OKC City Counsel Member at OCPAC | Candidates speak Published Monday, June 13, 2022 WE ARE MEETING This Wednesday at NOON Central Oklahoma Home Builders STEVE McQUILLEN Steve McQuillen tackled the largest brick-and-mortar school district in Oklahoma and prevented the theft of more than 100,000 items of equipment. He brings 29 years of auditing and tax experience, a background that includes having been a tax technician for the world's largest accounting firm and an MBA in finance. He will speak about the issues he found in Oklahoma schools and to express his commitment to insure that every school audited will be free of leftist indoctrination in violation of Oklahoma law. ____________ BRADLEY CARTER The city of Oklahoma City's City Manager has moved to add one diversity and inclusion position and funding to implement the recommendations made by the Human Rights Task Force. Councilman James Cooper of Ward 2 provided testimony that indicates the leftist agenda. Find it here. All this under the direction of leftist Mayor David Holt. Bradley Carter is one of the stalwart conservative Christian voices on the counsel and will bring a report on what happened in the June 7th open forum in the OKC counsel meeting last week. ______________ SUBRINA BANKS U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5 Subrina Banks has the endorsements of both General Michael Flynn and Roger Stone. She is the choice of the America First team and their work to return Oklahoma's U.S. delegation to deep red conservative. "I’ll fight for Health and Parental Rights, to secure the border, protect small businesses, defend religious freedoms and the unborn, to keep CRT out of our schools, for fair and legal elections and to stop the woke agenda being perpetrated on our children. It’s time for change!" Subrina Bank's website here. _____________ KATHREN STEHNO House District 53 Kathren Stehno's time on the board of EPIC charter schools both before and after the transition from the leadership of founder Ben Harris provided her the incentive to become a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and help make a difference by providing leadership in the battle for educational choice. Find her campaign website here. ____________ JAMES LANKFORD Only if He is out of committee We sent a hurried weekend edition on Friday to correct an announcement made last week that we would meet next on June 22 but not the 15th. Instead, on Thursday we learned the COHBA was available on the 15th (3rd Wednesday) and NOT the 22nd (Fourth Wednesday). At the time, it appeared that Senator Lankford might be available to make a zoom appearance. However, unless his Republican Policy Committee meeting ends in time to do so, he will not be able to break free. We will be prepared in case he call in. Sorry for all those hoping to get a question or two answered and for those who just wanted to hear from the Senator. It is not James who is backing out. It was us who jumped the gun. ____________ To clarify some weekend queries: An appearance at OCPAC does not imply an endorsement. We have endorsed neither James Lankford nor Jackson Lahmeyer at this point and may not endorse. We have many members who favor Lahmeyer and some who favor Lankford. The feelings on both sides are quite impassioned. WEDNESDAY LUNCH Central Oklahoma Home Builders 11:00 AM Doors open 11:30 AM Lunch NOON to 1:15 PM Meeting Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association 420 East Britton Road, OKC, OK 73114 SEE YOU AT THE WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON! _____________________ MEETING LOCATION Central Oklahoma Home Builders 420 East Britton Road, OKC, OK 73114 WEDNESDAY LUNCH Doors open 11:00 AM Lunch 11:30 AM Meeting NOON to 1:15 PM Entry: $5 Lunch and entrance: $15 FREE to those 18-years old and under FREE to college students 21-years old and under. _______________ OCPAC SOCIAL MEDIA OCPAC LINKS OCPAC Twitter OCPAC Instagram OCPAC Facebook Page OCPAC Facebook Group Table of Contents BOB LINN Oklahoma and the Political Fate of America  JOHN O'CONNOR Bearing the torch for Oklahoma's future RYAN WALTERS Right the Ship in Oklahoma's Classrooms  LAST WEEK A.J. Ferate Scott Pruitt Senator Jake Merrick ______  RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP Renew Today  OCPAC WAR CHEST Keep us Growing for the Future Was this newsletter forwarded by a friend? Sign up to get your own copy here. Subscribe to OCPAC's text messaging notifications. TEXT "join" to (405) 351-1156 Sign up here. ‌ BOB LINN Oklahoma and the Political Fate of America When Oklahoma attorney A.J. Ferate spoke last Wednesday about the firing of coach Joe Kennedy for praying after football games and his role in bringing this before the U.S. Supreme court, I was impressed at the way in which the local engagement of a patriot can produce profound waves of political change in a way as to impact all fifty states. Each of us embodies the divine purpose for which God shaped us when in our mother’s womb. A lifetime is required to fulfill the journey and we should never under-estimate the capacity of God to use us no matter how inconsequential our early years appear to be. This past weekend, historian Bill Federer drew our attention to the great American poet from Illinois, Carl Sandburg. Son of poor Swedish immigrants, a hobo early in life, a barbershop porter, a brickyard hand, and a farm laborer, in time, he discovered his gifting as a writer. At sixty-five, he began his first novel. His poem, Prayers of Steel, reflects his desire to be an instrument in the hand of God, as he wrote, “Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me …” This son of Swedish immigrants also wrote to encourage us in our civic duties. He said: When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from … They lost sight of what had brought them along. Writing in “Washington Monument by Night”, he said, “The Republic is a dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream.” He admonished all Americans to not loose heart in the divine purposes God has for America. In an interview published in This Week Magazine on January 4, 1952, he said: I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us. I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision. The next two weeks represents the time we have to work before some profoundly important primary elections. As A.J. Ferate has demonstrated, your work in Oklahoma carries the potential of having a penetrating effect on our state and on the nation. Don’t under-estimate your role in Oklahoma’s future! If you are not already engaged, I would urge you to connect with either the campaign to elect Attorney General, John O’Conner, or the campaign to elect Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters, as the next Superintendent of Public Education. Obviously, our representation in Washington is also profoundly important and I appreciate those of you working diligently to elect Wade Burleson for CD 3. Find the list of endorsements which came out last Friday here. We will send a more complete list mid-week. Remember the words of Thomas Jefferson: Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Jefferson's words are a forceful and explicit warning that to remove God from this country will destroy it. THANKS TO BILL FEDERER FOR HIS NOTES ON CARL SANDBURG Find the entire article here. Find Bill Federer here. American Minute We are in desperate need of returning to our foundations. Thank you for your activism. I'll see you this Wednesday's luncheon! 11:00 AM Doors open 11:30 AM Lunch NOON to 1:15 PM Meeting Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association 420 East Britton Road, OKC, OK 73114 God bless! OCPAC ENDORSES JOHN O'CONNOR Bearing the torch for Oklahoma's future John O'Connor's qualifications go deeper than the accolades of his peers and his leadership in philanthropic endeavors. He is a devout Christian, prayer warrior, and Bible student. John 's Christianity is not just for show. It has defined every aspect of his life since his days at Oklahoma State University. It is why he was able to win the hand of Lucia, his wife of 42 years, formally Miss Oklahoma, and equally as firm in her devotion for the Scriptures and the way in which they are a guide for all of life's pathways. His opponent, however, has deep ties to the Democrat Party in their effort to unseat the Attorney General. Find Ray Carter's article Democratic Boosters Seek to Influence GOP Attorney General Race here. Find his most recent devotional comments here. Donate to his campaign here. Find his biography here. OCPAC ENDORSES THE ONE MAN WHO CAN RIGHT THE SHIP IN OKLAHOMA'S CLASSROOM Help the Ryan Walters Campaign for State Superintendent LAST WEEK A.J. FERATE A.J. Ferate was engaging as he told the fascinating story of coach Joe Kennedy and his rise from an impoverished childhood to a figure of local and national importance. HEAR A.J. FERATE at the 54 Minute 30 Second Mark Rumble Facebook ___________ SCOTT PRUITT Scott Pruitt's stories of his days as head of the E.P.A. and a member of President Donald J. Trump's cabinet indicate the battle to conquer the swamp is winnable. Former Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt demonstrated how is was done. HEAR SCOTT PRUITT at the 34 Minute Mark Rumble Facebook JAKE MERRICK Senate District 22 OCPAC ENDORSED Jake Merrick is one of the dependable votes in the Oklahoma Senate for staunch conservatism. With our movement partners, Don Spencer and OK2A, Liza Greve and OKHPR, and others, OCPAC is proud to endorse Jake. 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