Dr. Ed Shadid
- elected in April 5th, 2011
- sworn in as councilman on April 12th, 2011
- Born and raised in Oklahoma
- Physician father of 3
Issues:
- Advocate (and proposer) of addition of sexual orientation to the classes and protected under the city's equal employment ordinance.
- Ward 3 and Ward 5 councilman delayed measure because of beliefs that the issue deserves further study.
- Ward 2 and others think that there is no reason to add it to the list unless they like they are being discriminated. (Skip Kelly)
Jeannie Mcdaniel
- State representative of House District 78
- Tulsa
Issues
- Coauthored House bill 1461-mandated training for school districts and provided counseling victims and bullies.
- Voted down in May.
- Legislatures said it was unfair to mandate schools to add programs with no additional funding.
- 8th year of being a legislature.
- 101 representatives
- 2000 bills
- Proposed a bill to protect children whose parents are in jail to prevent them of making the same mistake.
- Got passed 3 years of trying (2011)
- Proposed a bill to prevent smoking in the car with children.-Didnt get passed.
- Proposed a bill to let adults wear a seat belt in the backseat.-Didnt get passed.
- Trying to be able for parents to skype their children from prison.
- On education
- pass laws to make sure children are more academic
- wants to make sure not to put too many restraints on it
- try to look at everything and see whats best
- in favor to reduce tests
- is for affirmative action
- is for immigration law. Wants others to come here as long as they dont break the laws
- open minded to diversity.
