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Send us Fan Mail 🐾 NEW EPISODE OF THE GOVERNMENT MULE PODCAST! 🎙️  This week, Tulsa County Clerk Michael Willis sits down with Sherri Carrier , former Tulsa County Court Services leader and current Director of Tulsa Animal Services.  Sherri shares her nearly 30-year journey in public service, the connection between helping people and helping animals, and the exciting work happening at Tulsa Anima...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞! Tulsa County 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑭𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒍 joins 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔 to explain how 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 work, why certain properties end up there, and how you can explore the 23 to 24 parcels currently available. Some of these properties are 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖...

Send us Fan Mail 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨? How does a career in public service begin? And what keeps someone passionate about 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔? In our newest episode, County Clerk Michael Willis sits down with 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 to discuss his journey 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆...

Send us Fan Mail For nearly three decades, 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧 has been one of the friendly faces greeting customers at the 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐤'𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. In this episode of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙪𝙡𝙚, Derek sits down with Tulsa County Clerk Michael Willis to talk about 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫...

A conversation about service, sacrifice, resilience, and the power of community. In this episode of The Government Mule Podcast, Michael Willis sits down with the team behind The Keeper and the Keeper Project, including George Eshleman, whose extraordinary real-life journey inspired the film. Following the loss of his best friend, George embarked on a 2,000-mile trek that became a powerful story o...

One day during the pandemic, local governments across the country woke up to something they had never seen before: millions of dollars in federal relief funding suddenly available to help their communities respond to an unprecedented crisis. But what happened next? In this episode, Tulsa County Clerk Michael Willis sits down with Tulsa County Commissioner Stan Sallee to discuss the CARES Act, ARPA...

🎙️ New Podcast Episode! Tulsa County Clerk Michael Willis sat down with Tulsa County Treasurer John Fothergill for a conversation about how the Tulsa County budget works and how their offices work together to responsibly manage taxpayer dollars. In this episode, they give an inside look at how county funds are managed, how different offices work together to serve the public, and how taxpayer dolla...

Get an inside look at how the 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 is built, managed, and finalized. In this episode of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞, we sit down with: • 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨, 𝙏𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙠 • 𝙈𝙞𝙮𝙪𝙠𝙞 𝘿𝙬𝙮𝙚𝙧, 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 • 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙚𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙩 Together, they break down the county budget process from early planning and financial analysis to final approvals and implementation. Whether...

In this episode, County Clerk Michael Willis and former Communications and Outreach Manager Maggie Cooksey chat about her time with Tulsa County as she moves on to a new adventure.