Stipe's Name On Courthouse Offensive

By Tony Thornton/The Oklahoman ~ For at least the next two years, justice in Pittsburg County will be meted out in a temporary courthouse named for political icon Gene Stipe. The irony isn't lost on current and former county courthouse employees.

"This may be the only court building in the nation to be named for a convicted felon,” said Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Steven Taylor, a former Pittsburg County judge.

Read the entire story at http://newsok.com/court-may-be-stuck-with-stipe-name/article/3272274/?tm=1216441321.

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