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, public safety, health care system, and services for the most vulnerable have already been hammered by year after year of cutbacks, and that more tax cuts during a budget crisis just don’t add up.
Many Oklahomans don’t even know we have a budget shortfall nor do they know that continued cuts are causing us all to suffer. Many who do know it is there don’t realize they can do something to stop it. Here’s how YOU can help:
- Have you used our simple online form to alert your legislators to Halt the Tax Cut? If you’ve done so – thank you, now please tell your friends.
- Have you downloaded and shared supporting information like these Halt the Tax Cut talking Points?
- Have you asked every leader of a business or organization to endorse our sign-on letter? We’ll deliver the first group of signatures today but leaders can still sign on on behalf of their organization.
This is a big deal and not some false sense of urgency.
Who is going to win the Forgotten Fourteen Competition?
Last week we kicked off our Forgotten Fourteen Competition where we encouraged residents in areas that hadn’t responded to our online action form to contact their legislators. We’ve been impressed that some Senate Districts jumped into action right away. Here is where we stand:
- In 1st place we have Senate District 28 making their voices heard by telling Jason Smalley we need to Halt the Tax Cut. In the last 10 days, 20 residents of SD 28 have emailed their legislators through our online form – that’s huge! If they keep this up we’ll probably be hosting a party in Chandler, Seminole or Stroud.
- 2nd is so far a three way tie between:
- Senate District 03 telling Wayne Shaw we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Stilwell, Chouteau, Grove, and all the rest.
- Senate District 13 telling Susan Paddack we need to to Halt the Tax Cut to support Ada, Paul’s Valley, and Holdenville.
- Senate District 32 telling Randy Bass we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Lawton, Medicine Park, and Cache.
- 3rd is a neck and neck tie between
- Senate District 06 telling Josh Brecheen we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Durant, Coalgate, and Madill.
- Senate District 42 telling Jack Fry we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Mid-West City, Del City and Oklahoma City.
- 4th is yet another tie between
- Senate District 05 telling Joseph Silk we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Broken Bow, Heavener, and Antlers.
- Senate District 20 telling AJ Griffin we need to to Halt the Tax Cut to support Guthrie, Perry, and Marland.
- 5th is hot on their heals with
- Senate District 07 telling Larry Boggs we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Krebs, Wetumka, and Wilburton.
- 6th stair stepping on down the list
- Senate District 31 telling Don Barrington we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Fredrick, Duncan, Lawton, and Walters.
- 7th by just one less
- Senate District 38 telling Mike Schultz we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Hobart, Altus, and Weatherford.
- 8th also one less email
- Senate District 26 telling Darcey Jech we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Elk City, Cement, and Watonga.
- 9th barely behind by one (do you see a pattern here?)
- Senate District 18 telling Kim David we need to to Halt the Tax Cut HERE to support Coweta, Wagoner, and Fort Gibson.
- 10th – last and indeed least with exactly zero new emails sent
- Senate District 14 is so far NOT telling Frank Simpson we need to Halt the Tax Cut to support Ardmore, Sulpher, Lone Grove and Tishomingo.
Fascinating! This contest is so close and YOU can make the difference. Look HERE to see which Oklahoma towns and cities are in each district and contact the people you know in those places to have them use our simple form to make sure we’re saying it loud and clear, “HALT the TAX CUT!”
In another interesting turn our competition has left a few more Senate districts in the dust. We aren’t adding them to the Forgotten Fourteen contest but they could really use a boost. Tell your friends in these senate districts to use our simple online form too: SD O2 (Marty Quinn of Claremore) , SD 08 (Roger Thompson of Okemah) , SD19 (Patrick Anderson of Enid) , SD 23 (Ron Justice of Chickasha) , SD 34 (Rick Brinkley of Owasso) , and SD 45 (Kyle Loveless of Oklahoma City).
Do share our message to Halt the Tax Cut far and wide. You can post our talking points, the infographic, and our blog posts on social media like Twitter and Facebook. You can send an email to friends and colleagues. You can print and pass out hand bills with the link to our simple online form.
The power to create change is in your hands. Don’t waste time feeling helpless. Take action today!
