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‘Two of them that are missing up on that board are OKPNS as well as the McCarville Report, both good at covering what’s going on at the state capitol. That increasingly has been their role as the capital press corp has been decreasing in size – and that is a bad thing.”
Last Friday’s Your Vote Counts show with host Scott Mitchell did a segment on the Oklahoma blogosphere. Congratulations to the following blogs that were mentioned on air:
We were especially honored to be mentioned in the same breath with the McCoffeville Report Online McCarville Report Online. Not bad for a discredited blog, huh Mike?
With President Obama’s first state of the union address scheduled for tonight, we thought we’d take you back to a “Your Vote Counts” show from May of last year discussing the president’s first 100 days. Also talked about on this episode was a controversial loan Senate Pro Tem Coffee received – from a then unnamed source – to pay his delinquent tax obligations.
Related:
ABCnews.com: President Obama Has Most Polarized Approval Ratings For 1st Year President In Recorded History
It was the best political TV of the weekend: Rep. Richard Morrissette going off on Oklahoma’s Republican congressional delegation for doing nothing about the Obama Administration’s anti-veteran sacking of the new hospital in Southeast Oklahoma County, which will cost the Oklahoma City area 500 jobs and deny veterans and military families access to quality health care. Rep. Morrissette is particularly critical of Congresswoman Mary Fallin, who he says has does nothing.
Examiner.com: Obamacare closes hospitals for veterans & minorities; media & OK Cong. delegation remain silent
OKPNS readers alerted us today that the KOKC version of “Your Vote Counts” this morning featured an exchange between “Sunrise News” Host Randy Renner, Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore and Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City regarding problems with the shrinking capitol press corps.
Listeners say Terrill complained the press has thus far ignored hints that a group of abortion advocates may be the driving force behind some of the provisions of the lawsuit reform bill. Morrissette complained the press missed an astounding revelation by nursing home reformer Wes Bledsoe in a hearing Monday that the same reform effort will endanger nursing home residents. We’ve heard this before!
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Excerpts from this morning’s radio edition of “Your Vote Counts” on AM 1520:
VOTER ID:
“What is so wrong with proving who you are.” - Randy Renner
“Solution looking for a problem. The voter system in Oklahoma is one of the best in the country.” - Rep. Morrissette
“There’s the nonsense of this argument. How would we know if there is voter fraud since we don’t require I.D. now?” - Rep. Terrill
SEN. COFFEE:
“Should Glenn Coffee resign his position as leader of the Senate?”
“No he should not. Before this ever became a story, Glenn Coffee manned up and paid his taxes that were due.” – Rep. Terrill
“We have heard resolution after resolution to stop out of state travel by members of the state house of representatives. My friends on the right won’t hear it.” - Rep. Morrissette
UPDATE: AP: Coffee pays old traffic tickets
Excerpts from this morning’s radio edition of “Your Vote Counts” on AM 1520:
“He just took a crisis and turned it worse.” - Scott Mitchell
“It boggles my mind. No wonder so many Republicans are pushing tax cuts!” - Randy Renner
“His credibility is a little bit damaged. If he seeks the AG, I think that could be problematic.” - Rep. Randy Terrill
“Barack Obama’s recovery program is going to save the State of Oklahoma and the state Republicans from their fiscal mismanagement.” - Rep. Richard Morrissette
The “Your Vote Counts” gang discusses the week in politics on the Sunrise News program with Ken Johnson & Randy Renner. YVC can be heard every Wednesday morning at 7:45.
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