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Apr. 21—Enid city commissioners either discussed or voted to approve a slew of items all concerning regular city business Tuesday. A hearing was held for public input over annually provided federal funds known as Community Development Block Grants. At the second meeting in May, commissioners — three of whom already sit on the city's CDBG funding commission — will vote to approve this year's ...

Feb. 19—City commissioners extended Enid's mask mandate through April after what one commissioner-elect called "round four of the Enid mask debacle" Thursday night. With Ward 5 Commissioner Rob Stallings the sole no vote, the commission and Mayor George Pankonin voted 6-1 in favor of continuing the current mandate until midnight April 30 to try to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Enid. Ward 3 ...

Kauger OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – An Oklahoma city commissioner who supported a face mask mandate has defeated a recall petition from unhappy constituents. The state Supreme Court ruled Jan. 26 that the effort to oust Enid commissioner Ben Ezzell from office won’t continue after Ezzell filed an objection in Garfield County District Court. The ruling says the state laws governing signature collection weren’t followed. A 1998 ruling held that city recall m...

Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell Billy Hefton | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. — Recall petitioners are disputing Ben Ezzell’s assertions that prior state rulings could be applied to his appeals case and argue that the Enid city commissioner is using legal tactics to thwart his recall. In an answer brief filed Tuesday in both district court and Oklahoma Supreme Court, the petitioners argue they have both followed all Enid City Charter requirement...

Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell Billy Hefton | Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. — Ben Ezzell has suggested the state may be facing “an issue of first impression” regarding recall elections throughout Oklahoma in his appeal of the petition for his recall as city commissioner. In his brief in chief filed last Thursday, Ezzell argues that the state Supreme Court therefore has the opportunity to apply the same standard of review as a question...

Enid News & Eagle Editorial Board Dec 12, 2020 Thumbs up people running for office in our local election early in 2021. Enid voters in Wards 3, 4 and 6 will elect commissioners in the Feb. 9 election, along with a winner in the Ward 3 recall election for Commissioner Ben Ezzell, who would then term out in May. All three Enid City Commission ward races — excluding the Ward 3 regular election — will have at least three candidates on the ballot. On the Enid Public Schools Boa...

5 min to read Joplin has joined a growing list of American cities in which some public officials find themselves at odds with some of those who insist masks and other pandemic restrictions are unconstitutional. Tensions have prompted police to station extra officers to provide security at City Council meetings recently, as council members considered whether to tighten restrictions to try to curb the spread of COVID-19. After a Nov. 19 council vote to reinstate a mask mandate, the...

Dec 9, 2020 Another candidate has filed to run in the February recall against Ward 3 Enid City Commissioner Ben Ezzell. Enid resident Kent Rorick filed on Wednesday, the last day to file to run in both the recall and the regular elections, both to be held on Feb. 9. Keith Siragusa also filed in both Enid races Monday at the Garfield County Election Board office. Ezzell also will run in the recall battle to hold his seat for the remaining three months, after which he will term out of office and ...