News coverage of the election

Awesome article in the OU Daily!

Nice story in the Daily Oklahoman - love the picture of my mom! And another one.

Terrible story in the Norman Transcript. Misquotes my mom, who did not run a negative campaign, and did not say that she did. Just look at what you got in your mailboxes, folks!

Also, what paper in history has ever put a picture of the loser and not the winner on the front page? I don't think I have ever seen that before... And a 7% victory as "edged out"? The Transcript needs to put it's opinion back on the editorial page. If I had a subscription, I would cancel it.

Go norman!

We won, as did all of the other hard-working councilmen and women. Thanks to everyone for their support--everyone who volunteered, gave money, put up a sign, or even just checked the facts for themselves before voting. And thanks to my mom for her endless hard work.

Signs of Success!

Just called home to catch up before the election. My parents were painting signs to replace the ones stolen last night. Some wonderful volunteers are going to put them out bright and early tomorrow morning so they can't be whisked away. Here is my dad with their handiwork. Now go vote!

In the final push - keeping it positive!

Well, tomorrow is election day. I'm so glad it's finally here--my mom's staying positive and pushing through on the last day. It has been hard: last night, yard signs were torn down all over town. It's illegal, but almost impossible to prevent from happening if the opposition is determined to do it. If yours was torn down, make sure to file a police report and let people know what is happening.

On the positive side, lots of people are voting early, and I hear there is lots of enthusiasm at the polls. My mom has worked so hard, and she has knocked on so many doors. Hopefully all of this person-to-person contact will prevent these flimsy, mean-hearted accusations from sticking.

If you're suspicious, I urge you to check the facts yourself. For example, Ezzell's OSBI mailer cites several transcript stories. Go read the stories and see if you think that these advertisements are presenting an accurate picture.

Please go vote, and tell your friends to go vote! I'm so proud of my mom, and only your help can make all of our hard work pay off.

Hal Ezzell's funny finances?

The transcript didn't publish campaign donations like it usually does, but they are available on the city website.

As you can tell from my prior posts, I'm not a big fan of Ezzell, but I was still really shocked when I heard about his finances! His total contributions are almost $64,000, but if you go to the actual list of donations there are less than $17,000 from 44 donors. The rest is a self-contribution/loan of $46,274!!! So, either Ezzell is totally self-financed and utterly without support, or he's hiding the sources of his funding. Hopefully it's not the latter, but it's strange that these questions were removed overnight from his facebook page when a few Norman citizens (not me) asked about the discrepancy. It just doesn't make sense to spend so much money running for a job that basically amounts to volunteering.

On the bright side, Cindy's finances are impressive. Something like 463 donors (not sure if I counted right!) plus more than $5,000 in small donations. I'm particularly impressed by the small donations, because they demonstrate the depth of her support. Ezzell had only $270 in small donations!! All of his money is coming in big checks.

I hope that a news outlet picks up on this story. People have the right to know that the nasty postcards filling their mailboxes are essentially personal ads paid for by Ezzell himself, not Norman residents.

UPDATE: apparently this was in the Transcript's monday paper, it just isn't on their website.