In the race for OKGOP Vice Chairman, the founder of SoonerPolitics has declared his candidacy in support of a 'John Bennett Vision'.  As a Constitutional Christian Patriot, David says he intends to assist the chairman's vision, priorities, and timeline.
​  Party organizational reforms have been a part of David's legacy, in the OKGOP. No current party member has done more to reform the structure and process more than David, having secured passage of several party amendments in the past 10 years.

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​​  David came to Oklahoma as a teen for his degree in pastoral studies in 1980. A few years later he married his hometown sweetheart from central Minnesota and they made their permanent home in Oklahoma. 

  His business & ministry training have informed his conservative values and led him to actively work in the Republican Party for several decades, focusing on presidential politics, initiative petitions, constitutional reforms, and grassroots organizing.

  In 2012 he was picked to lead the Rick Santorum Oklahoma presidential campaign, which brought grassroots conservatism our first presidential primary win since our state switched to a primary format.

  ​We don't need to agree with this Harvard study. But it starts a good conversation.  This report first appeared in the Washington Post, by Jonathan Elker, Kate M. Tobey and Davin Coburn.

  The Oklahoma House of Representatives just passed a new tax on recharging electric vehicles at recharging stations, then passed a companion tax credit to owners of those recharging stations. It's a wealth transfer narrative which does nothing to lower fuel taxes on gasoline or diesel.  The measure gained 90 floor votes in the 101 member chamber. It now goes to the Oklahoma Senate for further approval. 
  The measure, HB2234, would normally require a vote of the people, but the House avoided that accountability by getting a 3/4 margin and declaring an emergency authorization clause.
  Those members rejecting the proposal included; Crosswhite-Hader, Gann, Tommy Hardin, McDugle, Sean Roberts, Stearman, & Kevin West.
The author, Kyle Hilbert; said that if he didn't get the 3/4 threshold, he'd run another bill which doesn't need more than a simple majority vote. Nowhere did he agree to send his tax increase bill to a vote of the people.  He said his 3¢ tax equates to a 19¢ per gallon tax which gasoline is subject to.
  Hilbert said that he and Rep. Fetgatter met with charging station organizations over the past few months. He admits that much of the language was heavily influenced by industry players.

  Rep. Josh West (R-Grove) just got House passage of a massive restructuring measure for the state medical marijuana business licensing.  HB2272 radically changes how State Question 788 directed the creation of a free enterprise system for growing, processing, and distributing cannabis medicines in Oklahoma.
  Current law, passed by the voters; allows all law-abiding residents to seek a business license for $2500 from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA).  The new licenses (if any get issued) will be awarded to lottery winners who purchased a  MMB lottery ticket from the OMMA. The most recent version of the bill now leaves it up to unelected agency officials to create the lottery scheme and the ticket prices. the previous bill language put the lottery tickets at $12,500 each. It could be higher, or lower; depending on what the governor dictates to the agency.
  The legislature is now seeking to take significant funding away from the OMMA and capping the licenses totals this fall. Then a moratorium will block any new licenses and the legislature will revoke licensed Medical Marijuana businesses (MMBs) if they fail to meet certain commerce quotas.  No safeguards are included to make sure remote locations have access to legal medicines, should their in-county dispensary be shut down for underproducing taxable sales quotas.