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Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields

State Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields – what is he?
Oklahomans have legitimate cause to question whether their current Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields is a drunken thief, an idiot or simply a practical joker run amok.
Last weekend something “strange” happened at the Professional Bull Riders Association’s Copenhagen Challenge Tour championship event at the Ford Center in Oklahoma [...]

Senator David Myers Says ‘Fooled You’

State Senator David Myers, R-Ponca City, wants to snuff our butts and he has introduced Senate Bill 1875 to make it happen.
A mere five years after decreeing that separate “smoking rooms” were required for restaurants wishing to provide a smoking section for patrons, the Oklahoma Legislature will now consider and likely pass a new decree [...]

A Taxing Situation

Oklahoma House Republicans find themselves in a taxing situation.
One of their own making and one that is taking a major toll on party leaders.
First it was discovered that then Speaker of the House and All-Round Boy Wonder Lance Cargill had a major problem in filing his state and federal taxes on time. And for [...]

Forgetful Or What?

Every year most of us go through a required ritual; filing tax returns.
But not all of us do so.
And now we know five such individuals and oddly enough they are all members of the Oklahoma Legislature.
According to the Oklahoma Tax Commission:
Representatives Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, Don Armes, R-Faxon, Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat, Senator Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma [...]

Shall We Pray

As is far too frequently the case, Tulsa City Councilors are discussing how to include prayer in a government function.
Apparently the current crop of councilors, some of whom have been there for years, just discovered that there is no hard-and-fast rules or for that matter any rules on how to kick off city council meetings [...]