{"id":4485,"date":"2012-02-10T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2012-02-10T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:17:06","slug":"roadshow-roundup-countless-questions-concise-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/02\/10\/roadshow-roundup-countless-questions-concise-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadshow Roundup: Countless Questions, Concise Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36442555?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>We had a great turnout at our three-city State Budget Roadshow, which we co-hosted with our partner stations in late January.<\/p><p>As expected, our audiences were keyed-in on the big issues and came loaded with questions concerning the Oklahoma economy and ideas on how to fix, well, everything \u2014 from education and economic growth, to rural life and stargaze-ruining street lights.<\/p><p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3869\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"State Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa, speaks with an audience member after paneling a state budget town-hall forum in Tulsa.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/roadshow-tulsa.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3869\" title=\"State Budget Roadshow: Tulsa\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/roadshow-tulsa-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/roadshow-tulsa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/roadshow-tulsa-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/roadshow-tulsa.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ NPR StateImpact<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa, speaks with an audience member after paneling the budget town hall forum in Tulsa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/01\/24\/roadshow-comments-it-feels-like-a-broken-promise\/\">Tulsa<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Jan. 23<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Co-hosted by Public Radio Tulsa<\/strong><\/h4><p>The two lawmakers on our panel talked about their priorities for the upcoming legislative session while our third panelist, <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/01\/04\/meet-the-resistance-a-coalition-to-fight-for-the-income-tax-and-state-services\/\">David Blatt<\/a>, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, defended Oklahoma\u2019s personal income tax and reiterated <a href=\"http:\/\/okpolicy.org\/tax-shift\">research<\/a> by his organization that proposals to reduce or eliminate the income tax would effectively raise taxes for most Oklahomans.<\/p><p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong> Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa; Rep. Earl Sears, R-Bartlesville; David Blatt, Director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4003\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"State representatives Joe Dorman, Emily Virgin and Scott Martin paneled Wednesday\u2019s state budget forum at OETA in Oklahoma City.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/okc-roadshow1.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4003\" title=\"State Budget Roadshow: OKC\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/okc-roadshow1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/okc-roadshow1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/01\/okc-roadshow1-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ NPR StateImpact<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">State representatives Joe Dorman, Emily Virgin and Scott Martin talk to each other after paneling a forum on the state budget at OETA in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/01\/26\/an-economist-in-okc-its-about-enhancing-the-quality-of-life\/\">Oklahoma City<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Jan. 25<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Co-hosted by KGOU and OETA<\/strong><\/h4><p>Much of the talk centered on the income tax, but our legislative panelists answered questions about tribal tax compacts, water rights and the ongoing issues at the Department of Human Services.<\/p><p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong> Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs; Rep. Scott Martin, R-Norman; Rep. Emily Virgin, D-Norman; Mickey Hepner, Economist<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h1>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_4196\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"(from left) Agriculture Economist Dave Shideler, Rep. Cory T. Williams, D-Stillwater, and Sen. Jim Halligan, R-Stillwater, paneled a discussion on Oklahoma\u2019s state budget and economy.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/02\/forum-panel.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4196\" title=\"State Budget Roadshow Panelists\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/02\/forum-panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/02\/forum-panel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2012\/02\/forum-panel-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Jim Johnson \/ KGOU<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from left) Agriculture Economist Dave Shideler, Rep. Cory T. Williams, D-Stillwater, and Sen. Jim Halligan, R-Stillwater, lead a discussion on Oklahoma\u2019s state budget and economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/02\/01\/roadshow-reaction-in-stillwater-im-concerned-about-poor-people\/\"><strong>Stillwater<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Jan. 31<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong> Co-hosted by KOSU<\/strong><\/h4><p><strong>The discussion was almost entirely led by the audience, which was eager to ask the panelists about the income tax, the sad state of many state-owned buildings, and how the state budget affects <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/01\/26\/paid-off-but-peddling-to-get-by\/\">life in rural Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong> Sen. Jim Halligan, R-Stillwater; Rep. Cory T. Williams, D-Stillwater; Dave Shideler, Economist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great turnout at our three-city State Budget Roadshow, which we co-hosted with our partner stations in late January.As expected, our audiences were keyed-in on the big issues and came loaded with questions concerning the Oklahoma economy and ideas on how to fix, well, everything \u2014 from education and economic growth, to rural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[274],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4567,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions\/4567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}