06/03/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The Fight Against the Inola Smelter Just Went Legal! 🚨
**I PROMISED I WOULD JOIN THE FIGHT, AND TODAY, THE GLOVES ARE OFF.** 🥊
On behalf of Ronald Durbin and Guerrilla.News, a formal **Notice of Violations and Intent to Sue** has been officially delivered to the Town of Inola’s Mayor, Board of Trustees, and Town Attorney.
We have reviewed their meeting agendas, minutes, and records.
What we found is a systemic, reckless disregard for Oklahoma law. They thought they could quietly clear the path for a massive, multi-billion-dollar aluminum smelter and massive TIF districts behind closed doors.
They were wrong.
🔍 What We Are Alleging Regarding the Inola Smelter Deal:
* **Concealing the Smelter:**
The Town used generic labels like "primary metals manufacturing facility" to hide the true scale of an aluminum plant from the public until the deals were practically done.
* **Backroom Deals ("Walking Quorums"):**
Substantive terms were negotiated and decided outside of open session, using public meetings as a mere rubber stamp.
* **Illegal "Ratifications" & Defective Agendas:**
Blatant violations of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act (OMA), including confusing ordinances, improper executive sessions, and unverified notice postings.
* **Abusing Emergency Clauses:** Fast-tracking ordinances to strip local citizens of their right to organize or petition.
🛑 Our Demands to the Town of Inola:
1. **Cease and Desist:** Stop all activity, permitting, and expenditures on the Inola Smelter project immediately.
2. **Void the Actions:** Declare the TIF districts and enabling ordinances (including 25-02, 2026-01, and 2026-03) null and void.
3. **Hand Over the Receipts:** Produce every text message, email, and time-stamped log within 14 days to prove compliance.
**The Bottom Line:** If the Town of Inola does not comply or fails to disprove these counts within 14 days, **we will see them in court.**
We will seek emergency injunctive relief and a temporary restraining order to halt this project dead in its tracks. 🏛️
📢 CITIZENS OF INOLA AND ROGERS COUNTY: WE NEED YOUR HELP! 📢
We need to make as much noise as possible. **Please copy this link and SHARE this post into ALL of our local community, neighborhood, and county Facebook groups right now.**
Every single resident deserves to know what is happening to our town behind closed doors. Let’s make sure they can’t ignore us.
The fight for open government continues now. ✊