On a cold, snowy day, the new governor pledges to focus on creating jobs, streamlining state government and improving education. BY
NewsOK
MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com Oklahoman
Published: January 11, 2011
Gov. Mary Fallin made history Monday by being sworn in as Oklahoma's first female governor and pledged to focus on creating jobs, streamlining state government and improving education.
“My administration will be focused on creating jobs, growing our state economy, not our state government,” Fallin said after she was sworn in as the state's 27th governor during a noontime outdoor ceremony on the south steps of the state Capitol.
About 1,200 attended the 45-minute ceremony to watch the fourth Republican since Oklahoma became a state in 1907 be sworn in as governor.
Security was tight and U.S. and Oklahoma flags were at half-staff, both reminders of Saturday's shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who was critically wounded in an attack that killed six people at a political event in Tucson... FULL ARTICLE & WATCH VIDEO
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Tue, January 11, 2011
by John Cox