We’re often accused here at the Oklahoma Political News Service of being one sided in our coverage of Oklahoma’s political news. Believe it or not, even “Scrooge” Edmondson has garnered sympathy from our readers’ because of our sometimes unflattering coverage of him. This excerpt from the Muskogee Phoenix should pacify our critics for a bit. This one’s for you W.A.D.!

The Poultry Community Council and the poultry companies no doubt appreciate Rick Stubblefield’s “insight” (Dec. 7) as he is a vocal supporter of the poultry industry and denigrates the efforts of Oklahoma’s Attorney General Drew Edmondson to protect our environment.

Both Stubblefield and Jackie Cunningham, director of community relations Poultry Community Council, conveniently overlook the fact that the only real progress and efforts made by the poultry industry to work on correcting the damage to the Illinois River watershed occurred after the lawsuit was filed by Edmondson. Read more…