I assume TCSO is Tulsa County? I am not too familiar with the politics up there but I do know that it is the "liberal central" area of the state..does that go for the sheriff as well? If so, I would guess that he sits on it as long as he statutorily can. We had similar issues in Georgia...some of the liberal probate judges (they were the authority to issue the license) would wait up until the last minute (or past the limit until they got sued) to issue.
Yeah, its a bit more liberal up here than in OKC area. I know it took a friend of mine 6 weeks to get his after his initial application. Its only been three weeks for me so far.