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The State Auditor and Inspector s Office is forwarding a citizens petition seeking a special audit of the city of McAlester to the Pittsburg County Election Board — where election workers
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The State Auditor and Inspector s Office released a petition Thursday requested by a Lindsay man seeking a special audit of the city of McAlester.
Joel Skip Mitchell requested the petition asking the State Auditor and Inspector s Office to conduct a special audit of the city in several areas, ranging from finances to records compliance.
Trey Davis, spokesman for State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd s Office, said the Auditor s Office provided the petition Thursday.
Petition supporter have 30 days to collect a minimum of 958 valid signatures of registered voters living within the McAlester city limits.
By: Sylvia Corkill
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. -
A $4 million judgement was awarded to a Pauls Valley city leader, whose attorney said he was the target of a string of Facebook rants.
This week a judge found in favor of the defendant, Pauls Valley Vice Mayor Patrick Grimmett.
The face behind the videos is Skip Mitchell, the owner of Forum Consulting Group.
Mitchell said despite the judgement he stands behind his statements.
“Mr. Grimmett, son, I’m not going to hold back on the fact I can t stand your [expletive]” Mitchell said in a video shared on social media. “I can’t stand, at one point, that people were scared of you until we learned what you re made of. I don’t have any use for a man who slaps a woman around.”