Group to remain vigilant in opposing failed TABOR idea Oklahomans for Responsible Government, the ballot campaign representing over 70 prominent Oklahoma business, social and community groups, strongly praised today’s Supreme Court order rejecting State Question 726, the so-called Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR. “This is an important victory for Oklahoma democracy,” said Kell Kelly, CEO of SpiritBank and spokesperson for the Oklahomans for Responsible Government committee. “The SQ 726 petition drive was conducted by out of state operatives that engaged in fraudulent and deceptive signature-gathering processes that threatened to make a mockery of our laws.” Kelly was among the two-dozen business and civic leaders that filed a lawsuit challenging SQ 726 that the court upheld today. Oklahomans for Responsible Government vowed to remain vigilant in opposing in what the group calls the "flawed and dangerous ideas behind the TABOR proposal." The organization’s chairs, Ike Glass [CEO of Glass Trucking and Chairman of The State Chamber], Steve Turnbo [Chair of Schnake Turnbo Frank, Inc and Chair of the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce], and Kirk Humphreys [CEO of Humphreys Real Estate Investments, LLC and Board of Directors Member for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce], stated: “We want to send a clear message that TABOR is not a solution for Oklahoma. TABOR has already been tried in Colorado and it took them may years and millions of dollars to undo the damage.” They continued, “as Oklahomans, we are fully able to develop our own fiscally responsible ideas that will allow for adequate support for vital public services. We do not to recycle a failed bill of goods passing itself off as a bill of rights.” Coalition members of the organization were encouraged by today’s Supreme Court decision, and expressed their "resolve to oppose future attempts that would seek to impose this failed policy in Oklahoma." Posted at 8/31/2006 03:53:00 PM