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Global Warming Based on Science?

Saturday, January 20th, 2007 by Tim Gillespie

The following article was originally published by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Is Global Warming Talk Based on Science?
By David Deming, Ph.D. I recently read an editorial column in an Oklahoma newspaper alleging that Senator Inhofe is “not the leader we deserve” because he refuses to toe the party line on global warming. That’s funny. I [...]

Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector Candidate Pledges to Support Freedom Agenda

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

Candidate for State Auditor and Inspector, Gary Jones, signed the Oklahoma FreedomWorks candidate survey. Here are his answers:

Oklahoma Lt. Governor Candidate Pledges to Support Freedom Agenda

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

Independent candidate for Lt. Governor, E.Z. Million, answered the Oklahoma FreedomWorks survey.  Here are his answers:
1. If elected, will you support legislation similar, if not identical, to the TABOR Amendment proposed by State Question 726, the Stop Over Spending Initiative, which would limit government spending to what was spent the previous year adjusted for inflation [...]

Oklahoma FreedomWorks Hosts State Auditor Debate

Friday, October 13th, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

Oklahoma FreedomWorks will begin holding monthly meetings in October; the meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month. Our first meeting is to be held on Thursday, October 19th at Johnnie’s Charcoal Broiler at 5001 S Harvard Ave in Tulsa. (If traveling westbound on I-44, you can enter Johnnie’s from the I-44 [...]

A great letter to the editor

Friday, September 15th, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

There was a great letter to the editor in the Muskogee Phoenix this week about the State Supreme Court throwing out TABOR.  Check it out: The people speak: State gives TABOR unfair consideration

TABOR flunks legislative poll

Monday, March 27th, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

It looks like Oklahoma’s state legislators are out of touch. Recent polling shows that the citizens of our great state favor the Stop Over Spending (SOS) initiative by around 70%. Our legislators, on the other hand, apparently don’t like the idea of not being able to spend, spend, spend. The following article, [...]

‘I’m spending and I can’t let up’

Monday, March 20th, 2006 by Tim Gillespie

‘I’m spending and I can’t let up’
By Mark Nichols and Brandon Dutcher
This article was originally carried by The Daily Oklahoman on 3/18/2006 and can be found online at: http://newsok.com/article/1789636/
Is it just us, or is anyone else troubled by Gov. Brad Henry’s proposal to spend $7.15 billion next year?
At a time when Oklahoma’s population-growth-plus-inflation [...]

Your Tax Dollars At Work

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 by Tim Gillespie

Sun December 11, 2005
NewsOK.com
By Brandon Dutcher
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Oklahoma’s proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a constitutional amendment that would limit government growth and return excess revenues to the taxpayers.
Regardless of whether this initiative gathers enough signatures and is approved by the voters, it’s worth asking why the idea is [...]

OEA Panicked by TABOR

Thursday, November 24th, 2005 by Tim Gillespie

This article was originally posted on the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs website on 11/23/2005.
To see the entire article, visit http://www.ocpathink.org/blog.asp#843
Oklahoma Labor Union: See a TABOR Petitioner? Call Security!
Posted To OCPA Blog By Brandon Dutcher
Oklahoma’s organized left is now officially panic-stricken regarding the proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights in Oklahoma. One indication: an e-mail [...]