Documents show Oklahomans urged Stitt to impose lockdowns

[Judi Lynn]

By SEAN MURPHY
March 14, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the coronavirus swept across Oklahoma and the nation last spring, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office was inundated with correspondence from frightened residents seeking stricter lockdowns to control the spread of the virus.

“We can bring back lost jobs. We can re-strengthen the economy. We cannot, however, regain the lives of those we have already lost and will continue to lose if we fail to get this right,” Tulsa resident Nate Morris wrote in an April 2020 letter to Stitt signed by 1,200 people.

At the same time, the governor was also weighing requests from dozens of business leaders asking him to make sure their businesses stayed open. The Associated Press reviewed nearly 9,000 documents released by the governor’s office in response to an open records request that show the delicate balance Stitt and his team tried to walk during the early stages of the pandemic.

Real estate agents, banks, manufacturers and firearms distributors were among those who asked the governor to make sure their businesses stayed open. Even a filmmaker seeking to shoot a movie in Oklahoma reached out to the governor to make sure the state’s COVID restrictions wouldn’t disrupt the production.

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[Still Sensible]

1. Stitt is a tRump loving imbecile

and has made so many mistakes, from taking on Tribal compacts and losing to toeing the tRump line on Covid, he certainly should be a one term governor!

But this is Oklahoma and in most cases all it takes to win is that fucking (R) on the ballot.

[kimbutgar]

2. They got what they voted for

Instead of researching the candidate they got informed by 30 second right wing commercials.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Not all of us.

Trust me, there were PLENTY of us who fought to make sure Mary Fallin 2.0, Gov. Shitt, would not win, but he did. This is a RUBY red state and an asshole like him holds lots of sway, but it doesn't mean we aren't trying and while those who voted for him are some of the biggest whiners and hypocrites, there are plenty of us who don't deserve what is happening to us. It is simply a case of the majority strangling the minority, a story of the ages.

[Harker]

4. When important decisions need to be made

you'll want a Democrat making them.