OFRG Honors Jason Murphey, Leslie Osborn

Oklahomans for Responsible Government has named Rep. Jason Murphey, Guthrie Republican, as its Lawmaker of the Year.

Murphey is the recipient as the primary author in the House of two pieces of OFRG’s policy agenda. Senate Joint Resolution 12 puts to a vote of the people whether statewide elected officials should be limited to just two terms in office. Senate Bill 800 is an important reform to the initiative petition process that requires legal challenges to the wording of citizen initiatives to happen before signatures are collected.

OFRG also announced the creation of a new Taxpayer Advocate Award. It will be given periodically to an individual or group that has made a mark in protecting tax dollars. Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-Tuttle) gets the inaugural Taxpayer Advocate Award for her work in writing House Joint Resolution 1014 and getting it passed so it will be on the ballot in 2010. It asks voters whether a calculation for state spending should be used based on what other states are spending.

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