2012 HD 31 Transportation Report
This week I will release the 2012 House District 31 transportation update. This update provides House District 31 residents with the latest schedule of upcoming…
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Open Records Bill for Legislature Picks Up Momentum
Last Thursday, Speaker of the House Kris Steele publicly announced his support of the proposal to apply open records and meetings laws to the Legislature.
Modernization Reform is Saving Taxpayers More Than Expected
The Oklahoma Office of State Finance provided the state with some great news last week!
House plans more government modernization, pension
OKLAHOMA CITY – House Republican leaders today unveiled another round of policy proposals designed to make government more efficient and fiscally stable.
Next week’s town hall meeting and polling location changes
You are invited to attend a town hall meeting next Monday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Waterloo Road…
Consolidation enables open source software strategy
When the Legislature and the Governor approved the consolidation of Oklahoma’s state information technology infrastructure, they created a series of opportunities for cost savings and…
Eliminating the income tax enables property tax reform
Last week I wrote about the recently released plan from the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and former Reagan economic advisor Arthur Laffer (the author of…
The new election day polling locations
As you may be aware, on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, all Republican voters in Logan County will be eligible to vote in the Republican primary…
This is the year to eliminate the state income tax without increasing other taxes
I have always believed the elimination of the state income tax is not only doable, but also imperative.
State government needs a performance audit
One of the most important components of this year’s House government modernization effort will involve acting on a request from State Auditor Gary Jones.
Open government laws should apply To legislature
Last year, I filed Legislation that would apply Oklahoma’s open meetings and records laws to the Legislature. As you are probably aware, these are the…
Want to limit lobbyist power? Shrink the size of government!
I really enjoy watching political documentaries. I recently watched, The Best Government Money Can Buy. This documentary does a great job showing the considerable influence…
What is Next?
In my last update I described the conclusion of this year’s interim study process that occurred one week ago on Thursday. I wrote about the…
A rewarding day
I consider last Thursday to have been the most exciting and rewarding days that I have experienced as a legislator.
Study Finds Taxpayers Continue to Save Millions
Oklahoma taxpayers continue to save millions of dollars due to recent purchasing reforms, according to the state’s purchasing director.
Putting An End to Lobbyist Gift-Giving
Twice each year the media publishes a list of personal gifts received by legislators from registered lobbyists. The reason this list is published each six…
City and County realizing savings for taxpayers
If you have read very many of these updates in the past, you are familiar with the savings to taxpayers due to the modernization of…
This year’s modernization interim studies
The Government Modernization Committee will conduct a series of interim studies next month.These studies are designed to bring attention to the implementation of past modernization…
More About the 2011 Modernization Reforms
I wanted to write just one more article describing some of the reform in this year’s successful Government Modernization legislation. These reforms put into place…
Consolidating State Agencies
Last week I wrote about the large number of modernization initiatives that were approved this year by members of the Government Modernization Committee, the Legislature…