I’ve been at this TLO thing for so long that you’d think, by now, I’d have a boilerplate template ready and on standby to cover the latest efforts of conniving rural Oklahoma conservative lawmakers to consolidate their power, chip away at democracy, and act as petulant dicks by making it more difficult, if not impossible, for Oklahoma citizens to place a state question on the ballot.
You know, articles like this and this and this and this and this.
But, alas, I’m a bit lazy and disorganized and have never gotten around to making one, which means every time our lawmakers attempt to subvert and silence the will of the people—like they are with SB 1027—I have to write it from scratch.
In case you weren’t aware, last week an Oklahoma Senate committee advanced SB 1027 to the Senate floor.
Titled the “Fuck the People: We Want All the Power” Derplahoman Government Consolidation Act, if it becomes law, the bill will dramatically alter the way citizen petitions are organized, funded, and approved, making it all but impossible to overcome our right-wing lawmakers' inaction and ineptitude.
For example: