Congress needs cleaned up!
It’s going to take Real People, everyday, normal people who have no ties, no baggage, no deals, no debts, and no favors to give! Please get to know me and understand there will be no slick pics of me posing with celebrities (well, I do have one with Brian Bosworth) or TV ads blowing up mannequins with an AR-15. My story looks very different from that of a career politician or a millionaire carpetbagger.
We’re upside down. You should know everything about your elected official’s life while your government should know very little about you! I invite you into my life.

America First
I grew up in blue-collar southside OKC in the very modest home of my truck driver grandfather. I graduated in 1982 from Capitol Hill, the same iconic inner-city high school my mother graduated in 1960.

Labor Conquers All
My grandfather, a WWII Marine and Mason, was basically John Wayne, same mannerisms, speech, and attitudes. Raised by this cranky, crusty, gruff, and hilarious man made me very comfortable with difficult personalities…

They’re Not Us!
I did not go to Harvard, Yale, or any of the Ivy League schools MOST of our elected officials did, both Democrat and Republican!

Hard Truth, Always
My mentor was Dr. Stan Hoig, author of 23 books on Oklahoma’s western and Native American history. It’s a blessing that this man has passed away…

Defeating Their Lies
As a reporter for The Lawton Constitution (where I lived 10 years), yes, I actually went out and interviewed real people and wrote down everything they said!

National Marketer
I come from the cauldron of the Monday Night Formal Meetings of a Greek sorority house in the 80s, haha. I was named editor-in-chief of my sorority’s national magazine in 1988…

The Strategist
I’ve won a lot of awards in advertising and writing… I especially loved working with a large variety of clients in a large array of industries…

Corruption Is the Real Terror
Here I’m working for an OKC newspaper 1996, circa the time of the Murrah Building Bombing. Did you know we continue to send $40M in “Foreign Aid” to the Taliban every week?

International Marketer
The only period of my life I did not live in OK/D4 was when I moved to Houston for five years to work in international marketing, upon completion of my MBA.

Strong Families
I volunteered in the Boy Scouts of America for 11 years, rising to Unit Commissioner in charge of Moore-Norman-South OKC units.

The Time Is Now!
I continue to proof, edit, polish, and advise as a freelancer today, focusing on first chapters of first novels for first-time authors. I stomp out confusion and bring clarity as my LIFE’S WORK.

God Is Good
My family, facing whatever life throws at us, with humor and perseverance. Thank you, God, for my Real Life!

MAHA a Must
My granddaughter and I the day she rang the bell after two and a half years of chemo treatment for leukemia. Why are all the children sick? Why??!

Stability, Devotion
I’ve been with the same man, living in the same house in Moore, OK, for almost 25 years. My husband is an aeronautical engineer…

To DOGE Is Moral
My mom suffers dementia, but she still remembers me for now. Soon she will be in memory care. Did you know the federal government is stealing from Social Security and Medicaid to finance the national debt?

Stupid War Waste
Have you kissed your son goodbye as he left for Afghanistan? I know you have. Because this is what we Real People do. For what?

Military “Experience”
I have never served in the military, and D-4 is heavily military. My husband, son, father, brother, sister-in-law, grandfather, uncles, and several generations back have. I am VERY familiar with how the military and the Military Industrial Complex work.

Never Forget 2020!
This is the kind of thing I do! I raised my hand to become a field supervisor in Oklahoma for the 2020 US Census and to find out myself what’s happening inside that effort.

A Political Woman
I volunteered heavily to seat the only woman ever to serve as governor of Oklahoma. Did you know we have yet to elect a female senator from our state? I am most assuredly NOT into identity politics. I am interested in more Nanas like myself serving…

Asking Questions Others Won’t
Well, this is a nice photo taken while serving on the board of directors of the UCO Alumni Association, tapped for my marketing expertise. I do believe higher education is life-changing, vital for a self-governing people. AND I want to know exactly where the money goes!

Hanta Yo
I believe the best way forward is actually a return to the old ways: honesty, integrity, simplicity, and “red dirt” justice for the crooks. Not punishing the wolf is just more punishment for the sheep.