It's A Stinky Award
State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft today awarded his second annual "skunk master award" to House Bill 1278, the "stinkiest bill of the session."
Wesselhoft said even though HB 1278 funded the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the bill was full of senatorial pork such as $150,000 for the Pollard Theater, a privately owned business; $150,000 for the Greenwood Cultural Center and $200,000 for "A Pocket Full of Hope," a community project in Tulsa. "There was strong debate arguing that the bill ought to be returned to the Senate in order to remove obvious pork, but the bill passed 55-15 with the large number of 31 representatives not voting at all," said Wesselhoft, R-Moore.
Wesselhoft said even though HB 1278 funded the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the bill was full of senatorial pork such as $150,000 for the Pollard Theater, a privately owned business; $150,000 for the Greenwood Cultural Center and $200,000 for "A Pocket Full of Hope," a community project in Tulsa. "There was strong debate arguing that the bill ought to be returned to the Senate in order to remove obvious pork, but the bill passed 55-15 with the large number of 31 representatives not voting at all," said Wesselhoft, R-Moore.
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