Together Oklahoma Priority Wins and Losses Now that we’ve had a little time to rest since the legislative session ended, let’s process how we did this year while it is still fresh in our minds. As a loosely affiliated coalition of concerned citizens, we kicked off the 2015 session with six top policy priorities. Here is […]
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Together Tuesday Update: The legislative session has ended – so now what?
The end of session and processing the budget cuts As many of you noticed our legislators managed to pass a budget deal and wrap up the legislative session before Memorial Day. For this Together Tuesday Update we are definitely all together in our disappointment with the budget deal and concerned about what cuts agencies have under […]
Together Tuesday Update: Forgotten Fourteen Winner and Budget Talking Points
The State Budget Response We expect a state budget agreement to be announced by our state legislature very soon. Are you ready to contact your legislators with your response to their proposal? If the budget deal suggests more cuts to state agencies that have suffered through cuts for many years, and we expect it will, how […]
Together Tuesday Update: Questions you can answer and who’s going to win.
Do the people who represent you have questions you can answer? When I helped deliver your sign-on-letter to Halt the Tax Cut , at the Capitol last Tuesday many of the legislators asked me three questions: “I agree with you but what can I do if most of my colleagues don’t get it?” “Isn’t Halting […]
Together Tuesdays Update: An early lead in the Forgotten Fourteen Contest and Who can you tell?
There are campaigns to lobby legislators with big money and special interests behind them. This isn’t one of those campaigns. This is about you! Halting the Tax Cut to save our state funding is about people, organizations, and businesses like you and yours spreading the information by word of mouth. YOU realize that Oklahoma’s schools, […]
Together Tuesdays Update: The Capitol, the contest, and the Forgotten Fourteen?
It’s Tuesday! If you just joined our list via the online Halt the Tax Cut form, welcome! Each week we do our best to give you a brief update that will help you take good information and translate it into action. In this email: Who are the Forgotten Fourteen? Capitol Visits to Halt the Tax […]
The Forgotten Fourteen Contest!
Who are the Forgotten Fourteen? It’s a contest! The maps on this post show the senate districts broken into three categories by color. As you know, the past few weeks we have been urging you to contact your legislators to halt an ill-advised income tax cut that will require even deeper cuts to critical services […]
Some great wins to celebrate with one last push!
The deadline for bills to pass both chambers and head to the governor or conference committee was yesterday. That means our focus is narrowed and we have some successes to celebrate but the work is not done! Our coalition WON on stopping the call for a Constitutional Convention and passing some great criminal justice reforms […]
Who, When, and How of visits to your legislators
Face to face is the strongest way to tell your legislators and their staff about your priorities. Here are some tips for making your visit to the Capitol a meeting that will be remembered. Who do you need to talk to? You can find direct contact information for the office of your Senator and […]
Together Tuesdays Update: Oklahomans standing together
This past weekend, many of us shared stories of where we were on April, 19th 1995. On that tragic day I had the opportunity to volunteer to support the waiting families and the rescue teams, and what always stands out in my mind is the way Oklahomans came together. We are that kind of people! […]
