Legacy of Senator Jim Inhofe Honored

By David Arnett

The Senate and House passed a bill introduced by Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK) to name the new Veterans Health Administration (VA) 75,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital in Tulsa the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center in honor of the life and legacy of the late-Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, who tirelessly served our military, veterans, and their families for his entire public service career. The release issued today by Lankford’s office, detailed help to ensure the hospital received funding to commence construction in 2020 and to ensure the skyrocketing Biden/Harris inflation of the last three years did not interrupt the construction schedule with additional unforeseen costs. This legislation was supported by the entire Oklahoma congressional delegation and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. 

James Mountain Inhofe
Continue reading →

County Hiring Questioned

By David Arnett

Multiple sources have asserted there is an effort underway by Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith to place James Rae, her current Chief Deputy, in a permanent staff position before her term ends in January. Commissioner Keith did not run for reelection, but for Tulsa Mayor and lost that race November 5.

Observers question if a job is being manufactured to “home” a political operative. Rae ran for the County Commission seat but was defeated in the primary. Rae had previously run for the Texas Legislature prior to moving to Tulsa and came in third in the Democratic Party Primary.

James Rae
Continue reading →

OK Political Party Accountability Bill

By David Arnett

Political parties will be required to honor the will of their electorate or bear the cost when House Bill 1010, filed this week by Rep. Molly Jenkins, R-Coyle, becomes law.

Jenkins filed HB1010 in response to actions by a small group of elite National Democrat Party power brokers after they removed the candidate chosen in the March Oklahoma Democrat presidential preferential primary from the ballot.

Jenkins’ proposal would require political parties to honor the will of their voters or reimburse taxpayers for the cost of the election. An Oklahoma law requiring political accountability.

Continue reading →

Gov. Stitt’s Pointless ‘Green’ Energy Plans

By Jenni White

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently posted a picture of himself happily seated at a table in the governor’s mansion with Ambassador of Denmark to the United States Jesper Møller Sørensen, telling Oklahomans how he has “just signed a historic memorandum of understanding between Denmark and Oklahoma” for “reliable” energy for both “communities.”

The preamble of the memo says Oklahoma is being “leveraged” — that Oklahoma will be transformed using cutting-edge European “green energy” technologies. The official press release from the governor’s office is even more fawning.

Photo: Official Twitter account of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.
Continue reading →