Last week, I was reading through an article in Oklahoma Watch about a rich lawmaker’s effort to force something called the Save Oklahoma Plan onto the scene for the 2026 legislative session and gubernatorial race.
For the most part, it seems like your run-of-the-mill pandering conservative policy package that acts as the carrot to distract people from more important policy issues, but once you dig into the details and cash incentives, you realize it’s actually a badass plan that will totally move Oklahoma forward and make us the very goodest place to live in 'Murica.
Via Oklahoma Watch:
A freshman Oklahoma lawmaker who upset a powerful House Republican incumbent last year is trying to turn grassroots energy into a broader policy movement, rolling out a seven-point conservative agenda that has already drawn support from several statewide candidates ahead of the 2026 elections.
The seven-point plan, which Shaw released in the summer, focuses on eliminating taxpayer-funded lobbying, anti-renewable energy policies, investigating turnpikes, and opposing vaccine mandates. Shaw said he tested the ideas through a statewide poll of Republican primary voters, finding all seven items “overwhelmingly favorable” with the base.
See what I mean?! That’s awesome stuff! I can’t wait to save Oklahoma by… helping ensure our people are less vaccinated from disease? Is this the Save Oklahoma Plan or simply a sly pitch to get RFK Jr. to move here?!
Hehe. Just kidding. I bet people, businesses and even viruses will have to get in line to move here once this plan becomes reality. Sure, that will likely be due to the state’s turnpikes being shut down as lawmakers investigate and expose the OTA, but where this state is going, we don’t need roads!