Showing posts with label PikeOffOTA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PikeOffOTA. Show all posts

12.08.2024

The Good 'Ole Boy Society Is Strong In The OTA


Friday, December 6th, Oklahoma attorney Richard Labarthe was with Michael and Jenni to talk about the case he fought against Edmond Public Schools for discriminating between vaXinated and unvaXinated students. He also talked about his work with Oklahomans for Responsible Transportation and a bond hearing by the Oklahoma Council of Bond Oversight on December 5th where members approved millions more in bonds for OTA though, Richard argued, the process wasn't following Oklahoma law. See the full LIVE video on our Rumble and YouTube channels.

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?

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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



In 2022 PikeOffOTA sued the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for Open Meetings violations regarding their new 3-turnpike plan that would run through Norman and surrounding areas. In District Court, PikeOffOTA won, only to lose at the Supreme Court level in 2023. See more information here: 


https://www.normantranscript.com/news/state-supreme-court-rules-for-ota-in-open-meeting-act-lawsuit/article_edb07d64-ffc7-11ed-a535-33a72da7578d.html

PikeOffOTA also sued the OTA in 2022, challenging them to show that the agency even had the authority to issue the bonds that were financing the building. Again, they lost. See more here: 

https://okcfox.com/news/local/pikeoff-ota-ota-square-off-in-legal-battle-over-issuing-bonds-oklahoma-supreme-court-pike-off-oklahoma-turnpike-authority-richard-darby-chief-justice-norman-turnpike-homes-home-house-south-extension-ok-okc

In response - and not covered in the video here - the OTA sued to stop the passage of HB2263, which would eliminate the Governor's full appointment power to the Board of OTA, instead giving the Governor 2 appointments and the Senate Pro Temp and House Speaker 2 appointments each. 

Stitt vetoed the bill originally, with the legislature overriding the Governor's veto, making the bill law without the Governor's signature. 

In the lawsuit, the OTA accused legislators of writing the law with help from PikeOffOTA members who were listed by name in the lawsuit - something which could be construed to be retaliation to PikeOffOTA citizens who are merely expressing their right to be heard on the issue. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...


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