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1. State officials come clean on any possible involvement.
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The public demand certain state officials and others directly or indirectly involved in
tax credits or tax credit related programs voluntarily provide public declarations,
signed as true and correct under penalty of perjury, a yes or no declaration, as
to any involvement related to tax credits and or the tax credit programs. This could
extend to any and all streams of government funding.
Features and advantages
- Risk free, no cost, immediate implementation.
- Totally harmless for the innocent.
- Provide the honest an opportunity to state their position.
- Would carry no significance if there is no wrong.
- Could easily reveal all positions before the next election.
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2. As simply as the public demanding fundamental accountability and transparency.
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Something ordinary citizens can easily do?
Are you tired of waiting while our elected officials refuse to fulfill their
duties and take action against fraud and waste?
Any individual can perform a long lasting civic duty, by organizing a move amongst their relatives,
friends and acquaintance to demand government transparency and accountability.
Here is one possible scenario each coordinator could customize for their needs. Contact
us for any questions or comments. Email: ProwlMaster@prowlingowl.com
Organize volunteers to spend 15-30 minutes a week at their convenience at home.
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Organize and divide volunteers into groups and assign group leaders. We welcome groups
to send their information and your efforts will be recognized on the
Prowling Owl Website.
Each week:
- each volunteer send one letter each to their State Senator and Representative.
- each volunteer send two emails on seperate days to each to their State Senator and Representative.
- each volunteer calls an asigned State Senator OR Representative. Alternating assignments every other week
Coordinator and group leaders initially create two letters, 3 email and 2 telephone
calling points to begin with. Then another new letter, 2 email and 1 telephone
calling point each week. Rotating the letter among the volunteers.
What to expect:
Don't be disappointed by lack of visible results, or negative reactions. Any other
initial reactions would be admitting failure on their part. Some may, but don't count on
it.
- No immediate results or indication you are being heard.
- Stonewalling, i.e., ignoring, put offs, etc.
- A canned response giving some fuzzy sounding position.
- Always remember they hear, and concern mounts.
- If the wind blows long enough and steady enough even the strongest tree will fall.
Notes:
A. The letters and phone calls don't need to be sophisticated or long. Simply make the point. The shorter the better.
B. Remember these folks have mastered the art of avoiding constituents.
Being kind to courteous to assistants who are just trying to do their job, do not allow any go betweens
to convey your message.
The main point is that we are not asking for their views, opinion or excuses. We are
expect our Lawmakers to fulfill their oath and constitutional responsibilities,
putting the public interest first. Anything less than total transparency and
accountability is unacceptabe.
Example letter:
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The Honorable Jane/John Doe
For Address
Senators
House
Or here.
Lack of transparency and accountability are enabling serious financial losses in Oklahoma funds, through misappropriations, fraud, scams, etc.
I and many others feel our state government is failing the public, by refusing to provide
total transparency and accountability on all government activities and finances. As our
Lawmaker, we believe you and all elected and appointed officials are irresponsibly
neglectful in fulfilling your oath and constitutional duties by allowing this coverup to
continue. We view you as being personally responsible for every nickel lost by tolerating
the withholding of information from the public.
This is a serious financial issue that needs immediate attention. Attention worthy of
ceasing all other activity until this problem is resolved.
Something State Lawmakers and the Governor, void of turf protecting motives,
could easily legislate in a single session lasting less than a half-day.
Enact a simple law spelling out harsh punishment for
- withholding information from the public.
- failure to account for any act of finances.
- failure to report any suspected wrong doing.
And a reward program described in 3. below.
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3. The silver in the bullet?
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Reward the risk. Make crime pay the crime fighter. Create a scaled reward system that is both
aggressive and progressive. Yet pays very handsomely when there is a conviction. Make crime pay
the person stopping the crime. Historically society has relied on the good citizen method. That is
denying reality when there are substantial risk in both employability and repercussions involved
in reporting fraud and corruption, and livelihood at risk.
That risk has to be neutralized. It is fair, right, and everyone wins, except
the criminals who will now see little risks when satisfying their greed. Insure the one reporting will not be left in
a lurch if the legal system fails, or some other unrelated
event, e.g., where Enron's Kenneth Lay's death terminated the legal process
A scaled reward structure pays at each milestone along the path to justice.
For example, the one reporting would receive progressively larger amounts at each of the
following steps.
- Arrest.
- Indictment.
- Conviction.
- A significant percent of money recovered.
Let the criminal's loss, be the honest person's gain. As opposed to the
current practice of the criminal's gain is the honest person's loss.
When the crime involves public funds and meets certain criteria, the one reporting will become
entitled to start receiving full state employee and retirement benefits for the highest paid of those convicted.
The right to retirements will be retro active to the date of reporting the crime.
The one reporting does not have to be a state employee, to receive this benefit.
The magic.
Getting Lawmakers to pass and the Governor to sign anything that displeases their golden egg laying Geese.
For those who might claim there is not enough fraud and corruption in Oklahoma to justify the time to create
the legislation. Since it is free, this has huge upside potential and no cost or damage if, as they believe, no
corruption.
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4. Possible legal action.
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- Individuals: Solicit legal counsel to file a class action lawsuit.
- Lawmakers: Engage a respected law firm without ties to Oklahoma to
take legal action, on a contingence basis to recover the lost revenue. The Oklahoma's
Attorney General and his office could have no involvement, as they are suspects in
neglect.
Notes:
- The legal precedence was set when Oklahoma's Attorney General used outside counsel in the national tobacco industry lawsuit.
- We can't rule much of anything out in law where there are few absolutes. There would be no need for courts
if there were absolutes. New legal ground is constantly broken.
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