Mayor Dalton Self denied speaking requests and threw sign-up forms in the trash at a heated city council meeting about privatizing public baseball fields. When journalist tried to report the destruction of government records, chaos erupted.
Suspended Oklahoma attorney Ron Durban emerges from months of depression to resume his public accountability mission despite facing five criminal cases and a potential $210,000 bar association fee. His return reveals friendly government workers in three cities and a brewing legal battle.
After being suspended by the Oklahoma Bar Association without a hearing, attorney Ron Durbin fought back by serving 190 subpoenas on Tulsa judges, police, and city officials. The confrontation includes heated exchanges with security guard Testerman who sparked the legal saga.
Gore officials propose banning all recording in public buildings except for police, following citizen complaints about town clerk's alleged misconduct. "A few bad actors" cited as justification for eliminating transparency that's existed since 1776.
When Warner officials refused public records about former police chief Shala Edwards and mocked a citizen journalist asking "what are you going to do about it," they found out. Live footage shows the entire lawsuit filing process in Oklahoma court.
Journalists arrive seeking police chief records, find hostile staff. When they return with live audience, city hall mysteriously closes for "construction" with no workers in sight. What they discover when police force employees out of hiding reveals the lengths officials will go to avoid transpar...