VOTE TODAY!
CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
Elections for OKC City Council in wards 2, 6
& 8 will be held today. The candidates are:
Ward 2
(now held by Amy Brooks, who has chosen not
to run again)
Sam Bowman
S. Jean Clark
Susan Johnston
Chris Kauffman
Jim Sellers
Ward 5's
homophobic incumbent Jerry Foshee is
unnopposed and will serve another term (shame
on the residents of Ward 5 for not fielding
someone to run against him!)
Ward 6
Ann Simank (incumbent)
David A. Yeagley
Ward 8
Bob Bemo
Guy Liebmann (incumbent)
OGLPC RATES CANDIDATES
The Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Political
Caucus has issued a voter guide to
the upcoming City Council elections. OGLPC surveyed
cadidates in Norman, Edmond and Stillwater as well as
OKC. Only candidates from Norman and OKC responded.
The ratings are now online at OGLPC's
website. Yes, you can print them out
and take them into the voting booth with you!
WARD 2 CANDIDATES SPEAK TO
GLBT GROUPS
3 of the 5 candidates running for Oklahoma
City's Ward 2 council position on Tuesday, March 18,
have spoken to meetings of the Oklahoma Gay
and Lesbian Political Caucus and Central
Oklahoma Stonewall Democrats in the past 2
months - a possibly unprecedented display of outreach
to GLBT voters in any single race in Oklahoma City's
history.
Susan Johnston spoke at the meetings
of both OGLPC and Stonewall Democrats last month, Jim
Sellers spoke at both meetings this month,
with Sam Bowman joining him at the
Stonewall meeting. (Interesting that Sellers, a
Republican, chose to address a group of Democrats:
City Council elections are nominally non-partisan.)
GayOKC.com reporter Michael Coffman
heard Bowman and Sellers at this month's OGLPC and
Stonewall meetings, and spoke with Johnston on March
13 about her appearance at last month's meetings.
Click here to
read Michael's report
WARD 2 WATCH PARTIES
At the Stonewall Democrats meeting on March
12, candidate Sam Bowman invited everybody to his
watch party at Kamp's Grocery at NW 25th and Classen.
Candidate Susan Johnston also informs me that her
watch party will be at VZD's at 4200 N Western,
starting around 7PM!
MORE ON ST PAT'S PARADE FROM
JOE QUIGLEY
Joe Quigley has put into words his own view
of what PNI's float in the St Patrick's parade means
to him as a member of OKC's GLBT Community. You can
read it by clicking here.
PNI FLOAT IN ST PATRICK'S
PARADE
Pride Network, Inc was invited to
participate in Saturday's St Patrick's parade in
Bricktown. PNI member Joe Quigley has passed along 2
reports which can be read by clicking here. PNI is also
taking nominations for Grand Marshalls, which you can
email to pni@okcpride.com. And don't
forget the big fundraiser on Oscar night at Angles
next Sunday at 7PM!
DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEETINGS
Jim Nimmo reports the following:
HD 85 had 32 people in attendance,
at least 11 of them gay/lesbian which by my
arithmetic makes 34%. Stuff it fundies!!!
Luminaries in the room included County
Commisioner Jim Roth, former candidates Bob Lemon
and Lou Barlow. I was elected chair of my
precinct, with Eva Jo Sparks as co-chair, and
former Governor David Walters as secretary.
Four resolutions were adopted concerning ERA,
death penalty moritorium, hate crimes
legislation, and support for Jay Parmley who is
state party chair.
Jacqueline Gatewood, former female co-chair of
OGLPC, was elected co-chair in her precinct, as
was Matt McNeill in his. Paul Thompson was re-elected
as chair in his precinct. And another member of
our gay family was elected chair of his precinct,
but I'm not sure how public he wants to be, so
I'll refrain from using his name.
Enthusiasm was high with a precinct party being
planned for the near future.
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