Oklahoma State Board of Education member Mike Tinney speaks to the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. The committee advanced his confirmation to the board in a 10-2 vote. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Mike Tinney was parked at a Sonic in Western Oklahoma on Friday when he got the news.
His food had just arrived when the leader of the Senate Education Committee called. Tinney’s confirmation to the Oklahoma State Board of Education, which had been mired in uncertainty, was going to move forward…