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Tulsa Council Sends Mayor's Probe to AG

Jul 29, 2010 - 10:13:28 PM

TULSA (FOX23) The Tulsa City Council has decided to asked the Oklahoma Attorney General's office to investigate the Tulsa Mayor's office and whether the mayor or his chief of staff lied to the council about a federal police grant.

"If the state attorney general finds that his office can serve as a prosecutor, then we ask them to take the case to decide if criminal charges should be filed, and proceed from there," says Council Chair Rick Westcott.

This is just the latest in a series of political punches being traded between councilors and the mayor. Wednesday, the mayor's personal attorney sent a letter to Council Attorney Drew Rees, demanding that he resign his post. The letter says the position was created illegally.

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