Rep. Scott Biggs, of Chickasha, has been recognized by the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association with its Infinity Award.
Rep. Scott Biggs
The Infinity Award recognizes excellence in legislative leadership by those who are committed to public safety in Oklahoma. The District Attorneys presented the award to Biggs, a former assistant district attorney, for his efforts to ensure criminals are treated fairly and that the Legislature remembers crime victims are an important component to the process.
“Representative Biggs is dedicated to ensuring that Oklahomans are safe. He has worked very hard to help prosecutors in our state by ensuring that we keep the tools we need to prosecute criminals in our districts and by giving us additional ways to be more effective in the courtrooms as we seek justice for Oklahomans,” said District Attorney Jason Hicks. “From helping victims with changes to statutes to fighting for more dollars for public safety, Representative Biggs has truly been a champion for a safer Oklahoma.”
“This is the fourth year in a row we have recognized the extraordinary efforts of Representative Biggs,” said Oklahoma District Attorneys Association Executive Director Suzanne McClain Atwood. “Scott makes sure that victims are not forgotten when it comes to the criminal law. Those charged with a crime have rights that must be protected, but equally important are the rights of victims.”
Meanwhile, let’s not forget that Representative Biggs is the author of State Question 777. Special rights for farmers bill. Why do farmers need special protection ? There are already plenty of laws to protect the right to farm. Vote NO on State question 777! Less government means more freedom.
Here we have a unique case where a legislator is doing the bidding of an association that wants to keep in place our disgraceful third world mass incarceration rates along with civil asset forfeiture, while also making plenty of time to do the bidding of corporate agriculture, which is forever pushing the regulatory boundaries on pollution, producing sick cattle and hogs in closer and closer quarters, and draining the water table. It is no coincidence that the rise of big agriculture has coincided with a steady loss of jobs in the agricultural industry. And now, thanks to this ballot initiative we have the opportunity to ensure that this industry cannot be regulated by the state. Great. And to top it all off they stick on the intellectually insulting title of “Right to Farm”.
Authoritarians who want to limit human liberty and autonomy by handing even greater police powers to the state, while simultaneously stripping from the citizens of the state the power to regulate an entire industry of critical importance are just the kind of Republicans we deserve in this state.
Our Legislature is dysfunctional and embarrassing because of the people we voted for. If you want better, you have to start voting for people who aren’t insane, people who aren’t opportunists, and people who really care about reducing the level of suffering in a poor state with extensive social services needs.