Gary Jones & Pot Stories

 OMG, is Gary Jones  a Pot Head!

Once politicians get away from their scripted talking points they can sometimes find themselves tripping over answers and showing their true colors. Last week we saw this with current State Auditor and Gubernatorial candidate Gary Jones on an answer he gave about smoking marijuana.

The candidate forum was held at Randal University in Moore, seven of the twelve announced candidates for Governor answered questions submitted by the crowd that Tuesday night. A good accounting of the high points can be found here or you can watch the entire video here.

The candidates appearing were Gary Richardson, Gary Jones, Dan Fisher, Connie Johnson, Joe "exotic" Maldonado, Rex Lawhorn, and Chris Powell. Richardson of course is the conservative favorite in the race, a lawer that previously ranas an independent in 2002. Jones is a former GOP State Chairman, more of a liberal Republican than most. Dan Fisher is the radical right abolitionist preacher from Yukon and a former state representative. Johnson is a former legislator and pot legalization activist. Maldonado is an openly gay zookeeper (scary combination, that...). Lawhorn is a small businessman from Broken Arrow. Powell works for the OKC police department. Of the entire group only Richardson has enough financial backing, the credentials, and widespread support for a serious run at the Governor's office.

Sneaking A Quick One At Our Expense

The Bastards Slipped One

Through on us Last Session

We missed this bill getting through the Capitol last session, SB323 which raised the filing fees for running for office. The bill did also lower the number of signatures needed for a petition to escape the cost but it really isn't cost effective to gather signatures given the limited time a candidate has. The potential costs of counting signatures would be offset by the increased fees for filing. The amount of signatures needed in lieu of paying the filing fee went from 4% of registered voters in the district down to 2%.

Filing for County office went from $200.00 to $300.00, Governor filing went from $1500 to $2000, U.S. Senate filing went from $1000 to $2000.00, U.S. Congress filings went from $500 to $750, state wide offices like Lt. Gov., A.G., Auditor, and the like went from $500 to $1000. State rep filings were set at $500.00 and state senate filings were set at $750.00, judges and district attorney filing fees were set at $500.00.

Incompetent Leaders Fight Over Pay Cuts

Incompetent Leadership at Executive and Legislative Levels Prompt Infighting over Pay

The Oklahoma Legislative Compensation Board showed how bitter the tax fight has been this past few months after they voted Thursday to cut lawmakers' pay by 8.8 percent. The vote was four to three in favor of cutting legislative pay by 8.8% with some members voting no because they were in favor of deeper cuts to pay for state senators and representatives. The pay cuts will take effect after the next election in November 2018.

The Board placed blame on the legislature mainly because Governor Fallin appointed the majority of the board members. The stated goal was to bring legislature pay inline with nearby states, with Oklahoma being topped only by Arkansas. The base pay is now at $38,400 so the reduction will lower that base pay to around $35,021 per year plus any bonus for serving as leadership and per diem pay.

Incompetence At the Helm Of State

   

Mary Fallin, Todd Lamb, and Gary Jones's Incompetency and Complacency

Obvious For All to See

$30,000,000.00 DHS Budget Hole Caused by Fallin, Lamb, and Jones's Refusal to Oversee Agencies

More Financial Irregularities Rumored at Commerce Department, Tourism Department, and Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Department

Firing the top lawyer and agency head instead of charging them with felonies and sending them to prison is Mary Fallin's way of covering up her massive incompetence in running the state agencies. Instead of arrests and charges Fallin's favorite boy toy Preston Doerflinger takes over the department, attempting to manage the fallout over years of overspending and fiscal mismanagement despite earlier warnings to authorities.

Murdock Signals 'Desperation' - Attacks McLarty In Senate Race

We rarely post something from other sources but this one was so well written and the tactics are so disgusting that we just printed all of the story.  McLarty doesn't see eye to eye with the Tea Party on everything but she is a huge supporter of Republicans following the Party Platform, in fact she was a key supporter of the resolution.

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  The special election to replace the disgraced Bryce Marlatt in the Oklahoma Senate is getting muddy. Casey Murdock is now launching a speculative attack on one of the most dedicated champions of the Republican Platform, Carolyn McLarty. Dr. McLarty has been an effective defender of Oklahoma fiscal and social conservatism as a member of the Republican National Committee & Chairing a subcommittee of the national party's platform committee.

The Dan Fisher Fan Club Fanatics

Gubernatorial Candidate

Dan Fisher's Crazy Supporters

Brings you:

The Dan Fisher Department of Womb Inspection,Spilled Seed,

and Miscarriage Prosecution

I remember watching a wild eyed crazy man signing the John Birch Society sign in list at one of the Tea Party rallies back in 2009. We were pretty prepared, in addition to the uniformed troopers and the undercover troopers, we had men in our group watching the crowd for the crazy ones, people that seemed out of place or unusually agitated. One in particular stood out after ranting and raving during one of the speeches, upset because the speaker "wasn't going far enough" and that "revolution was needed". The guy looked like a young version of the Uni Bomber, matted hair, wild eyed, pacing to and fro, perhaps high on meth, what we knew for sure was the they guy was a danger and we were shadowing they guy closely.

Becoming increasingly agitated they guy goes over to the John Birch Society booth and signs in, giving his info and email address. I shadowed him out ot the parking lot afterward but not before looking at the Birchers running the booth and slowly shaking my head.

Never Let A Good Budget Crisis Go To Waste

Special Session for Fixing the Budget Hole, but Also for Passing More Special Interest Tax Exemptions!

Yeah, we get it, the 2017 auto sales tax was written by idiots that forgot the effect it would have on fleet sales of trucks and rental cars. But then again car sales can also happen across state lines once the tax differences are high enough that people vote with their pocket books and purchase vehicles in other states and tag them in other states to evade the enormous tax hike passed this spring. And who can afford the tax easier? Jane and Joe Sixpack or the large oil and gas companies, Walmart, and other corporate donors?

The RINOs Lose A Big Tax Battle

House and Senate Leadership and Mary FallinLose the Massive Tax Increase Vote

Oklahomans dodged a bullet this week after the House of Representatives vote on nearly a half billion dollars in increased taxes failed by a handful of votes. Leadership left the vote open for over an hour while they threatened and pressured the hold outs in the Republican caucus, using office privileges, office budgets, committee positions, the usual punishments dealt to conservative Republicans for following the Party platform.

McCall and his minions were successful in swinging two no votes, Ryan Martinez and Avery Frix of Edmond and Muskogee caved in and switched their votes to yes. The links above will take you to their Facebook pages and both need to be lit up over their pro tax increase votes.

The Drunk Drivers In Yen's House

Senator Yen's Son Arrested for Drunken Driving

Senator Ervin Yen Urged to Add Interlock Ignition Devices on Tanning Beds

to Prevent Drunken Tanning

Is a Senate bill from 2011 going to be followed with Senator Ervin Yen's son Jacob Henry Yen following the younger Yen's arrest in Norman for drunk driving?

SB 529 (2011) requires that first time DUI offenders have interlocking ignition devices installed on their cars, requiring the driver to blow into the device and pass a booze test before the car will start. Jacob Henry Yen will also have the words "Interlock Required" placed on his drivers license until the probation period is over and drivers caught driving vehicles without the required ignition interlock will result in arrest. Yen will have to pay for the device and interlock, which was reflected on the court records obtained by the Sooner Tea Party.

Conservatives Win OKGOP State Committee Battle - Honors Bestowed On Legislative Conservatives

RINOs on the Run?

Vicious Battle at State Committee Meeting Won by Conservatives

Pam Pollard and Fount Holland lost a major battle this afternoon at the state committee meeting held and the Windsor Hills Baptist Church. Despite Pam Pollard's desperate attempts to halt the proceedings using threats of a quorum call, fake time deadlines, and other procedural moves the grass roots Republican County Chairmen passed a resolution praising the two dozen or so Republican House members that blocked the outright passage of the massive nearly half billion dollar tax increase. Different sources present at the event vary in the exact count but all accounts agree that nearly 65% of the County GOP officials voted in favor of the resolution while around 29 RINO party officials bitterly opposed the resolution.

Listen Very Carefully

This is Going to be the Result of Passing New Taxes or Increasing Taxes

I live over in the old Kyle Loveless Senate seat and in the last two days have gotten three mailers from Rosino, the Republican candidate for the Senate seat. A picture of the two mailers is above. The other mailer was puffing the candidate instead of accusing voters of being lazy or pre occupied.

On the other side of the mailer Rosino's mailer attempts to explain why Republicans are getting defeated in the special elections, he claims a mix of out of state money and workers and admitting that the Republican voters are staying home and not voting.

I'm not going to miss voting on Tuesday, I'm voting early, for the Democrat and I am a Republican and have been for many years. OCPAC recommended the same, vote for the liberal Democrat who would do less damage.

Tulsa Republican Men's Club: Courtrooms & Constitutional Conventions

Tulsa County 

Republican Men's Clu

Wednesday

November 8th, 2017

We had a great meeting last month with our series "Beyond the black robe" with Judge William Bill LaFortune, Caroline Wall, Kelly Greenough.

This month we will have our monthly meeting with our Judge series: "Beyond the black robe" continued with District Judge James Caputo and we Senator Nathan Dahm discussing article 5 convention. We willl be learning and understanding who they are and what they do...stay tuned for more District Judges in the future!

Where: Oklahoma Joes

6175 E 61st St, Tulsa, OK

When: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

November 8th, 2017

Lunch is purchased in the meeting room and are only $14, drink, tax, and tip (pay when you check in at our table in the meeting room)

Membership is $20, Ladies $10, open to the public.

For a $25 membership you also get a shirt or hat while supplies last!

To RSVP call Billie at 918-638-9977 or billiej86@cox.net.

(you can now pay with a credit or debit card)

...ask about being a sponsor!

Our guests this month is...

Beyond the black robe series. "Here comes Da Judges"

please welcome...District Judge James Caputo of the Criminal Division Criminal Felony Docket E and Senator Nathan Dahm.

Judge Caputo has had a few years on the bench now and it will be a very interesting time learning about his careers and what goes into being a Judge.

Next month we will be having a conversation with Matt Pinnell candidate for Lt. Governor and Representative Glen Mulready candidate for Insurance Commissioner.

Oklahoma Joe's - Tulsa

6175 E 61st St

Tulsa, OK, OK 74136

RSVP: Billie Bell 918-638-9977 or billiej86@cox.net

This will be an exciting talk - you will be glad you made this meeting!

TCRMC Officers

Darren Gantz - President

Michael Phillips - Vice-President

Billie Bell - Treasurer

Cherie Cook - Secretary

Charlie Biggs - Chaplin

Dave Bell - Sargent of Arms

Leslie, You Ignorant ______!

Leslie Osborn, you Ignorant ….

No, we aren't being anything other than sarcastic and playing off the much loved Dan Ackroyd/Jane Curtin skit on Saturday Night Live circa 1979. For the younger readers there was a new format of TV shows going on, William F. Buckley debating some liberal and what was new and unique about it was that both did the best they could to destroy the other and ridicule their arguments. SNL conceived a Point-Counter Point segment, with a woman news anchor played by Jane, who gave a liberal speech about one side of a debate which was almost always a debate on an innocuous subject like a celebrity couple divorce, with Dan Ackroyd responding for the other side and always beginning with "Jane, you ignorant slut." Pure over kill, purely vicious, and so unthinkable at the time that it was a huge favorite with the audiences.

Gary Wants More Taxes

 

A STP T shirt goes to the first person who correctly identifies which
 picture is Jones. Contest not valid in all states, no purchase required for entry

Gary Jones Wants More Tax Increases

Current State Auditor and Gubernatorial race candidate Gary Jones wasn't shy about increasing taxes by a half billion dollars per year when he published his "Fair and Balanced Plan for Budget" last week.

His "plan" is to cut $400 million in unspecified waste, raise all GPT taxes to 5% for three years and 7% after the three year grace period, raise the tobacco tax, add 20 cents to the diesel tax, add 20 cents to the gasoline tax, and an additional 2% GPT tax when oil prices are high to fund education and the Rainy Day Fund.

Jones has collected very little money for his race, around $50,000.00 compared to one to two million dollars collected by the big boys. He seems to be oblivious to alienating the oil and gas industry or the public in general with this half billion dollar per year tax increase. Who is left to support the guy? One wonders why he is even running other than some sort of ego trip.

Tribes Roll the Dice On Speaker McCall

The Indian Tribes Rolled the Dice on Speaker Charles McCall

Fueled by donations from a wide variety of Indian tribes Speaker Charles McCall swept into office and quickly found himself running for Speaker of the House. Initially he was repulsed at a December 2015 Caucus meeting where legislators refused to sign a pledge supporting McCall for Speaker but he came back with boat loads of cash in early 2016 and bribed, AKA campaign donations, enough legislators that he had enough votes to defeat Earl Sears in May of 2016 and clinch the Speaker race.

How he did so was through a PAC that he controlled and the collaboration of Indian Tribe PACs that bribed enough freshmen and incumbents to secure the position for McCall. And anytime anyone spends that kind of money there is always, always, always, a payback.

One of the parts of that payback was filed last week but for some odd reason it wasn't brought up for a Floor vote. HB 1033 would have legalized dice games and roulette games in Indian casinos as long as the Tribe didn't have a direct financial interest in the outcome of the game. It would be done like poker, the gambler's money is put in a pot or pool and winnings and casino fees are paid out of that pot.

Inman's Bimbo Eruptions

      Scott Inman and his happy wife right before the November 2016 election

Yah think she knows?

Scott Inman Bimbo Eruption Revisited

The noose tightens around Scot Inman, the disgraced Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. More information came out last week as a result of our stories on the scandal. One rumor at this point is that political fundraiser Allison Lawrence might be involved in some capacity and indeed the initial rumors in late 2016 were of a fund raiser being the victim of Scott's advances and we will leave it to rumor if victim is a poor choice of words.

The original stories about Scott Inman, AKA Romeo can be found in our archived newsletters.  Look for the archive link at the top of this newsletter.

Meanwhile Rep Mike Ritze went on KFAQ and revealed information of why Inman resigned, mentioning most of the allegations we have made in the past. Interestingly enough Pat Campbell asked if the victim was male or female. One wonders what he might have heard.... In the same KFAQ podcast Ritze tells the details of the arrest of Senator Yen's wife.

Fun with Chris, Jon, and Kevin

Fun with Chris, Jon, and Kevin

Doesn't that  title sound like a kiddie p*rn film found in a desk at the Cleveland County Sheriff's office or a Senate breakroom?
    But no, relax you guys on the East side of the Capitol, we are just talking about Chris Kannaday, Jon Echols, and Kevin Wallace, the first two are puppet masters of Charles McCall, the last is just the state rep they suckered into taking the heat as A & B Chairman.

   Last week we told of the legislators that were calling or emailing us asking to get the newsletter out so that House Leadership would release the agenda for Monday morning. Sure enough, after we published at around 10:34 that allowed Kevin Wallace to send out the agenda and bill details shortly after 11 pm. Their goal of course is to not allow us to spill the beans and write about what they have planned, in short, they fear our influence might override their intimidation over the legislators.

The Senator's Wife Bites: Part 2

Senator Ervin Yen's Wife Arrest Report

We had a constant stream of emails and Facebook messages asking for the release of Pamela Yen's Assault and Battery arrest report on October 5^th of this year. We are usually pressed for time and didn't have the time to properly redact the report before publication so we held off publishing the actual arrest report.

We did redact the name of the victim and a witness and we did redact Pamela Yen's home phone number. Anyone that truly needs the info can email us by replying to this newsletter and we will furnish you an un-redacted copy, as long as you agree not to publish the victim's name or the witnesses name. Trust me, going after a sitting state senator can be hazardous to your safety so we owe these folks all the protection we can give them and thanks for holding Pamela Yen accountable for her actions.

And feel free to share this arrest report online, it is public record, but we would appreciate mentioning that it was STP that brought this covered up scandal into the daylight.

You can read all about the arrest of the wife of one of the most reviled and hated state senators in our archive section of earlier newsletters, find the link in the header of this email newsletter. Senator Ervin Yen is indeed one of the most hated men at the Capitol for good reasons.

Meanwhile the main stream media is pretending the arrest never happened. Kyle Loveless's wife was vilified in the press after her meltdown as was Kyle himself but hey, they were conservatives, right?

And you wonder why our state government so corrupt?

   

Getting McCall's Goat

Come on McCall, you let a guy in a sweater kick your but?

Ah, our Legislator of the Week is Democrat Cory Williams

Pompous and corrupt Speaker Charles McCall found himself heckled and frustrated at a press conference by Democrat Cory Williams this week. The video showed McCall holding a press conference while Rep. Williams heckled and catcalled out in the hallway, completely making a fool out of McCall in front of the press and all that watched the video.

What is needed is more of the same but from the Republicans but they would suffer, oh how they would suffer. McCall would remove their secretary or Legislative Assistant, take away their office and put them on the 5^th floor in hallways or several to a room with the Democrats, and leadership would be certain to kill any bill they might write or file or support.

Richardson & Sierra Club Team Up To Protect Our Constitution

Electric and Hybrid Car Tax Overturned

Thanks to Gary Richardson and the Sierra Club

Both Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Gary Richardson and the Sierra Club challenged HB 1449 as an illegal or unconstitutional bill that placed a tax on electric and hybrid vehicles. It was passed in the final five days of the legislative session, passed with less than the required ¾ majority votes, and it was a tax, not a user fee as alleged by House and Senate leaders. The "fee" was $100.00 on electric vehicles and $30.00 for hybrid vehicles to offset the wear and tear on the roads not paid for in fuel tax.

The Supreme Court refused to allow Gary Richardson's suit to merge with the Sierra Club lawsuit and the final ruling was on the Sierra Club suit. The ruling overturned HB 1449, saving Oklahomans about a half million dollars a year. However, Richardson was allowed to argue and submit filings that were considered in the case so it was a huge win for Richardson and ought to show the voters that he is proactive at limiting the damages to the voters even before he runs for office.