For Immediate Release: September 14, 2011
Contact: Trav Robertson (405) 427-3366
AFTER REMARKS, LABOR COMMISSIONER SHOULD RESIGN
“Costello comparing middle class to feral hogs proves he is out of touch…”
Oklahoma City- Mark Costello, the Labor Commissioner, whose primary responsibility is to protect the workers of Oklahoma and ensure that the middle class is treated fairly, compared state employees to feral hogs and used a political speech to announce the formation of Oklahomans for Parity, an organization created to attack state employees.
“Commissioner Costello’s comparison of state employees to feral hogs who breed three or four times a year is not only insensitive to families struggling…it is unacceptable and he should resign immediately” Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Wallace Collins said. “Costello is a millionaire who financed his own campaign and has no clue that people are being forced to choose between feeding their kids and making their mortgage payment. This is a classic case of the fox guarding the hen house.”
Costello defeated Lloyd Fields in the 2010 elections in a campaign financed primarily by his personal wealth and wealthy individuals who support the elimination of all rights for the middle class.
Chairman Collins concluded, “The Labor Commissioner is tasked with guarding the rights of Oklahoma’s hard working men and women, not taking them away. It is a sad day for families when the person elected to protect their rights creates an attack organization to take them away.”
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Corresponding article link:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110914_16_A5_CUTLIN290757
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Wed, September 14, 2011
by Wallace Collins
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