Welcome to Stop744.com!
Thank you for visiting STOP744.com, an online resource to help defeat State Question 744 on the Oklahoma ballot this November! SQ 744 is a proposal by the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) that would force the state to spend nearly a billion dollars more on education by cutting all other state agencies or raise your taxes by the same amount.
Share the information online by telling your family, friends and co-workers about the site. You can sign our STOP744 petition showing your opposition to SQ 744, download a sample letter to the editor that you can send in to your local paper or contact us to set up a presentation to your civic or professional organization. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and don’t forget to donate to this very important cause. The OEA will have millions of dollars to spend on advertising and we need every little bit of help to get our message around the state.
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Here’s what some people are saying about State Question 744
“If it looks like it has momentum and may pass, I may speak out more publicly than I already have.”
- Governor Brad Henry to Oklahoman Editorial Board after saying he opposes SQ 744
”I want to make our schools better and I want every child in this state to get a good education. Unfortunately, SQ 744 doesn’t do that. What it does do is place an enormous unfunded mandate on the state at the worst possible time: right in the middle of a recession and a serious budget crisis.”
- Oklahoma Congresswoman Mary Fallin
“It has consequences far beyond what the promoters believe. It will cause problems.”
- Lt. Governor Jari Askins
”I haven’t heard anything that would convince me to be in favor of it.”
- Attorney General Drew Edmondson
“I don’t care for the HOPE Petition either because I’m worried about what it does… it really ties what we do.”
- Rep. Scott Inman, House Democratic Leader Select
