John George

Couple of things here to address. First: unless it was for gas, I've never taken a dime for ANY advocacy work I've done over the nearly 2 decades I've worked to help citizens push back against their government. No PAC, no lobbyist, no special interest money. Just people helping us with gas to drive all over the state giving presentations it took us months to put together. Second: my second term, I finished 4th in a 4- way race for the Luther Town Board after I'd been mayor for 4 years. I was so sad, I cried on the last day I served on the Board. It was the best job I ever had and I loved it so much! I was so sad not to have been re-elected, but I did an honest job that had lots of huge highlights for me and the town, so I have nothing to be ashamed of. How many people spend four years working to better a Town without any pay at all for no other reason at all than to help make things better for the residents? Third: Yes, I did come in 3rd in the GOP Chair race - within the same month I lost the Town Board race. In addition, the day I came home from the GOP election I found that my father-in-law had died while I was away. I ran for that office - like the Town of Luther Board - because someone asked me to step up and do it. How many people step up to run for a position they know they're more than likely not going to win because they were asked? Especially one that doesn't pay? Four: Yes, I was FIRED from the Oklahoma County Election Board and I was referred to the AG and the DA for investigation for publishing my observations of what I saw while I was the Alternate member to Cheryl Williams who was the official member on the Board. The Oklahoma County Election Board was not following state law and Cheryl and I documented those instances and told legislators what we found - including Representative John George. I asked my Representative to get involved and help with the situation - since I felt I was being fired in retaliation of my First Amendment rights - but his solution was to go to the Secretary of the Election Board who told him everything was fine, so he did nothing more. I filed a lawsuit against the State Election Board which is now on appeal since the judge ruled for me in every instance, but then did the work of the jury by issuing a Summary Judgement assuming they would have fired me anyway. I do not ignore my failures. I learn from my failures and I'm happy to do so! I do have an incredible list of wins - none the least of which is working for four years to get a law REPEALED (Common Core), being invited to be in Glenn Beck's national movie about Common Core, helping Luther win the Best Town of four that hosted the Free Wheel bicycle tour - and more! One only has to check out my LinkIn page to see them for yourself. It's a sad day when a state Representative wants to demean the failures of people in his district. Maybe you should share and repost. I'm not scared of John George - or anyone but God. I know I'm honest and a hard worker and I have nothing to be ashamed of. Period.