Watch for OKPNS to post the ‘dollars per vote’ analysis between Maughan and Johnston in this primary. Developing…

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It’s official, 100% of 2234 precincts have reported.

Will Brian Maughan face J. D. Johnston in a run-off for the Oklahoma County Commissioner, District 2?  The only sure thing at this hour is that incumbent Rinehart and his cartoon antics were sent packing by voters.

Roth says he is ready.  Murphy received many endorsements in her primary against Rob Johnson but now the stakes are higher.

Of course Wesselhoft handily beat McGowen.  Was it the body double maneuver or the fact that republicans believe in experience?  Our advice…don’t take your  inspiration from the nineteen-year-old mayor of Muskogee, not yet.

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This past week in Iraq and Afghanistan, Blackwater employees protected Barack Obama.

One of the biggest pork barrel politicians in the Senate, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, has been indicted by the Justice Department.

Some may point to the beginning of the end of the The King of Pork’s reign the day Oklahoma U.S. Senator Tom Coburn took on Steven’s infamous “bridge to nowhere”on the floor of the Senate in nearly three years ago. Though Coburn lost that day, his reputation as a watchdog against wasteful spending was significantly enhanced, and this week’s events prove the Muskogee Senator is a major budget player in the Congress regardless of his maverick label.

Breitbart tells it.

Project Boomerang aims to bring former Oklahomans back to state
Journal Record
July 28, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY – In an effort to bring former Oklahomans back to the state to bolster key industries, the Commerce Department has developed Project Boomerang, one of the first four projects recognized under the Oklahoma Creativity Project.

Finding a way to connect employers with potential returnees – college graduates, working professionals and senior entrepreneurs – is the heart of Boomerang, Commerce Department Strategic Initiatives Deputy Director Sheri Stickley said.

The nonprofit Oklahoma Creativity Project was established shortly after the state celebrated its centennial, as Gov. Brad Henry designated 2008 as the Year of Creativity. Project Executive Director Phil Moss said the agency’s goal is to promote a culture of positive change and innovation in the state for the next 100 years. Partners such as the Commerce Department are working toward those goals through ideas such as Boomerang.

The other officially certified Creative Oklahoma Inc. projects so far, dubbed “Great Inspirations,” are the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust, which aims to protect many of the state’s historic collections; the Documentary Twelve, a DVD movie exploration of teenage addictions; and the second annual Oklahoma City Halloween Parade through Bricktown.

In the case of Boomerang, Stickley said, part of the department’s purpose is to attract and develop a highly skilled work force. With a tightening national economy and Oklahoma’s aging pool of workers, the department must approach that task with a new attitude appropriate for the Oklahoma Creativity Project.“We’re looking to attract highly skilled professionals with Oklahoma ties back to Oklahoma to fill high-quality, knowledge-based jobs,” she said. “We’re going to have to use a variety of tools to find these folks.”Almost anyone with any former connection to the Sooner State is a potential target, she said, because research has shown that they are the most likely to be lured even if their experience was as simple as a few years at college, a corporate relocation or a family member in the area.

Boomerang will seek out people in two groups, defined by age: 25- to 45-year-olds, young professionals often referred to as Millennials and Gen-Xers; and 46- to 60-year-olds, baby boomers who are likely to have extensive executive experience and are now looking at second careers as entrepreneurs.

Stickley said Boomerang will find those people through higher education alumni lists and online social networking sites such as Facebook. Stickley’s division will establish a Web portal of its own to provide links to potential employers. She said success benchmarks are still being decided, but will involve corporate feedback from job placements.

Boomerang has a small budget within the Commerce Department, she said, and will likely be supplemented with additional resources as the program develops.“One of the things that looks like it’s going to work very well here is the concept of partnering, with universities and their alumni associations, with employers who have positions open, with recruiting firms who are looking for folks. … We can kind of leverage our resources because everybody is pitching in and figuring out what they can do to help.”

• A prime example of the “boomerang effect”, Natalie Shirley is the Secretary of Commerce & Tourism and Executive Director for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. She is responsible for each agency’s strategic direction and efforts.

Unofficial results of the Primary Election will be available here Tuesday, July 29, beginning shortly after the close of polling places statewide at 7 PM.

Results will be updated continuously throughout the evening until all precincts have been reported.

William F. O’Brien
The Edmond Sun

Today’s Republican primary between Dana Murphy and Rob Johnson for Corporation Commissioner may not be determined until early tomorrow morning: it’s that close.  The real test will be against incumbent Roth.