Archive for February, 2010

Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole opposed the stimulus a year ago, calling it a “recipe for disaster” instead of a road to recovery. ‘Catalyst’ for Jobs In September, Cole sought funding for a grant to help develop an international trade center on a 2,700-acre industrial park, a project he called “a catalyst for the potential...
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     It has been a busy two weeks at the Capitol as legislation has been progressing through the committee process. I have had the chance to present several of my bills and received favorable action on those, but I still have a few more which could possibly make it through the process. I have...
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Recovery Act is one year old, but GOP hypocrisy and flip-flops are nothing new Mary Fallin spends stimulus funds and praises programs she voted against
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     The state legislature received some good news this week as oil and gas revenue collections improved slightly.  This gives the legislature a little more money to appropriate for the session and will reduce the need for some of the cuts.  Out of the projections, the legislature would need to reduce $1.3 billion for...
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Officials warn voters of Southwest Oklahoma that a Blue Blizzard is on its way though Soutwest Okalhoma starting May 21st with surges throughout the summer and fall.    Blue skies will appear sometime in early November. To keep warm, you need to stock up on plenty of blue tickets.
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     Our area suffered the worst ice storm in the memory of all I have visited with over the past week.  Power was still out for several homes at the time I wrote this column.  Line workers were out attempting to fix the fallen poles and lines as quickly as possible, but the damage...
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 By Jacob Weisberg In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama’s tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the...
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An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person — and is now projected to nearly double by 2019. If we don’t act, this growing burden...
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     I hope everyone has been able to make it through this storm.  As of the time I wrote this column, my entire area is still out of power, other than generators and a few exceptions.  I was iced in at Oklahoma City before the storm began and was able to spend Thursday through...
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           Though the chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party has been on the record bragging that the GOP will make a “clean sweep” of statewide offices in this year’s elections, the candidates’ fundraising tells a different story. For the top two offices – Governor and Lt. Governor, both of which are open seats...
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