The special session to help solve Oklahoma's budget crisis is going about as well as expected.
Yesterday afternoon, Mary Fallin and GOP leaders from the House and Senate – a.k.a. the people who caused our state's dire financial situation in the first place – announced details of a new budget plan that protects the pockets of the wealthy and elite, and kicks the never-ending budget crisis can down the road.
Here are some details via Non Doc:
Gov. Mary Fallin and Republican lawmakers announced “an agreement between House and Senate Republicans” at a press conference this morning but declined to take questions from media, saying she was headed to The Oklahoman’s editorial board to discuss the plan.
Fallin, House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Schulz ignored questions from press, including The Oklahoman’s own Capitol reporter who noted that his editorial board surely “would not mind” if they took time to answer questions about the proposal.
Geeze. If you were looking for another reason why our state sucks, there you have it. They literally didn't answer media questions because they had to go suck the tiny dicks of The Oklahoma Editorial Board. Talk about preaching to the choir, I'm pretty sure the oil overlords who tell our lawmakers what to do also tell the Oklahoman Editorial Board what to write. It's a complete waste of time! It would be like State Rep John Bennett leaving a militia meeting early to go pitch Ted Nugent on open carry gun rights.