OCPA Impact’s Dave Bond and attorney Robert McCampbell at today’s news conference
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s advocacy arm flexed its muscle and filed a formal protest today challenging the constitutionality of OU President David Boren’s initiative petition to increase sales taxes by 22 percent.
“The ballot petition is a classic, textbook example of logrolling,” said Dave Bond, CEO of OCPA Impact, a group based in Oklahoma City.
“The reason we’re filing this challenge today with our state’s highest court is because Oklahoma voters need to know there’s a lot more in President Boren’s ballot petition than just a one-cent sales tax increase and a teacher pay raise,” Bond said.
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Good for OCPA Impact. Tackle the OEA for a loss. And intercept David Boren’s attempt to pass this counterproductive proposal to increase sales taxes.