Right to Vote for Chief of Police Restored to Citizens

In what can only be described as a win for the citizens of Holdenville, the city council in the December 7, 2021 meeting last Tuesday, in a close vote, restored the right of the people to vote for their chief of police. In a meeting held on November 20, 2018, the Holdenville city council amended ordinance 866, relating to elected officials. In the past, a town marshal was elected by a vote of t...