Observations...

The people who want to know who sent out the unsigned six-page missive prior to the council election have upped the reward ante to $5,000. This reward, says their unsigned ad in the Grove Sun Daily, will be paid for "any information which leads to positive identification of one person involved and with knowledge of other participants in the above will receive the full reward." An unlisted telephone number is at the bottom of the ad. A recording answers. Our call was not returned. We wonder how Secret Police tactics in the Soviet Union in the 1960's differed from this approach here. We find it amusing that someone would run an unsigned ad seeking information on an unsigned letter. What's next...cameras in your home, tracking devices on your car, bugs on your phone? For those that didn't read the missive, it was a fairly complete blast at GrovePAC's candidates and named supporters that previously had not been publicly identified. Whoever wrote it had a good local knowledge of Grove's political history…Frankly, the election is over and we don't care who wrote it...DirecTV has added several of Tulsa's network stations to its HD lineup, Channels 2, 8 and 23. Channel Six CBS is not yet available via DirecTV HD. Be advised you will need a fairly new DSS Receiver as older models will not recognize the new satellite at 99 degrees, where Tulsa locals in HD can be found. You will also need DirecTV's new 5 LNB dish. The technology has changed so quickly that even a two year old piece of equipment is outdated and useless. Otherwise, the only way to get Tulsa stations in HD in Grove is to put an antenna on the roof…To date we have had no applications for the job here as Editor. Amazing…but there is still time to apply...The Man from AT&T came to Grove Wednesday to speak to the Rotary Club and laid a fairly large Egg. Craig Conley talked about all the mergers and a new product called "Uverse" which won't be available in Grove for maybe 103 or 72 years since you have to have DSL to make it work. When asked when DSL would be available throughout Grove he said it would "take time but we are doing what we can." He said "our area does not meet the model," whatever that is, for finishing out the work. His attractive sidekick, Mary Moore from Tulsa talked about another new product called "Homezone" which includes DISH network and Yahoo broadband, but again one must have DSL to make it work. She described it as "an all digital home entertainment system" where one can even put up their worst photos on the TV for everyone to see. Both of these products ignore the burgeoning wi-fi systems now going in place everywhere...Lots of police, fire and EMS people from the area gathered at the Monkey Island Fire Department this week to receive training on their new 800 mghz radios, but not Grove's. The MIFD received $110,000 in grant money from Homeland Security funds as part of a statewide program along I-44. Someone in Grove blew off the application last April and apparently our city was left out of the money, but Acting City Manager Debbie Mavity says we are not out of the running yet, we're still working on it...With Oklahoma's peculiar Municipal Election laws, the winning candidate does not always win. David Adzigian beat Larry Parham in Ward 3, where they both reside, by 749 to 671 but because all candidates are elected at large, Adzigian lost. Such silliness does not apply in state or Federal elections...We also wonder why people can vote here without any proof as to who they are. In Grove, dead people can even vote. Most places require a photo ID or Voters Registration Card to prove you are a registered voter, but not in Delaware County...