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Published: September 5, 2010
GAME-changing state questions were put on the Nov. 2 ballot, measures that supporters touted as way to dramatically increase spending for schools and health care.
The year was 2004. Brad Henry was ending his second year in the governor's office. This Nov. 2, as Henry nears the end of his eighth and final year in office, another game-changing state question is on the ballot. Again, education funding is front and center.
Henry opposes State Question 744, which would cripple noneducation state services. Six years ago, he supported three state questions that dominated Oklahoma news during a presidential election season.
They were the controversial measures creating a state lottery, establishing the "racino” concept and significantly raising the tobacco tax. All three questions passed, two of them having been sold as a way to increase education funding without a general tax increase.
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Sun, September 5, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski