You can spend your whole life looking, but perfection is not something you’ll find in politics. We might argue the same point for everything else on the planet, unless we are on our knees in church having a conversation with the only Perfect One.

For four years, my sole responsibility was to prosecute domestic violence cases. I’ve met countless endangered women and children. I have seen the cycle of violence played out: A person posing for the camera. Description automatically generated time and time again.

As the 2020 political clock continues to tick and voting is actually underway in many areas of the nation, the biggest question of the day is whether or not the pollsters are any more accurate this year than in 2016.

From time to time, a review of history sends us back into the annals in search of details that were meaningful in the formation of our native lands here in Choctaw County. Only a few early explorers were adept at keeping daily journals as did French explorer John Benard Baptiste de la Harpe.

State Question 805 seeks to change the Oklahoma Constitution to prohibit the use of prior criminal convictions to increase the range of punishment for repeat offenders. This prohibition against sentence enhancements applies to ALL felonies, except the 52 “violent crimes” as defined on Jan. 1, 2020. By enshrining SQ 805 in the Constitution, these prohibitions can only be changed with a subsequent vote of the people. The Oklahoma District Attorneys Association voted unanimously to oppose SQ 805. As President of the Association, I want to ensure citizens understand what SQ 805 actually does.