Randall Erwin Says Cash Not Kickbacks

The Tulsa World's Mick Hinton reports that a former state lawmaker says he accepted $6,800 from longtime Senator Gene Stipe's business partner, but he insists the payments, all made in cash, were not kickbacks. Randall Erwin said he is puzzled why the Federal Bureau of Investigation never contacted him before coming out with kickback allegations contained in affidavits for search warrants made public in early March.

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