Foggy Bottom needs some power washing

04/04/22 • 52 min

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The Tourism Dept. has to answer some questions (and is now being investigated) concerning the $13 million they paid to a private business to open restaurants at rural state parks during the pandemic, the Oklahoma Pandemic Center cost $30 million but isn't doing the testing they promised, and, as a treat, Andy and Scott take a trip down memory lane to discuss their first cars, gas prices in the 90s, and the finer notes of power washing.

Links mentioned:

State Parks Management Questioned (NonDoc)
OSBI launches investigation of Oklahoma Tourism Department (The Oklahoman)
538 Politics podcast "How education became today's wedge issue" (FiveThirtyEight)
Oklahoma House rings up $500 million in proposed tax cuts (Tulsa World)
Gov. Stitt taps businessman with no college degree for board overseeing higher education (Tulsa World)

Links mentioned:

State Parks Management Questioned (NonDoc)
OSBI launches investigation of Oklahoma Tourism Department (The Oklahoman)
538 Politics podcast "How education became today's wedge issue" (FiveThirtyEight)
Oklahoma House rings up $500 million in proposed tax cuts (Tulsa World)
Gov. Stitt taps businessman with no college degree for board overseeing higher education (Tulsa World)

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