Tim Pope

The following is a collection of a googling experience, none of the following is written or exaggerated by me. Instead it is post, most by a reputable paper in Oklahoma, that show that anyone, with the right amount of political "power." Can walk away from felonies with just a slap on the wrist. Timothy Pope now works as the General Manager of several Cartridge World stores in the OKC area.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Some Oklahoma County voters can expect to receive comic books in the mail soon, but the subject matter will have a serious tone.The 16-page publication prepared by Commissioner Brent Rinehart's re-election campaign lampoons gays and criticizes Rinehart's political opponents. It also features an angel who supports the embattled commissioner and Satan, who supports his critics."It's more or less a story of my experiences of the last four years of being the county commissioner of District 2," Rinehart told The Oklahoman, which obtained the comic on Wednesday.Toga-wearing gays, political figures, trench coat-clad henchmen, concerned residents and Rinehart make up the rest of the comic's characters.In one sequence,Satan says: "If I can get the kids to believe homosexuality is normal!"The angel replies: "Hey Satan, not with Brent around you won't!"(Oklahoma City) Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart from District 2, a practicing public homophobe, was formally arraigned earlier this month for serious Oklahoma campaign law violations (ten by my count) ranging from perjury and filing false campaign reports to accepting illegal contributions from third parties and conspiracy against the state during his campaign in 2004. According to Attorney-General Drew Edmondson's office, Rinehart, and his campaign manager, Tim Pope (Pope, a former state legislator, carried a gun in his boot on to the floor of the House because gays were after him, he said, He was also found guilty of illegal campaign telemarketing in March for calls directed against Commissioner Jim Roth) are charged in Oklahoma County District Court with one count of conspiracy against the state, two counts of money laundering and three counts of knowingly accepting a contribution to a political candidate through an intermediary or conduit with unlawful intent. Additionally, Rinehart faces four counts of perjury.





Fried OKRAOKRA chairman trial date setA trial date of February 12th has been set for Tim Pope, Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Assembly (OKRA). Pope has been accused by the Oklahoma Attorney General of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by initiating 20,000 prerecorded telephone calls without providing a call back number or saying who paid for the calls. The calls, targeting openly gay Oklahoma County commissioner Jim Roth, said Roth was "advancing a homosexual agenda in Oklahoma County." From the May 5th AP story:Commissioner Jim Roth had asked state officials to check whether any lawshad been broken by the calls... [Attorney General]Edmondson said the prerecorded telephone messages failed to meet the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. He filed the civil action in federal court in Oklahoma City.Edmondson said a single violation of the federal act could result in a $500fine. He said he would seek an "appropriate fine," but didn't disclose theexact amount."Twenty-thousand violations at $500 each is $10 million," he said. "Themaximum fine in this case, $10 million, would be unreasonable andunnecessary. The goal is to ensure that any prerecorded, automated-dialcalls Pope makes in the future comply with state and federal statutes.""We have reviewed a transcript of the Pope call and he does not identify anyorganization nor provide a telephone number. This is a violation of federallaw," Edmondson said.The Associated Press attempted to contact Pope, a former state House memberfrom Mustang, but an associate said he was not immediately available at Pope's consulting business.Last January, Pope, a board member of the conservative Oklahoma RepublicanAssembly, said the call was not political in nature but was aimed at helpingRoth "get a bigger crowd" for a talk sponsored by GayOKC.com, called "TheState of Our Community 2006."Labels: Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 6:40 AM Comments Trackback







Last Minute Dirty Tricks?The Daily Oklahoman is reporting that voters in the 5th congressional district recieved phone messsages Monday attacking Mary Fallin and Denise Bode. The calls reportedly came from a group called Americans for Job Security. Reportedly, there was no call-back number on some of the calles, which Oklahoma considers to be a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. We reported last Friday of possible push polling being conducted. Former State Rep. Tim Pope, now a political consultant, was accused of violating the consumer protection law in January.Labels: Decision '06, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 12:45 PM Comments Trackback Friday, July 07, 2006





Rinehart pushes project which aides developerKTOK reports Oklahoma County commissioner Brent Rinehart denies the reason he is pushing a road and bridge improvement project on SE 89th street is to help Del City developer Ray Pelfrey who is building a new home next to the road and once held the mortgage on Rinehart's home."That didn't even enter into my calculation as to whether I'm gonna open up this road and put in this bridge as to where Ray Pelfrey lived," answered Rinehart when asked by KTOK news about the decision. "Now I was aware of where he lived but I didn't make the connection. So that's news to me I guess. I don't know what to tell you."When first asked about it after this week's county commission meeting, where he had pushed to include the project on a five year plan which previously had not listed it, Rinehart responded, "That's the first I've heard of that. Now that you bring it up, I do know, that's right. He owns a house at 89th and Choctaw."More Trouble for RinehartAccording to this AP story, Rinehart is the focus of a state investigation into alleged campaign finance law infractions.Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown says county Commissioner Brent Rinehart is under investigation on suspicion of violating campaign finance laws. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is also investigating Rinehart's 2004 campaign manager, former state Representative Tim Pope.Pope's political action committee, the Oklahoma Republican Assembly,(OKRA) had accepted contributions from people who already had given their legal limits to Rinehart.Labels: Brent Rinehart, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 7:08 PM Comments Trackback Tuesday, July 25, 2006







Former Lawmaker Challenges Multicounty Grand Jury ProcessOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A former state lawmaker whose political activities are the focus of a lawsuit filed by the attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit of his own challenging the state's multicounty grand jury process.Former Rep. Tim Pope, now a political consultant, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Aug. 16 that calls the multicounty grand jury an "instrument of politics" rather than a true investigative body.Pope's lawsuit accuses the grand jury, presiding judge Bryan Dixon, Attorney General Drew Edmondson and an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent investigating a 2004 Oklahoma County commissioner race of violating his constitutional rights with secrecy requirements not allowed by law.Pope's attorney, Stephen Jones of Enid, said state law requires a hearing before gag orders are issued, but that doesn't happen when grand jury subpoenas are issued."That's blatantly unconstitutional," he said.Edmondson dismissed Jones' claims, noting similar issues have been raised before and rejected by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.Pope, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Assembly, faces a February trial in federal court in Oklahoma City on accusations heviolated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in January when he paid for 20,000 prerecorded telephone calls regarding Oklahoma County Commissioner Jim Roth.Pope, who could be fined as much as $500 for each call for a total of $10 million, has maintained he did nothing wrong.Pope thinks the complaint and an ongoing OSBI investigation of Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart's 2004 campaign are politically motivated, according to his lawsuit, because Roth and Edmondson are facing re-election fights.Pope is a consultant for Roth's opponent, David Mehlhaff, and campaign manager for James Dunn, a Republican running against Edmondson.Labels: Brent Rinehart, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 8:18 AM Comments Trackback Sunday, August 06, 2006





County Records Part Of Ongoing Investigation By Brian Brus The Journal Record OKLAHOMA CITY – The attorney general’s office is awaiting word from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation before deciding to assign a special prosecutor in the investigation of Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart, OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown said Tuesday.The bureau earlier this month retrieved two years of records from County Clerk Carolynn Caudill’s office, officials confirmed. The OSBI took copies of the database of general fund vendor payments and highway cash fund vendor payments. Deputy Clerk Mark Mishoe described the records as “basically just a report on expenditure and purchase orders for districts 2 and 3.”“We were asked by the district attorney’s office to look into possible official misconduct,” Brown said. “Not just official conduct, but possible violations of Oklahoma campaign (financing) law.”The records covered a period from late 2004 to late 2006. Rinehart was elected at the end of 2004 and took office the following January to represent District 2, which encompasses parts of Oklahoma City, Bethany, Del City, Midwest City, Choctaw and Harrah.Commissioner Stan Inman, who represents District 3, was defeated in this election season’s primaries. He was elected to the office in 2002.When asked about the status of the investigation, Brown said, “We’ve held dozens of interviews, collected some records … and we’re continuing our investigation.”Rinehart has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said he has cooperated with authorities in the matter.Brown said, “It could be a couple more weeks; it could be a couple more months. These types of investigations are so hard to wrap up.”She also has said the bureau continues to investigate Rinehart’s 2004 campaign manager,former state legislator Tim Pope, on concerns involving campaign contribution caps and the Oklahoma Republican Assembly political action committee.Pope also has denied wrongdoing.Labels: Brent Rinehart, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 1:03 PM Comments Trackback Tuesday, August 22, 2006



Judge Rules Former Lawmaker Violated Law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A federal judge ruled today in Oklahoma City that a political consultant and former state House member violated the law.The judge found that Tim Pope violated the Telephone Consumer Protection act with automated telephone calls that attacked Commissioner Jim Roth without identifying who was placing the call.The calls were made in January 2006.A single violation of the federal act could result in a $500 fine. A hearing will be held in February to determine the amount of damages due to the state.Pope has maintained he did nothing wrong.Related:"Rinehart Pushes Project Which Aides Developer"Labels: Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 8:37 AM Comments Trackback Wednesday, October 11, 2006



Pope Receives Fine for Robocalls

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A former state legislator who was accused of breaking a federal law on the use of pre-recorded telephone messages receives a 45-hundred dollar fine today.Tim Pope, who now heads the Oklahoma Republican Assembly, could've been fined as much as ten (m) million dollars if U-S District Judge Robin Cauthron had determined Pope was responsible for the 20-thousand illegal calls the state Attorney General's office said were made.According to court papers, about half the calls with a message attacking Oklahoma County Commissioner Jim Roth were answered, so state prosecutors sought a fine of 100 dollars per call.Pope and his attorney, Stephen Jones, countered, and the judge agreed that a smaller fine of 500 dollars per call was appropriate since only nine people complained to the attorney general's office about the January 2006 calls.Cauthron ruled in January that Pope violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which requires all pre-recorded telephone calls to include a name and call-back number for the person responsible for them.Jones says an appeal is planned.Labels: Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 6:00 AM Comments Trackback Wednesday, January 10, 2007



Accused Former Lawmaker, County Commissioner Surrender

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart and political consultant Tim Pope surrendered to authorities Friday, one day after they were accused of felony violations of state campaign laws.Rinehart and Pope arrived at the Oklahoma County Courthouse about 9:45 a.m. They were each with an attorney and Rinehart was also accompanied by a sheriff's deputy. They were arraigned and were to be booked at the Oklahoma County Jail.They face accusations of perjury, conspiracy and money laundering in connection with the funneling of illegal campaign contributions to Rinehart's 2004 race for county commissioner, the state Attorney General's office said.UPDATE: Rhinehart unexpectedly shows up at county commissioners' press conference (Video)Labels: Brent Rinehart, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 1:00 PM Comment (1) Trackback Friday, March 16, 2007



Oklahoma County commissioner Says He's Returned Questioned Donations“The public will once again realize that Drew Edmondson used the Office of Attorney General, at taxpayers’ expense, to punish a political opponent.” -Brent Rinehart But you give the money back??????OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart says he's returned campaign donations that led to felony charges against him and his campaign manager.Rinehart and former state Representative Tim Pope are charged with perjury, conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly funneling of illegal campaign contributions to Rinehart's 2004 race for county commissioner.Rinehart says state Ethics Commission Director Marilyn Hughes recommended he return the funds.Hughes declined comment.Labels: Brent Rinehart, Drew Edmondson, Tim PopeUnratedPosted at 12:03 PM Comments Trackback Friday, April 06, 2007

All felonies were all dropped to a single misdeamoner, that in a couple of years will no longer appear on Tim Pope's records. So take your notes kiddies, and see how you too can get away with anything in todays society, even blatent hate crimes, Money laundering, perjury, and conspiracy... Whats next, Murder?