February 2025, ROPE became The ROPE Report - after our weekly Wednesday and Friday morning (9am) podcast begun in 2022. Instead of following only education - as we have since 2008 - we will research and write about any issue that poses a threat to our individual liberties as Oklahomans. We will no longer post to this blogspot, but will keep it active as a reference library for anyone interested. Please find The Rope Report on Facebook, X, LinkdIn, Telegram, Instagram, TikTok and at rope2.org.
12.08.2024
The Good 'Ole Boy Society Is Strong In The OTA
5.24.2024
Land Grab Disguised As A Turnpike To Make The Rich Richer - PikeOffOTA; ROPE Report Short
This will be the most important video you've seen if you really want to know the way citizens are being tyrannized by Oklahoma's governmental bureaucracy. This video connects all the dots. Suffice it to say, 'the people' simply don't matter in the face of business interests that want to enrich themselves.
Friday, May 24th, ROPE Report hosted Whitney Mullica and Kelly Wilson of PikeOffOTA (Citizens For Responsible Transportation) to talk about how the Oklahoma Transportation Authority - the pseudogovernmental agency peopled with unelected bureaucrats unaccountable to the public - work with members of the business development community to develop tolled roads that, not only must the citizens of Oklahoma pay to use, but that removes their property from them using the force of the state to create.
Here, Kelly provides THE CIRCLE OF GOVERNMENT INTERESTS - the ways in which the rich just keep getting richer off the backs of those whose property is seized by eminent domain to create roads they'll be forced to pay to use.
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Who Is Buying OTA Surplus Land? - PikeOffOTA; ROPE Report Short
Friday, May 24th, ROPE Report hosted Whitney Mullica and Kelly Wilson of PikeOffOTA (Citizens For Responsible Transportation) to talk about how the Oklahoma Transportation Authority - the pseudogovernmental agency peopled with unelected bureaucrats unaccountable to the public - work with members of the business development community to develop tolled roads that, not only must the citizens of Oklahoma pay to use, but that removes their property from them using the force of the state to create.
Here, Kelly shows that, while eminent domain is used to remove property owners from their property, the 'surplus' land 'left over' after the turnpike has been created, is then sold to the public. Many times, the purchasers of the land are people who benefitted in some way through the OTA turnpike process in the first place.
While this is not illegal, personally benefitting from the process of removing the property of a citizen using the force of the state is ethically and morally wrong. If people can't police themselves along moral and ethical lines, why is the state not protecting citizens by preventing this kind of behavior? Could it be that 'the state' would rather have the money afforded it by the rich and powerful - especially when it comes time to be re-elected?
10-15% Of OTA Eminent Doman Cases Go To Court - PikeOffOTA; ROPE Report Short
Friday, May 24th, ROPE Report hosted Whitney Mullica and Kelly Wilson of PikeOffOTA (Citizens For Responsible Transportation) to talk about how the Oklahoma Transportation Authority - the pseudogovernmental agency peopled with unelected bureaucrats unaccountable to the public - work with members of the business development community to develop tolled roads that, not only must the citizens of Oklahoma pay to use, but that removes their property from them using the force of the state to create.
Though
many people do eventually cut a deal with the OTA for the 'sale' of their house
and property to the Authority, many people refuse. It does not matter, however,
because the state kicks them off the property anyway only to wait - in some
cases - over A YEAR to have the issue settled by the court. This is OUTRAGEOUS and citizens of Oklahoma simply shouldn't tolerate this kind of nonsense.
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3.08.2024
ROPE Report Short - PIKEOFFOTA Sues OTA For Open Meetings Violations
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