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Joe Williams has officially filed as a candidate for District 2 County Commissioner in Osage County. This district includes the Gilcrease Hills and Skyline areas of North Tulsa; parts of Skiatook and Sand Springs; parts of the Osage Nation Indian Tribe; and the Osage Casino near Downtown Tulsa is also located in this district. The primaries are being held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.

Williams who is a former Tulsa City Councilor from 1994-2004 and the first African-American City Council Chairman in Tulsa history said, “I debated and prayed about this decision and concluded that I should continue as a public servant for people and try to continually improve our government and services for the citizens. North Tulsans living in Osage County have been left out for too long and received just minimal services for our taxes and it is time for that to change!”.

“I hope to bring more transparency to Osage County government and make it more accountable and efficient too. By saving on how tax dollars are used not only can we put more money back into the hands of the citizens but we can also provide more funding for economic development, public safety, education and safer roads and bridges. I also want to put a Satellite Osage County office in North Tulsa so that the citizens do not always have to drive to Pawhuska to conduct business and legal matters” said Williams.

“I believe I will be very competitive and can win but I will need a large turnout from voters in Gilcrease Hills and Skyline in Osage County supporting me in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, June 30th to do so’ he concluded.

For those who want to contact Joe Williams his campaign mailing address is:

PO Box 2683
Tulsa, OK 74101

Joe Williams can be contacted by phone at 918-585-1527 and e-mail: xjoewilliams@cox.net

Despite issuing an order mandating the wearing of masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, the order doesn’t extend to local tribal governments, the city of Tulsa said on Thursday

Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum signed the mask mandate Thursday after it was passed by city councilors on Wednesday evening by a 7-2 vote. The order came after weeks of steadily increasing coronavirus cases in Oklahoma and, in particular, Tulsa County, which has more confirmed cases than any other county in the state.

Michelle Brooks, city of Tulsa director of communications, told The Frontier in an email Thursday afternoon that the order doesn’t apply to tribal governments.

The Hard Rock Casino, operated by the Cherokee Nation, has required its guests wear masks since it reopened last month. Employees at the River Spirit Casino, operated by the Creek Nation, and the Osage Casino told guests on Thursday that masks inside their facilities were still optional.

Asked by a Frontier reporter on Thursday if masks were mandatory inside the River Spirit Casino, a casino employee said there had been a discussion about that topic, and that guests were not being required to wear masks.

An employee who answered the phone at the Osage Casino responded to the same question by saying “No sir.”

Tulsa city councilors debated for hours on Wednesday over the wording of the original mask mandate before briefly adjourning and modifying the ordinance. One issue that was raised during the virtual city council meeting was the potential for fines and citations for people who were found to not be wearing a mask.

When the ordinance was finally passed, it contained no specific punitive measures for those who don’t follow the mandate. Tulsa police said in a statement Thursday that while they couldn’t cite someone for not wearing a mask in public, they could enforce a trespassing violation against someone who refused to wear a mask in a location that required one.

“If a business or property owner wishes to file trespassing charges upon another citizen, responding officers will issue a citation on behalf of the business or property owner and the complainant must sign the citation and be willing to appear in court to testify before a judge,” the police statement said.

Casino coronavirus precautions vary by location

Getting into the Cherokee Nation’s Hard Rock Casino is not as easy as it looks. Located in Catoosa, about a 15-minute drive east from Tulsa’s downtown, the area’s first mega casino was built in 2009 and has numerous entrances across its 200,000 square foot casino floor.

But like many businesses, the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the normal course of action for the casino. The expansive parking lot is now filled with traffic cones that route everyone to a single destination: a group of employees near the front entrance who conduct temperature checks and give masks to everyone who wants to enter.

“I wouldn’t say it’s been easy,” said Hard Rock Casino General Manager Martin Madewell. “But we think it’s important everyone who comes in here feels safe, whether that’s a guest or our staff members.”

Oklahoma casinos have a massive economic footprint in the state. In 2019, the American Gaming Commission issued a report that said Oklahoma casinos employ more than 75,000 people and register nearly $10 billion in “economic impact,” a figure that totals wages, taxes and casino profit.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit the state early this spring, the Tulsa area’s three largest casinos — Hard Rock Casino to the east, the Creek Nation’s River Spirit Casino to the south and the Osage Casino to the north — all dutifully closed their doors.

A member of the Hard Rock Casino’s “Clean Team” disinfects a slot machine. DYLAN GOFORTH/The Frontier

All three opened again within a month of each other, with the Osage Casino opening May 15, River Spirit Casino opening June 1 and the Hard Rock Casino opening on June 11.

And all three locations, which if plotted out on a map, form a triangle with each casino about a 15-mile drive from the others, have somewhat different safety precautions in place.

The Hard Rock Casino is the strictest of the three, though that’s by design, Madewell said.

“We decided that we didn’t want to be in a position where we would have a certain set of restrictions and then later have to strengthen them,” he told The Frontier during a recent interview. The Cherokee Nation allowed a Frontier reporter into the Hard Rock Casino to take pictures and conduct interviews during a walkthrough in early July. Neither the Creek Nation or the Osage Nation responded to requests by The Frontier for a casino tour.

A digital billboard outside Tulsa’s Hard Rock Casino tells guests that masks are required inside the building. DYLAN GOFORTH/The Frontier

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