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Way to Go W.A.D.! Labor Commissioner Candidate Comments On Tyson Plant Closing

Editor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:19:38 +0000

Oklahoma Labor Commissioner candidate Jason Reese expressed his concern for the families of those facing layoffs after Tyson’s decision to close its plant in Ponca City. Word came last week that Tyson is closing its doors in northern Oklahoma and moving jobs to New York, Iowa and Texas. “This shows, emphatically, the need for a [...]

Quote of the Day: “Private Law Firms Representing Oklahoma….Have Spent About $25 Million”

C. W. McBlackville — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:54:04 +0000

Courtesy of Conium W.A.D., when will the madness end!!!! AP: “Private law firms representing Oklahoma in a lawsuit against poultry companies have spent about $25 million but that amount will increase unless the case is settled, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.” Related: EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Poultry Attorneys Claim Edmondson’s Contingency Fee Contracts with Former AG’s Firm Break Oklahoma and [...]

Quote of the Day: “It’s Better to Work Together Than End Up in Court”

C. W. McBlackville — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:19:23 +0000

Courtesy of Conium W.A.D. Are you listening? From Green Country Values blog: “Arkansas and Missouri officials agreed Monday to meet annually to study ways to protect watersheds and aquifers that cross state lines, a pact both states said would help keep water fights out of the courtroom. “It is not only important to set and enforce standards for your [...]

Video: The Scoop On Poop

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:01:32 +0000

Hat tip: OklahomaHorizonTV Related: Note to Poultry Industry: Utilize the Ability to Fire Bad Consultants! W.A.D. Edmondson’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost? Bacteria In State Waters – A Little Honesty, Please Chicken Back-Scratching AG Edmondson Using Henchman to Intimidate Chicken Farmers? Edmondson Trying to Intimidate OKPNS? FLASHBACK: The Means Justifies the Ends Mr. Attorney General?

Note to Poultry Industry: Utilize the Ability to Fire Bad Consultants!

C. W. McBlackville — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:44:02 +0000

“Who wouda thunk it!” Except for the basketball guy, only the PR whizzes at Schnake-Turnbo Frank could have engineered a more half-baked publicity scheme than to announce a major legal counter-offensive by the poultry industry against WAD Edmondson on a Friday before the national election. Even the tone-deaf Chesapeake PR bumblers know that the media is usually [...]

Video: W.A.D. Edmondson Fights Domestic Abuse (Easier Than Fighting Poultry Farmers & Ballot Petitioners?)

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson talks about the issues discussed at the Domestic and Sexual Violence Conference. Hat tip: newsok.tv

W.A.D. Edmondson’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost?

C. W. McBlackville — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:04:38 +0000

Courtesy of Conium Oklahoma Attorney General W.A.D. Edmondson’s contingency lawsuit business took a severe market downturn of its own on Monday, as a federal judge denied W.A.D’s request to stop poultry farmers from using poultry litter as fertilizer in the Illinois River watershed in northeastern Oklahoma. (Click here to read ruling) In his ruling U.S. District Judge [...]

Tipline: “Write a Caption For This!”

C. W. McBlackville — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:08:01 +0000

Mike Turpen picture courtesy of the “Inside the Beltway” blog. We love it when our readers give us suggestions for stories. A reader today did even better, they gave us a suggestion and wrote us copy to boot. We invite our readers to leave their own caption for this photo. “Using the wads of cash his buddy [...]

The Journal Record Has a Blog!

C. W. McBlackville — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:32:57 +0000

We apologize if we’re the only ones who were unaware of this development. The Journal Record’s blog called “Hot Topic” had its first post in February. Here’s an excerpt from a May 29th post titled, “Outing Drew Edmondson.” We’ve been sitting around the newsroom contemplating important matters. We’ve decided it’s time to out Attorney General Drew [...]

A Breach in the Oklahoma Censorship Cartel?

C. W. McBlackville — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:26:07 +0000

Despite the capitol press corps’s contrivance, more information is coming out about W.A.D Edmondson’s plaintiff lawyer activities.We’ve chronicled the press corps’ suppression of controversy regarding Edmondson’s office many many times: the charges by his Republican challenger James Dunn in the 2006 election that were ignored by the Oklahoma media; the attempt by Edmondson crony Mike [...]