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Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Can a Mayor Overrule a Governor?

Credit: KJRH | Tulsa | Channel 2
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Can a Mayor Overrule a Governor?
Can a Mayor Overrule a Governor?
Can a Mayor Overrule a Governor?

ABOUT STATEAND LOCALGOVERNMENT... AND WHO HASMORE SAY..

AFTER GOVERNORSTITT ANNOUNCED OKLAHOMA'SRE- OPENING PLAN.

TWOWORKS FOR YOU'S TRAVISGUILLORY... BREAKS DOWN THELAW.MANY PEOPLE ARE TORNBOUTBUSINESSES REOPENING,SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMESTO STATE REGULATIONS VERSUSLOCAL REGULATIONS.

CAN AMAYOR OVERRULE A GOVERNOR?ONE VIEWR EMAILED THEPROBLEM SOLVERS AND SAID, "IWOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF AMAYOR CAN BLATANTLYDISREGARD THE ORDERSOF THE GOVERNOROF THEIRSTATE?

IT APPEARS AS THOUGHGOV.

STITT HAS ISSUED ANORDER TO GIN A PHASEDOPENING OF OUR ECONOMY BUTMAYOR BYNUM'S RESPONSE WASTHAT HE WOULD MAKE ANANNOUNCEMENT AS TO WHENTULSA WOULD START TO OPENTHIS FRIDAY.

TULSA IS IN THESTATE OF OKLAHOMA, RIGHT?

ITHEGOVERNOR ORDERS THE FIRSTPHASE OF BUSINESSES TO OPENON APRIL 24, CAN THE MAYORSAY THAT TULSA IS WAITINGUNTIL APRIL 30?

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IALWAYS THOUGHT THE GOVERNORWAS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFOUR STATE.

AM I WRONG?"ACCORDING TO OKLAHOMA LAW(21 O.S.

1321.5(B)), WHERETHE RESTRICTIONS IN TATELAW OR CITY ORDINANCES AREMORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THERESTRICTONS IN THEEXECUTIVE ORDER, THE MORERESTRICTIVE LAWS GOVERN.

SO,IF YOUR MUNICIPALITY HASIMPOSED RESTRICTIONS TATARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THANTHE GOVERNOR'S, THEN YOURLOCAL MUNICIPALITY'SRESTRICTIONS WOULD CONTROL.IF THERE IS A CORONAVIRUSQUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE OURPROBLEM SOLVERS TO LOOKINTO, CALL OUR CORONAVIRUSHOTLINE AT 918-748-1502 ANDLEAVE A MESSAGE.

TRAVISGUILLORY, 2 WORKS FOR YOU.MORE THAN FOUR MILLIONPEOPLE APPLIED FORUNEMPLOYMENT

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