If you want to understand politics in Oklahoma this year, start in Inola. That’s where Kevin Stitt’s administration has spent the last twelve months, promoting what could become the largest aluminum smelter in the United States- a $4 billion industrial project backed primarily by Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) a company controlled by sovereign wealth interests […]
Drew Williamson
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THIS Show Must NOT Go On …
Special thanks to President Donald J. Trump for recently sending J. Kevin Stitt back from D.C. with his tail between his legs. By refusing to endorse Stitt for the upcoming Senate election to replace MarkWayne Mullin, in favor of Representative Kevin Hern, Trump may have finally done what Oklahoma’s Republican legislators, donor class and establishment […]
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Invest in Oklahoma Act
It’s been 50 years since Oklahoma Gov. David Hall was indicted on charges of racketeering and extortion for conspiring to steer state employee retirement funds to a private investment firm in exchange for a payoff. Hall was convicted and served 19 months in federal prison, making him the only Oklahoma governor (three have been indicted) […]
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Oklahoma Should Give Todd Russ The Byrd
If Oklahomans are serious about competence, credibility and basic fiduciary responsibility, then the choice for State Treasurer in June’s Republican primary shouldn’t be close. It’s time to de-elect Todd Russ and replace him with someone who understands stewardship of public funds: Cindy Byrd. Let’s be blunt: Todd Russ has turned what should be a nuts-and-bolts […]
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Invest in Oklahoma Act: Public Funds and Private Profits
It’s been 50 years since Oklahoma Gov. David Hall was indicted on charges of racketeering and extortion for conspiring to steer state employee retirement funds to a private investment firm in exchange for a payoff. Hall was convicted and served 19 months in federal prison, making him the only Oklahoma governor (three have been indicted) […]
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Election Slate For The Sooner State
As campaign registration deadlines loom, June primary elections are shaping up to determine who will be on the final ballot in the Sooner State’s General Election this coming November. Will this election cycle go by quickly, or will it drag on like a really bad cold? Regardless, let’s take a look at who’s running for […]
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Can SQ 836 Save a Politically Bankrupt State?
I registered as a Republican at the age of 18. Since then, I have watched the political trajectory of Oklahoma ebb and flow. I admit to being initially skeptical about State Question 836. The concept of “open primaries” felt foreign to me. Shouldn’t Republicans and Democrats vet their own candidates, preserving the sanctity of their […]
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Go East, Young Man
Starting at Memorial Road, venturing north toward Waterloo and both east and west of I-35, is a trifecta of residential development, commercial growth and infrastructure that creates OKC Metro’s newest hot spot.
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Debacle on 23rd Street?
In 1979, Oklahoma City University was in crisis, facing extinction as an institution. As a United Methodist University, the church conference decided to name a young and upcoming minister to lead OCU back, and Dr. Jerald Walker became OCU’s fourteenth President, presiding over an unpredictable and improbable comeback that occurred during a difficult economic era […]
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Denial syndrome
A new affliction is plaguing approximately 10 percent of Oklahomans, and it has gone from symptomatic to a full-blown outbreak in the midst of the most recent scandal involving Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction. The virus is known as Ryan Walters Denial Syndrome. RWDS is seemingly rampant amongst an increasingly smaller portion of our population, […]