It’s no secret that one in five Oklahoma children frequently go to bed hungry. Or that Oklahoma is 46th in child well-being. Yet Gov. Kevin Stitt recently blocked the state’s participation in a federal program that would give each eligible child $120 for summer meals – tax dollars Sooners already sent to Washington will now help feed hungry kids in other states, but not in ours. For this week’s Observercast – Pot Shot At The Poor – former teacher-turned-Tulsa Rep. John Waldron and OKC School Board member Mark Mann help us unpack the governor’s confounding decision and what it means for the least among us.
Pot Shot At The Poor