If I had to produce a clickbait ranking of my 12 favorite months, January would probably come in last place. From the post-holiday hangover to writing the wrong date on everything, it's a dreary, annoying month with few redeeming qualities. It's cold, it's long, and, thank God, it's finally over.
Before we start producing digestible Internet content for February – the 11th best month – I thought we should recap January. If you like what we do and the service we provide, please consider signing-up as a TLO subscriber today!
After we reported that new Oklahoma State School Superintendant Ryan Barresi-Walters was forcing his employees to return to the office despite not having enough desks for them, the Department's HR director fired off an email to staff warning them that leaking emails could result in criminal charges. Naturally, that email was then promptly leaked to us.
We provided a deep, informative, and very funny-yet-depressing look at the new Oklahoma State School Board, and in the process, reminded everyone why education in this state is f*cked.
Hypocritical holier-than-thou politicians always give us good content, and this story about an anti-drag show crusading councilman getting off on taking his son's baseball team to Hooter's is a great reminder of that.