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FLASHBACK! 104 Days & Counting; Is the Investigation Over Yet?

C. W. McBlackville — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:27:38 +0000

Fox 25 Video: Sen. Coates, Did you leave the documents in a Capitol restroom? “No, that’s not the way it happened, I promise you.” June 11, 2008 And speaking of bumbling Investigations: 2 Months and No Arrests! Two months ago yesterday, the capitol press corps breathlessly reported Coates’ press conference in which [...]

Drive-by Orgy Underway/Press Corps Needs a Cigarette

C. W. McBlackville — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:32 +0000

OKPNS has been aware for some time now that anti-Randy Terrill forces were peddling some negative spin regarding a personal bankruptcy filing in 2005. The story broke on a Democrat bulletin board, and that was good enough for drive-by bloggers and print reporters to immediately began the super-heated pursuit. As any regular reader of this blog [...]

Steve Turnbo New head of Statewide Chamber of Commerce.

C. W. McBlackville — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:00:47 +0000

In cased you haven’t heard, public relations executive Steve Turnbo of Tulsa has taken the reins of the statewide chamber of commerce. We’ve written about Turnbo’s PR firm before: Turnbo’s firm, which has mishandled the poultry litigation to the delight of W.A.D. Edmondson, botched the ill-fated river improvements campaign and masterminded Oral Roberts University’s pathetic attempt [...]

Rep. Terrill on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight Show

C. W. McBlackville — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:37:44 +0000

It’s of course not as big as appearing on fasteddieshairnewsok.com or whatever it’s called, but State Rep. Randy Terrill was on Lou Dobb’s CNN show last night. Terrill, who is everything Fast Eddie and his hair want to be (relevant, well-regarded, important and a real television personality on a real television station,) talked with Dobbs [...]

OKPNS Helps Fast Eddie Spread the Word!!

C. W. McBlackville — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:54:10 +0000

This you’ve got to see. The Oklahoma City paper’s ‘TV’ spokesman Fast Eddie Kelley ripping into the state’s most popular politician, State Rep. Randy Terrill, regarding Oklahoma’s most popular law, HB 1804, the immigration and reform bill from 2007. A liberal activist federal judge has temporarily set aide the private employment provisions of the bill. Kelley, [...]

Lawmaker Praises Ed Kelley’s Brilliant Analysis, “Awesome Hair” (Parody)

C. W. McBlackville — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:29:41 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY – A state lawmaker today praised Ed Kelley, editor of The Oklahoman, for providing “the kind of analysis you won’t get anywhere else, ever. Seriously. You’re not going to hear anyone else say the stuff he does, not even on YouTube, a chat board, or scrawled on a bathroom wall.” “Just because a man [...]

Tom Price Wants to Show Oklahomans "A Better Way"

Editor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:38:00 +0000

We said that after maps for millionaires passes, the anti 1804 forces (chambers of commerce) would spring to life, and they have. OKPNS also reported that the U.S. and State Chambers were suing to repeal HB 1804, Oklahoma’s immigration reform bill. Tom Price, of Chesapeake Energy, according to The Oklahoman, “is forming a nonprofit group called A [...]

Dan Boren Says OK Immigration Bill will be Irrelevant after November

Editor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:51:00 +0000

OKPNS recently observed that HB 1804, aimed at penalizing employers and landlords that hire and rent to illegal aliens isn’t quite having the anticipated effect, because it is not being enforced. Perhaps, as we suggested, it is because Oklahoma business owners have been intimidated by the threat of being sued at the Federal level for discrimination [...]

David Braddock (D-Altus) Fighting to Keep Illegal Immigrants in Oklahoma

Editor — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:12:00 +0000

The A.P. is reporting on OK HB 2445 (Which attempts to repeal OK HB 1804): A southwest Oklahoma lawmaker has filed legislation to repeal a state law that targets illegal immigrants, but the chairman of a legislative committee said Friday its chances of being considered are slim. State Rep. David Braddock, D-Altus, said he wants to repeal [...]