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Perryman arrested on federal charges

Staff Report

United States Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward announced that federal arrest warrants were served Thursday, August 28, 2011, in Broken Arrow resulting in the arrest of Sammy Joe Perryman, a/k/a “Sam Perryman.”

Sammy Joe Perryman was charged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in an eleven count Indictment. Counts One and Two are arson related charges involving the January 22, 2006, fire that destroyed the Tulsa Athletic Club, located at 5122 South Vandalia Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Analysis: Oklahoma ranked twelfth in freedom among the 50 states

Capitol Editor Patrick B. McGuigan

A new analysis of freedom in the 50 American states gives Oklahoma a positive ranking, assessing the state as the twelfth freest state. The Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia released the analysis this week.

William P. Ruger and Jason Sorens, author’s of the study, summarized this analysis this way:

“Oklahoma is a solid performer and among the most economically free states. Indeed, it is the third-best state in terms of fiscal freedom, with low spending, taxation, and debt. However, like many Southern states, it has much room for improvement in terms of personal freedom.

Recoveries Largest in History

Staff Report

U.S. Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward announced Thursday that financial collections by the Department of Justice U.S. Attorneys’ offices in criminal and civil cases across the nation reached an all-time high. Nationwide, the ninety-four U.S. Attorneys’ offices contributed to the collection of $6.68 billion during the government’s fiscal year – FY 2010 (Oct 1, 2009 to Sept 30, 2010), making it the most successful collection year so far.

Why I Will Not Take Medicare Money

Jane M. Orient, M.D.

Op-Ed:  My reason for not accepting government money is a letter dated Feb 4, 1974, the year I graduated from medical school. My father, who owned a small contracting business, thumb-tacked it over his desk, to remind him not to bid on government jobs.
 
The letter from Russ Plumbing Company, one of his best subcontractors, reads as follows:
 
“According to your government, the powers that be have decided that we have exceeded our allowable profits in 1972 at the rate of 1/13th of 1%.

Mexican Congress Denounces Oklahoma

David Arnett, Publisher

The Mexican House of Representatives recently unanimously passed a resolution denouncing U.S. states that impose remittance taxes and called upon the Mexican government to take trade measures against those states.  Such trade measures would be imposed in states like Oklahoma and Kansas as a way to respond and retaliate against this category of tax laws.