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Quote of the Day: Rep. Terrill: “I Don’t Need a Title to be Relevant”

We couldn’t help but be amused that another figure who put OKPNS on the map is back in the paper.  Rep. Terrill has had a better time with the Oklahoma City daily paper: each and every time he takes on the paper he wins.
The Moore representative is back in the legislature despite a steady drumbeat of propaganda against him initiated by the paper, and the irony of Terrill and Coates being in prominent stories in the paper on the same day was simply too much to resist.

The Oklahoman:

Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said the fracture between conservative House Republicans and Speaker-elect Kris Steele is widening after he said last week he would ask fellow Republicans to focus on economic issues.

“I was offered a position but declined,” Terrill said. “I simply felt that it would be inappropriate for me to accept a position when I may not fully share Speaker-elect Steele’s vision in what needs to take place in terms of our caucus agenda.

“I reached the point in my legislative career where I don’t need a title to be relevant. Read more…

Thanks to all of you who have written and called to urge us to get back into the Oklahoma political scene. You were right: there is just to much going on/being ignored for us to stay out any longer!

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