Second Anniversary!

It escaped my notice that last Saturday, February 24th, marked my 2nd anniverary of blogging. My cause was then and is now parental choice in public education, especially charter schools for Tulsa.

In a vacuum it is hard to stay motivated to keep on blogging. I get my encouragement from my fellow Tulsa Bloggers that are the real citizen journalists.

It's hard to believe that two years has gone by so quickly. Many things have transpired in those two years. As far as Tulsa is concerned, I don't see any meaningful turnaround yet.

I am dismayed at the reports of Bell's being disassembled and Zingo being torn down.

I am saddened to hear that Glenpool is making overtures to the Tulsa Fairgrounds to move there.

I am shocked that the bridge over 161st E. Ave. and I-44 is literally falling apart and no one in authority will use common sense and just fix it!

I have grown insensitive to the outrageous murder rate and overall high crime rate of Tulsa. Our fine police force is truly in a crime investigation mode and not a crime prevention or crime solving mode.

Our public education has probably leveled off from its downward spiral over the past 2 years, with no significant improvements. But the moratorium on new charter schools was definitely not progress.

Our churches continue to be ineffective as they have generally conformed themselves to the world and have not been transformed by the Word of God. We expect the lost to darken our doors and we are not willing to seek the lost wherever they may be.

We know we have too many firefighters, yet our elected officials are floating a trial balloon about yet another tax for a fire district!

Will I be motivated to continue blogging another year?