Representative Mike Christian and OPEA's Legislator of the Year, Representative Randy Terrill, join Scott on today's edition of The Break Room. 

The Oklahoma Public Employees Association is concerned about the timing of a series of hefty pay increases for some top DHS officials.

 

This comes in the wake of a press release issued by the Oklahoma House of Representatives Wednesday that details an exorbitant number of pay raises at the Department of Human Services.  The press statement says top administrative DHS staff received almost $200,000 in pay raises in the past year before the agency cut senior nutrition programs.

 

The Election Board has certified the recent OPEA election results, and an overwhelming 96 percent of voters decided to change the OPEA Bylaws to geographical representation.

 

Voters cast their ballots via email, phone and mail-in ballot, with 1,616 voting "Yes" to adopt the amendments, and only 68 voting "No."

The November issue of the Advocate is now online, and will be arriving in your mailbox early next week.  Click here to read online.

The Oklahoma Public Employees Association has responded to a series of stinging editorials in the Oklahoman.  The response from Executive Director Sterling Zearley was printed in Saturday's newspaper.  Click here to read OPEA's response.  OPEA urges members and all state employees to respond to the Oklahoman with your own Letters to the Editor.

 Scott, Mark and Dennis discuss current state employee issues, and sound off on a series of recent Oklahoman editorials that blast public employees.  Click here to listen.