Oklahoma courts recently adjudicated some cases which ought to embarrass our people. Those who challenged us to step up to their standards of conduct, seem to have been trying to hide their worst moments regarding their weakest attributes.
At a time when other lawmakers loosened up liquor laws, these and other state & local leaders reveal that liquor has severe dangers when placed into the wrong hands. Russell Hunter is known for lecturing pro life legislators and even churches. He's been a campaign advisor to gubernatorial candidate Dan Fisher and lately he's been collaborating with senator Joseph Silk. It's recently been revealed that he is facing a year of probation, community service hours, DUI school, and over $1000 in fines & fees for his late summer drunk driving. Sooner Tea Party reports the details of that case. Bryce Marlatt had a successful run as the state senator for 9 NW Oklahoma counties. He had a 'frat boy' habit of partying in Oklahoma City (hours away from the constituents of Cimarron County). No, he wasn't driving drunk, but he made aggressive sexual advances to the female Uber driver who was taking him from club to club, in the summer of 2017. He resigned when he was indicted later that summer. Yesterday he accepted a plea bargain to reduce the felony sexual battery charges down to a misdemeanor. NewsOk has that story. |
Although Democrats in the senate are still a single-digit caucus, they intimidated all but one of the senators to turn their historic chamber into a giant & overreaching school board. JJ Dossett (a Democrat former school teacher) decided to make it a crime for anyone to step on public school grounds with a personal vaporizer. SB33
Meanwhile the House passed a restoration of Oklahomans' right to keep and bear arms without infringement. Majority Leader Jon Echols and a large contingent of House Republicans co-authored the measure HB2597. Our legislature passed language decades ago which required citizens to buy that right by paying hundreds of dollars and taking education courses. 70 Republicans supported the constitutional mandate and 6 opted to leave the restrictions in place. 24 Democrats all voted against the Constitutional Carry reform.
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