Our elected representatives in Oklahoma City may be human, but it’s a good thing they aren’t state employees. Because then we might have to fire some of them.

Oklahoma House Speaker Lance Cargill failed to file his personal income tax returns for the last two years until getting a warning from state tax officials, The Oklahoman has learned.
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Four other legislators also have overdue personal income tax returns, tax records show.
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Legislators in a 2003 law required state agencies to fire state employees who repeatedly fail to file state tax returns. Cargill was among those voting for the law.

But as opposed to state employees, Cargill had a good excuse:

“I’m human. I made a mistake,” said Cargill.

Actually, I would say Cargill made at least two mistakes.

… records showed he had not filed his 2005 and 2006 state income tax returns.

Luckily for legislators, when it comes to elections, voters are human too.

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