Poor Kevin isn’t getting his way and he’s throwing an absolute temper tantrum about it.

Poor Kevin isn’t getting his way and he’s throwing an absolute temper tantrum about it.

“Oklahomans elected me to advocate on their behalf and fight for the taxpayer. I take this responsibility seriously and so I cannot, in good faith, allow another year to go by without cutting taxes and reforming education, both of which we can absolutely afford with our $1.2 billion surplus and over $6 billion in savings. Therefore, until the people of Oklahoma have a tax cut, until every teacher in the state gets the pay raise they deserve, until parents get a tax credit to send their child to the school of their choice, I am vetoing this unrelated policy and will continue to veto any and all legislation authored by senators who have not stood with the people of Oklahoma and supported this plan,” he wrote in his identical veto message for 20 Senate bills.

This spring veto storm also included several pieces of legislation originating in the House as well, but the slash-and-burn began well before this flurry.

Last month, he also disbanded a 20-year-old state council on homelessness with an accompanying statement with all the flair for language and panache Kevin is known for.

“Building housing, giving people free stuff is not the answer,” Stitt said.

Sure, the number of unsheltered continues to skyrocket in the state’s metros and affordable housing is quickly becoming a thing of the past, but according to Kevin: “If you don’t want to get help, there’s not a lot that society can do.”

Also on the chopping block is apparently OETA, the PBS affiliate that uses public airwaves to broadcast educational and enriching programs like Sesame Street, Nova and Masterpiece Theatre to scores of Oklahomans.

Like the man-child said, free stuff (to the less than wealthy) is not the answer and educational programming apparently isn’t the help he’s willing to offer in our society unless it’s done his way.

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