Organized citizens speak out about the funding he obtained to be in his current position.

By Ivan Colmenares
Collaborator for El Nacional

For the second time this year, a group of American citizens have undertaken a campaign to create awareness and speak out against the obscure actions carried out by the Republican representative for the District of Moore, Randy Terrill.

This time, on Saturday, March 14, they delivered flyers which condemn the evidence of political favors made by the congressman. According to them, this is reflected by the fact that thanks to his initiatives the big gas distributors have benefited from millions of dollars of tax cuts.

(Translated by Rosario Guerra)

In accordance with the statement made by Juanita Vásquez, member of the group Citizens Against Corporate Welfare, presided by M. L. Hayes, Terrill’s election campaign was financed in part by various companies such as, Energy PAC, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Conoco Phillips Spirit PAC and Chesapeake Energy, with contributions ranging from $350 to $4000.

The circulating flyer also states that, among his favors, the congressman is frustratingly attempting to have HB 1715 pass which would save his benefactors $31 million in tax cuts for the purchase of equipment.

Moreover, the flyer exposes the benefits which would be acquired for three additional years by the gas and natural gas distributors of $22.1 million and $159.7 million, respectively, thanks to the proposed HB 2411 and HB 1718, approved in March and May of last year.

“We are looking for more irregularities which surely the citizens of Moore are unaware of,” anticipates Vásquez. She added that the exposure will be constant because “people have a tendency to quickly forget.”

According to the interview, the purpose is to weaken the voter base for the congressman to prevent his reelection, adding that at the right time, they will reveal all the accumulated evidence to prevent him from causing more harm to society and Congress.

The actions undertaken by the Citizens Against Corporate Welfare are added to the proposals already in place by the different churches, merchants, some congressmen and various civic organizations which demand to countermand HB 1804, which already has numerous demands against it. Practically all of their demands have been declared “out of place” or mysteriously filed for an undefined period of time.