Fallin Defends Vetoes, Says They’ve ‘Been effective’ In Getting Legislature’s Attention

From an article by Rick Green in The Oklahoman:

Q. Do you feel your vetoes and the broadside has been effective? Are you seeing movement now?

A. Absolutely, I think the vetoes have been effective because my goal was to get the attention of the Legislature and say we’ve only got a couple more weeks to get the budget done. We need to fix the Capitol. We have other important pieces of legislation that have not been addressed. We need to get busy and get about solving the problems of the state and finding solutions to those issues. So I think we have had a very successful week. It’s been a hard week but a very successful week. I do think our actions this week broke the logjam and helped refocus everybody.


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  1. Edmond Voter, 05 May, 2014

    What a stupid thing to say…. you veto good legislation, including some bills that you requested, to make a point. Well it was a tantrum because the House isn’t willing to add more debt burden to the taxpayer’s shoulders. Maybe a sit down discussion where you LISTEN and the House Members talked and explained why they don’t want more debt and how the repairs could be done without more debt would have been more productive.

    It’s time for Mary to quit acting like Obama!

  2. Jon, 05 May, 2014

    Her agenda is basically a total loss this year. At least she got the “tax cut.”

  3. Tom, 05 May, 2014

    Well said!

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