( http://www.tulsabeacon.com/ ) recently printed a scurrilous op/ed concerning the appointment earlier this month of Mr. Jim Roth, formerly Oklahoma County Commissioner, elected twice; and lately State Corporation Commissioner, appointed by then-Governor Brad Henry to fill the unexpired term of a predecessor, to the State Elections Board (http://city-sentinel.com/?p=1743 )that supervises public elections in Oklahoma.
Before any reputable newspaper publishes an opinion piece I think it should check to see if its example of morality, in this case, now-Governor Mary Fallin-Christensen, is really all the writer thinks she's cracked up to be. In complaining about the appointment of Mr. Roth, the Tulsa Beacon has clearly dropped the ball.
Funny how the Beacon article linked below doesn't mention that now Governor Fallin-Christensen is a divorced woman who was having an affair with one of her state-paid bodyguards while still married to her first husband when she was lieutenant-governor. ( http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=19981222_Ne_a13divor&archive=yes )That behavior doesn't sound like an example of her "genuine Christian values" in the way the writer is meaning to convey.
And Roth's opponent in the Corporation Commissioner race was shown by the Roth campaign to have forged her father-in-law's signature to a document that she in turn notarized. ( http://www.edmondsun.com/local/x519235706/Edmonds-Murphy-unseats-Roth-for-Corporation-Commission-seat )
And finally, Mr. Roth was not "soundly defeated" in his Corporation election; he lost by 4%. Yes, a margin of anything less than 50%-plus-one is a defeat, but 4% is hardly a landslide when both of the candidates were not widely known across the state.
While I'm very glad to see Mr. Roth back in public service, I think the Tulsa Beacon should have let sleeping dogs lie.
Here's the Beacon article link: http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=5455
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