Like the 3,200 other pages of evidence uncovered and descriptions of crimes on this site, this web page is only one part of a massive multi-state entanglement of government corruption and cover-up. See size
Evidence was uncovered in parts over years, and not in the same order as the crimes occurred or the evidence was created. Statements were made based on what was known at the time.
Dates are approximate because government filings and reports vary in some cases up to months if not This is part of cover up. One example is Oklahoma's Openbooks, which started out late with only a fraction of what was required to be added each year. Plus, the data was littered with data entry and spelling errors, meaning you have to go through one entry at a time. This amount to more than 17,000 entries in 2017.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission approved an estimate that showed state revenues will be about $300 million less than the budget estimate made in December.
"There's obviously a tendency to look at that number and be a bit surprised and hope that it's not that big," said Reece Womack, the Tax Commission's economist who prepared the estimate. "Actually I'm the opposite - I hope it's that small.
"It's kind of ugly, and it may get uglier."
State Treasurer Scott Meacham, Gov. Brad Henry's top budget adviser, said legislators will have about $610 million less to spend for the 2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1, than they had for this fiscal year. A budget estimate in December showed state revenues would be off about $310 million.
More cuts for Henry
The $900 million budget hole is determined by including more than $180 million of one-time revenue sources and carryover money used last year to balance this fiscal year's $7.1 billion budget. Declining federal money coming into the state, mostly for Oklahoma's Medicaid program, also is contributing to the shortfall.