They’re all such liars

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Oklahoma Governor - Mary Fallin

These GOP governors are all cut from the same Koch-approved cloth:

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) signed a bill Monday prohibiting cities across the state from establishing mandatory minimum wage and employee benefits, including vacation or sick leave days.

Advocates of the new law contend that efforts to increase the minimum wage across various municipalities could potentially harm local business communities.

“This bill provides a level playing field for all municipalities in Oklahoma,” state Rep. Randy Grau (R), a backer of the bill’s House version, said on Monday, according to the Associated Press. “An artificial raise in the minimum wage could derail local economies in a matter of months. This is a fair measure for consumers, workers and small business owners.”

Opponents of the measure view the move by Oklahoma Republicans as retaliation against an initiative underway in Oklahoma City, where organizers have been gathering signatures to raise the city’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10, in line with President Barack Obama’s federal minimum wage proposal.

The petition, filed by the Central Oklahoma Labor Federation and attorney David Slane, would need to collect 80,000 signatures to reach a statewide vote.

Slane called the measure disappointing, criticizing the state legislature for stripping “the right of the people to decide minimum wage.”

Fallin defended her support for banning a minimum wage hike as an effort to protect consumers in a press release Monday, noting that “most minimum-wage workers are young, single people working part-time or entry-level jobs.”

H/t Virginia Beach Reckless Driving Lawyers with Karin Riley Porter.

I hate drugs

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Kensington and Somerset
I’ve heard the intersection of Kensington and Somerset described as “the largest open-air drug market in America.” (Yay, we’re number one!) Junkies from all over the country move here because heroin is so cheap, and then they panhandle to stay alive.

I hate drugs. I hate what they’ve done to the city, and to the people.

If everyone lived where where they could see the human remains left behind, they’d feel the same. When I see the expensive cars from the suburbs and New Jersey that come into the neighborhood to buy drugs, I want to throw a brick through their windshield.

Here’s a story about the mothers of the heroin addicts.