A caravan of Oklahoma Farm Bureau leaders will make brief stops in six locations across the state Monday, Oct. 18, to support a “no” vote on State Question 744.
“We want voters to know the devastating impact of 744,” Mike Spradling, OFB president said. “Farmers and ranchers support education, but 744 could cost up to $1.7 billion. How are we going to pay for that? The answer is severe budget cuts and higher taxes that will cost all Oklahomans with no guarantee of improving education.”
The caravan will have both an east and west component. The eastern leg consists of stops at the Pottawatomie County Farm Bureau office, 3301 N. Kickapoo, Shawnee, at 9 a.m.; Muskogee County Farm Bureau office, 28 E. Shawnee, Muskogee, at noon; and Tulsa County Farm Bureau office, 10777 S. Memorial Drive, Tulsa, at 3 p.m.
The west caravan starts at the Canadian County Farm Bureau office, 2020 Sunset Drive, El Reno, at 9 a.m.; Custer County Farm Bureau office, 2700 W. Modelle Ave., Clinton, at 11 a.m.; and Comanche County Farm Bureau office, 502 S.W. 11th St., Lawton, at 3 p.m.
Scheduled to speak are county and state Farm Bureau leaders, legislators, businessmen and education leaders. Each stop will last approximately one hour.
