COMANCHE COUNTY DEMOCRAT

STATE REPRESENTATIVE T.W. TALLMAN ABANDONS CONSERVATIVE VALUES EARLY

                         EDITORIAL

After stepping out on my front stoop this morning to get my copy of the Bentley Bugle, I studied the attractive picture of a rodent on the front page and glanced at the article about how rodent rights were being trampled upon by people trying to solve the health threat to people over by Lake Elmer Thomas. I then turned to page 2 and there lo and behold was an article about State Representative T.W. Tallman and the magnificent job he is doing up at the State Capitol. He was also was on TV this weekend promoting his wonderful solution to the gang problems here in Oklahoma.

His wonderful solution to the gang problem was is two fold:

1. His legislation would form a committee to study the gangs terrorizing the neighborhoods in Lawton and small rural committees throughout the state.

2. Authorize the funding of the study to determine what social programs are needed to cure the gang activity to the tune of $ 1,400,000.

Somehow, I was under the impression that “conservative values” included the minimizing of state government. In fact I think the current Republican controlled State House of the Representatives has a study under way to eliminate some of the committees and commissions now active in state government.

Further, I was under the impression that “conservative values” included trimming funding of social programs and sending the money home to deserving rich folk in the form of TAX CUTZ..

State Representative T.W. Tallman certainly wandered off the conservative values path early in his his political career.

BUGLE BOOSTS TALLNESS AS LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT

I stepped out on my stoop Sunday Morning and picked up my copy of the Bentley Bugle. The front page said someone was standing out up at the legislature and I was real curious what the legislator had done to stand out. As best as I can tell is his accomplishment was being tall. I did not know being tall was an accomplishment, but I guess you put your best accomplishment first. Anyway, the big news was that Tahrohon Wayne is conservative! He says that conservatives have faith and country as priorities. I guess that means he rest of us do not have faith and country in our list of priorites. He says that "Oklahoma has always been a conservative state". But ignores that he replaced a Democratic represetative that with the exception of Corporation Commissioner all of the State Officers are Democratic. Also, until Henry Bellmon, the state voted consistantly Democratic. The House of Representatives, up until last year was Democratic for some eighty years and the Senate is still a Democratic stronghold. The article would have you believe that he has lived in Lawton a long time. However, Tahrohon Wayne has still has not shared with his voters his complete residence and complete work history before he was elected and and we still to this date do not know his soucrces of income, support and employment. Outside of the revelation he he is a conservative with faith and country values and that Tahrohon Wayne is tall, this piece of work appears to be a rewrite of his campaign literature and news releases.