin chastising them for spending too much time on issues such as bear hunting and Ten Commandments monuments.
The address was then blocked from external addresses.
Minority Leader Scott Inman, D-Del City, has asked Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, to remove the block.
Reform school: A six-member team from Oklahoma will be one of five participating in a National Governors Association “learning lab” on juvenile justice reform next month.
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The five teams will study alternatives to incarceration for youth in the legal system. Attending from Oklahoma will be Department of Human Services Special Advisor Tom Bates, state budget analyst Cary Cundiff, Cotton County District Judge Michael Flanagan, Assistant Attorney General Rachel Holt, Office of Juvenile Affairs Deputy Director of Communications Tierney Tinnin and OJA Director of Education Melissa White.
Meetings and events: First District Congressman Jim Bridenstine has scheduled a “Securing America Town Hall” for 6:30 p.m. April 11 at the Mabee Center.
A climate change rally and march is planned for April 29, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Tulsa County Courthouse Plaza, 500 S. Denver Ave.
Candidates and elections: City council elections are Tuesday for Bixby, Broken Arrow, Jenks, Skiatook and Sperry, and for Tulsa School Board Office No. 3.
Inman, D-Del City, said he is “95 percent” sure he will be a Democratic candidate for governor in 2018.
One-liners: Former U.S. District Attorney Danny Williams has joined Conner and Winters as a partner. ... Former state Rep. John Wright was named chief deputy to County Assessor Ken Yazel. Wright has been an aide to Yazel since leaving the Legislature in 2010.
Randy Krehbiel
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