SoonerPolitics has received a disturbing letter which alleges gross violations of civil rights, and a Lawton man is still sitting in jail. His cash and gun collection was seized by the police who raided his home at 6am, on October 4th. He says there was a no-knock warrant. He's been sitting in jail since then. Prior District Court records show only a traffic ticket for not having an insurance certificate on hand, in 2014.
  William Keith Davis says he is a properly licensed patient in compliance with Oklahoma medical marijuana laws.  His handwritten letter mentions  he was growing his authorized 6 cannabis plants in his back yard. When police barged into his home, most of his firearms were in a safe. He says he was thrown head first into a pool table. He insists that he told them he is licensed to have the medicine.  When the police found his small amount of medicine, they took all of it and some baggies in his kitchen. they claim that the baggies are evidence that he is a distributor.
His mature plants were immediately pulled up by the roots, destroying them and resulting in a loss of over $2000 in homeopathic medicine.
  Davis says he was immediately arrested and has been in the Comanche County Jail ever since. His case was set to come before Judge Zwaan, yesterday. We were not able to get a status report. His complete gun collection and the $549 in cash found in his home are now in asset forfeiture, so he cannot use any of that as collateral for bail. Without bail, he's not been able to resume employment and hire proper legal counsel.  The courts can keep him locked up and delay trial until October. 
  He was required to provide a Cash Bond of $20,000, which he does not have, so he sits in the county jail.

  The Notorious Paul Tay (he just loves it when I say that) has sent a handwritten petition to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Tay is the filer of SQ808. The petition of protest was prepared without

• the aid of a lawyer,
• paying the $200 fee, or
• serving the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or the filers of SQ807 (Michelle Tilley & Ryan Kiesel).

The document is now posted on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Docket, with all the respect and propriety of any other court petition.  We don't yet know how the justices will react to this. But the clerk of the Supreme Court has honored the document, even though the photo copy shared on the state web servers is not legible.
  Today was the last day to file a challenge at the court. Paul Tay wrote is document last Monday, from his jail cell at the Tulsa County lockup. He is serving a 9 month sentence for outraging public morals (not related to his SQ808 activities)
  In the document, Tay details how the sheriff has denied him access to the jail's library. He says he is a pauper and has no means of paying the $200 for his civil petition.
  He also says his incarceration prevents him from fulfilling the duty of serving notice to the respondents.  If Paul Tay insists on appearing in person before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, will he have the right (or privilege) to do so? 

Lawyers generally agree that it's unwise to represent themselves in court, so how much more is it folly for a non-barrister to attempt the feat? But Tay admits that publicity drives part of what he does... So if that's the motivator, he will press this strategy.
​  Ryan Keisel is seen as the face of the Oklahoma ACLU. He's also the brains and passion of SQ807.  While the ACLU is proudly defending the destitute and disenfranchised, Keisel will now decide whether to use procedural tactics to deny Tay a substantive hearing, before the highest court of Oklahoma.

  This morning, OK2A president, Don Spencer, details the several bills and resolutions his organization is supporting, in the upcoming session of the 57th Oklahoma legislature.
  He says during his participation in OK2A, Oklahoma's rating on self defense rights went from 38th in the nation, up to #5, when it comes to legal policy for the right to keep & bear arms.
  Among the issues, Spencer is also signaling an increased attention to the several District Attorneys in Oklahoma.  He especially singles out DA David Prater for the great abuse of civil rights that have happened to good citizens.
  We're including the link to the video of today's Reagan Breakfast meeting. Adrian Otap, of E Pluribus Otap, attended this meeting and carried the speech live. 

  The legislators were all set to pass a bill to refuse any religious exemption to families enrolling kids into mandatory schooling facilities, without a full battery of recent drug injections and other vaccine regimens.
  The final needed senate supporter was secured on Friday, and the Monday vote was scheduled. 
  But today a mob swelled outside the building equipped with several bullhorns and other portable public address equipment.
  The sound penetrated the stone capitol building and reverberated throughout the capitol complex.
  The senate president took the gavel and presided over the rest of the docket and then claimed a few bills were coming from the other chamber, and to stand in recess for about 15 minutes.
  Then the heavy 'arm-twisting commenced and att this moment Democratic leadership is still failing in their quest to force 14,000 more kids to be filled with these dozens of dangerous drugs.

Hundreds around the nation continued to spontaneously order pizas and othe foods, with instructions to deliver the hot meals to the capitol demonstraors for free distribution as nightfall approached. 

  Recently on social media, someone questioned why the Oklahoma governor has the power to appoint any vacant congressional offices?
​ I responded that this is not the case. But after an election is certified, our governor notifies the federal govt. In Kevin Hern's case, the seat was his just as soon as the election was certified.
​ Here's how I explained it, and why I think our state constitution is flawed (it has numerous flaws).

The governor certified to the Clerk of the US House of Representatives, that Hern was elected. In most states, the Secretary of State is the elected official who certifies the elections. But in most states, the people actually vote for the Secretary of State.
In Oklahoma's constitution, the SOS office is a duty directed by the governor & is sometimes similar to a glorified butler who is appointed by the Governor, and serves at the governor's pleasure.
Oklahoma's constitution grants to the State Senate, to allow their appointed Senate Clerk to serve as our election board secretary.
That is also a bad design, because the senate then gets to dictate who oversees their reelections to the senate.
Our Commissioners of Labor & Insurance should not be independently elected, but our Secretary of State should be elected directly and have the oversight of elections. The governors can hire their own butlers.

  The voters of Oklahoma are about evenly split over the idea of just ending the prohibition of marijuana. Amber Integrated conducted a poll of 500 Oklahoma voters, recently. the sentiments edge slightly to the 'No' side, when asked about a generic question about ending the marijuana prohibition.
  When a specific proposal is presented, that opposition may change. SQ807 would heavily tax the sales and promise voters that the money will go to education & mental health programs (we've heard that before, haven't we?). Some may change their opposition if they see personal benefit from the money raised. But others may change their support if it just becomes a vehicle of growing govt. control and create more problems in regulatory schemes.
  SQ788 passed with 57% of the vote, but some pointed to the poorly written language and still voted 'No', even though they support the idea that cannabis medicines can be beneficial.
  SQ808 faces a much higher mountain to climb because the filer is now sentenced to 9 months of jail on an unrelated matter, and there appears to be no financial backing for the huge task of gathering over 170,000 signatures to put it on the statewide election ballot.
​  This poll was conducted about a month ago.

  Well, sadly, the Tulsa District Court is playing right into Paul Tay's hands, again.
  This genius nutcase will likely win a landmark ruling in his appeal. And he needs to appeal this, because the law is so horribly vague and arbitrary that it was used 50 years ago to keep black men from dating white women.
  Outraging public morals can hardly be established as a statutory marker when it is not specific. Paul tay kept his clothes on, and did not urinate or defecate in public, so that part is mute.
What the courts are left with is his placard's solicitation, which carries an ambiguous double entendre (since he had a manikin body part affixed to his helmet.)
  Blame the legislature for not specifying sufficiently. Blame the legislature for not cleaning up old laws. Paul's a very irresponsible and bad example. But his antics require that we all do our job to make laws that we can actually defend.
  
  If you read the Walker Ruling of 1977, it's clear that the appellate courts have a real problem with how the legislature wrote this statute.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=1187 ​

by David Van Risseghem, with video from E Pluribus Otap 

  The Cleveland County GOP monthly lunch meeting took place today, at Van's Pig Stand, in Moore, OK. OKGOP Chair, David McLain was the invited speaker and his message was largely an update about the party's political objectives, new resources, and calendar events.
 He reports fundraising levels approaching $150,000 since last May. No documentation was stated, nor was any action announced on the State Budget Committee's duty to provide a working budget.
  We still have no news regarding the November State Committee of the OKGOP, which was supposed to approve a budget about 6 months ago. McLain said he will announce the next State Committee meeting after he meets with his Central Committee, later today.
 McLain says that party is actively fighting against SQ804, which would amend the state constitution to change redistricting and ban the State legislature & governor from any oversight of how the people are represented equitably.
  McLain unveiled the Advantage Mobile App for precinct canvassing and other door-to-door resources. 
​ McLain said that the OKGOP helped raise over $200,000 for a legal battle to stop SQ804 in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

​  Senator Bullard has a bill (SB1123) requiring parents & guardians of all children in public schools to give all private medical records to their public school district, regarding all past & present mental health care.
 https://legiscan.com/OK/text/SB1123/2020
​  The bill appears to allow all the faculty & staff of the district to have all the mental health records of all the students who had gotten any care or treatment for anything which is loosely called a mental health facility, for things including for traumatic events, such as victimization & molestation, bullying, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, family counseling, and other matters.
  Current law already empowers mental health clinicians to notify law enforcement of safety concerns relating to a patient. But this law would force every parent to not only tell the school administration everything, but also empower the school to have meetings with all past or present clinicians; and then sort out all the data and discuss within themselves what should be done about the child's history. 

  Jack Wilson became a hero on Sunday morning. His position of leadership in his local church is simple. Organize a volunteer security team to assure the peace & safety of his church family at West Freeway Church of Christ, near Fort Worth, Texas.
  Jack is a former peace officer and has operated a firearms training school. He's also currently a candidate for County Commissioner in  Hood County, TX.
“I just want to thank all who have sent their prayers and comments on the events of today. The events at West Freeway Church of Christ put me in a position that I would hope no one would have to be in, but evil exist & I had to take out an active shooter in church,” he wrote.
“I’m thankful to GOD that I have been blessed with the ability and desire to serve him in the role of head of security at the church. I am very sad in the loss of two dear friends and brothers in CHRIST, but evil does exist in this world and I and other members are not going to allow evil to succeed. Please pray for all the members and their families in this time. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.”

  2019 was a long time in coming, for Don Spencer. The retiree had always been a passionate and principled advocate for constitutional respect for personal rights of self defense and citizen empowerment. But this year Don was able to gather together so many advocates toward a common cause and pathway for success.
  I was with him in January when common citizens did what the elected officers could not do.. Defeat an overreach of the State's Ethics Commission. they were slated to enact some oppressive requirements on our constitutional rights of redress of grievance and petitioning of govt. Don and so many others did their part to tell these un-elected bureaucrats that they have forgotten their place and their limited mandate. We prevailed.
  In February he had a docket of bills authored by collaborative lawmakers to restore major 2nd amendment rights to keep and bear arms. His efforts for Permitless Carry turned into Governor Stitt's 1st signing of a new law. It was a repeal of onerous restrictions on peaceable citizens.
  A collection of other laws then followed, but none will be as big as Permitless Carry. 
  Don showed he wasn't sheepish about establishing his rights in the face of police threats. He stared into the faces of more than a half dozen real and pretend cops at the Tulsa OctoberFest.  While the cops blocked his armed entry, he's still assessing a lawsuit option, based on the video evidence he methodically keeps at every expected confrontation.

 It didn't take long to review the petition language that Paul Tay presented, today. He filed SQ808 to completely end Oklahoma's Marijuana Prohibition. 
 But Paul Tay goes much further than decriminalizing. In fact, Paul Tay's SQ808 would;

1. Mandate reparations for past incarcerations based on cannabis possession charges.
2. Require employers to retain marijuana-impaired workers.
3. Provides an infrastructure for free cannabis to those who cannot buy it at market prices.

  At first, several were expressing positive comments about the simple & short constitutional framework he submitted. But when proper time and concentration is given to an expository breakdown, it becomes little more than a pipe-dream for a statewide hippy commune. It's not a serious proposal for a liberty-loving, responsible Oklahoman. But a loony libertine might get enamored by the notion, until it got implemented.
 To quote the words of an epic rocker..
  I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

  In stark contrast to the massive document filed by a national PAC, Tulsan Paul Tay submitted a very simple and clean constitutional amendment which would shrink govt. while restoring individual liberties as they pertain to cannabis consumption, possession, cultivating, processing, and distribution.
  SQ808 was file just minutes after the ACLU's state director refiled the reworked SQ806, as SQ807.  A hallmark of Kiesel's SQ807 is the huge tax that it mandates into Oklahoma's constitution.  But Paul Tay's SQ808 grants the legislature very limited ability to set a tax which "only covers the cost of implementing this oversight, and nothing else".
  Paul Tay has been a colorful and erratic perennial candidate for elective office. This document is likely to surprise several who follow Sooner State politics. We'll be researching this development and especially seeking to identify the legal minds who put together this vision of drug policy reform.
  This sets up a contrast of visions for liberty and the size of government. While neither of the proposals have been subjected to broad legal reviews, if they both maintain legal integrity in court challenges, it will likely divide the cannabis consumers into two separate camps and result in neither proposals succeeding at the ballot box.
  And then there's the wildcard of Paul Tay's affiliation with SQ808, & the suspicious out of state shadowy figures affiliation with SQ807

Sources closely involved with the ill-fated SQ806 have notified SoonerPolitics that a revised document has been filed as SQ807. Media rumors allege that this new document is a simple edit of a few matters that were heavily condemned as they appeared in the text of SQ806.
  ACLU is seen as closely involved with this effort. the leftist civil litigation group has often advanced Democrat Party policies in court interventions. Ryan Kiesel presents himself as having been extremely active in drug policy reform efforts, in Oklahoma. He leads the Oklahoma ACLU.

  The group issued this ​press release.
There is also a companion FAQ sheet.
We have the text of the measure posted here.

  Critics of SQ806 (the short-lived proposal to sell marijuana to everyone, but at a 24% tax rate) said the idea smacks of "a west coast leftist big govt form of legalization". Libertarian advocates insist that wellness choices should never involve confiscatory taxation beyond the broad rates that other herbs are subject to. 
  But one of the filers of SQ806, Amy Young; has withdrawn her affiliation with the lawyers and PAC who designed the initiative language. She told the Oklahoman that she's stepping aside, and stopping the legal action that she helped launch. 
​  Here's what the Oklahoman reported...