Former State Senator, Jim Wilson, of Tahlequah; passed away recently. He was part of the old-guard liberal Democrat caucus who served with Gene Stipe and others in the legislature toward the end of the long reign of the Democrat Party. Reports say he was battling cancer. Wilson represented the Tahlequah area and was a Democrat. He advocated for his Cherokee constituents and rural Oklahoma concerns. He was a Vietnam veteran who served in the State House for 2 terms before concluding his Senate service in 2012. In his latter years of service, Wilson was a feared opponent of private schools and especially home educators. He didn't create the Oklahoma public school bureaucracy, but he strove to make it more powerful. One of his last areas of advocacy was to enable any designee of any school to go around the community and round up any kids not attending school at that moment. The law allows kids to be locked up until a guardian is located for that child. The law is already terribly flawed because private schools don't keep the same schedules as public schools. In fact, even among public schools in metro areas, some are 'year-round' and others are not. Uber liberal publisher, Frosty Troy was a noted fan of Jim Wilson's political advocacy. |
Rep. George Faught ends more than a decade of elective representation this month. He posted a message about this transition.
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