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OK House Ed Comm Dismantles Sloppy “Predator” Bill

April 4, 2015 Brett Dickerson

Ok Legislature, Biggs, Virgin, Canady — Representatives Virgin (L) and Cannady ask Rep. Scott Biggs questions about SB 301 Monday, March 30 |Photos by Brett Dickerson

OKLAHOMA CITY — It was a tough Monday morning for Oklahoma Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Dist. 51) as he tried to sell SB 301 to skeptical GOP and Democratic House members in the Education Committee*.

The bill is intended to establish a dedicated investigator of the state Board of Education to make sure that teachers suspected of being “sexual predators” can’t move from one school district to another when legal prosecutions fall apart.

But the committee wasn’t buying it — not even the Republicans.

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Armed Teachers Are Not the Answer

September 14, 2014 Brett Dickerson

Shooting range female — Photo Credit: Ant1_G via Compfight cc

This is America. We want to believe that if there is a problem anywhere that involves violence, then we should be able to overcome it with even more violence. But, sometimes that just won’t work.

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Don’t Believe Right-Wing Rhetoric About “Teachers Unions” in Oklahoma

June 23, 2014 Brett Dickerson 6 Comments

The ads for Janet Barresi in the Oklahoma City TV market are almost surreal. Are they even talking about Oklahoma? Yes, they are. But I don’t recognize what they are describing.

Now to get the effect, use that deep, male, monster-truck-tractor-pull scary voice to say the words “teachers unionzzzzzzzzzz“. What? You mean there are for-real teachers unions in Oklahoma?

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