Republican Oklahoma State Senator Dusty Deevers is obsessed with sex. Maybe we should be checking his computer

Dusty Deevers showing us why
fols say there's no hate like
"Christian Love"

Who wants to place bets that sometimes in the near future, Dusty Deevers is busted for a sex offense? Anytime I've seen this much come from a legislator, they're usually hiding some kind of impropriety. I mean, just look at the guy. 

https://oksenate.gov/press-releases/deevers-introduces-slate-legislation-restore-moral-sanity-oklahoma

 January 22, 2025 | 11:05am

Deevers Introduces Slate of Legislation to Restore Moral Sanity in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, announced on Tuesday a bold slate of eight legislative measures aimed at restoring moral sanity in Oklahoma. Together, these bills set a course for pushing back against the moral decay foisted upon Oklahoma by the far-left’s march through our institutions to destroy the moral foundations upon which the United States and Christian Civilization had long rested.

“Sadly, the left’s century-long assault on morality and decency has been so successful that some have come to accept as normal a society that is drowning in hardcore pornography, prenatal homicide, and sexual performances for children. None of this is normal. Each one of these evils is a result of a policy choice to not stand for what we know is right. Opposing these evils does not mean we are extremists. It means we are sane,” Deevers said.

“Contrary to what the left would have us believe, it doesn’t have to be this way. We can and should imagine and move toward a society that celebrates virtue in the public square rather than vice. We can restore normalcy, decency, and morality; we can protect the most vulnerable, restore a high view of marriage, and shield children from explicit material that can warp their innocent minds. We simply must have the courage to stand against the most radical and degenerate elements of the far-left.” ...

SB593 – Increasing Penalties for Child Pornography and Prohibiting Pornography in Oklahoma

SB593 significantly heightens existing zero-to-20-year penalties for the possession, distribution, and production of child sexual assault material to 10-to-30 years. It also includes a provision that any subsequent offense for child sexual assault material results in 15-50 years in prison. “There is perhaps no more psychopathic and antisocial behavior in existence than producing, distributing, or watching child sexual abuse material,” Deevers said. “These people should not be back on our streets after brief stints behind bars. Rather, they should be locked away for decades at a minimum.”

The bill also prohibits pornography in general, providing for criminal penalties of up to 10 years in prison for production, distribution, or possession. It also provides heightened 10-to-30-year criminal penalties for organized pornography trafficking. “Pornography is both degenerate material and a highly addictive drug,” Deevers said. “It ruins marriages, ruins lives, destroys innocence, warps young people’s perception of the opposite sex, turns women into objects, turns men into objects, degrades human dignity, and corrodes the moral fabric of society. Any decent society will stand against this plague with the full weight of the law.”

SB550 – Prohibiting Drag Performances for Children

SB550 would ensure that Oklahoma kids are not subjected to adult cabaret performances including Drag Queen Story Hour. Under the provisions of the bill, the performer would be subject to a prison sentence of one-to-five years, while the organizer of the event would face up to one year behind bars.

“There is perhaps no more glaring and disgusting example of the left’s rejection of morality and decency than their insistence on pushing sexual content onto children in particular. It is ridiculous that this has to be said, but children should not be exposed to adult cabaret performances,” Deevers said. “There should be unceasing righteous indignation that these people are allowed to market and perform their sexual content specifically to and for young kids.”

For more information, contact:  Sen. Dusty Deevers at 405-521-5567 or email Dusty.Deevers@oksenate.gov.

Del City, OK, Ward 1 Councilman Michael Dean writes headscratching OpEd

This is a nonsensical OpEd from a nonsensical pol from a nonsensical state. So let me get this straight, jails aren't protecting the public now? A released person is going to go to a park less than a block away and kidnap someone after bonding out of jail? If that's the case, why bother doing pretrial detantion? 

Oklahoma is trying too hard to compete with FloriDUH for stupidest state in the country. 

https://freepressokc.com/lets-not-have-to-say-never-again-again/

Let’s not have to say NEVER AGAIN – AGAIN

Free Press Guest

This Community Voices opinion piece was submitted by Del City Ward 1 Councilman Michael Dean:

The new Oklahoma County jail should be located where it is legal to build.  This is not a not-in-my-backyard problem, it is a legal problem that will cost the county millions of dollars if ignored.

Oklahoman’s have responded to violent crimes in our state by taking a stand against violent criminals.  After children were violently attacked and kidnapped from parks, schools, and campgrounds, we were sickened and cried out “NEVER AGAIN”.  Our state government passed laws to help prevent similar crimes.

One law is known as the “Sex Offenders Registration Act”.  It was separately placed in Title 57 that deals with Prisons and Reformatories (jails).  The Sex Offenders Act applies to jails.

Title 57 Section 590.1E states that it is unlawful for an entity (County) to knowingly operate a structure (jail) in violation of this section.  Section 590A states that it is unlawful to temporarily reside within a 2000-foot radius of a School Site, Park, Playground, or a Childcare facility.  Convictions of this section result in fines and imprisonments.

County Jails incarcerate people accused of committing any type of crimes.  Most will be released on bail before they are tried.  A potential violent and or sex offender will be released from the jail at all hours, without transportation, into our park.  This sets the stage for a potentially dangerous situation to occur. 

The County will be both Criminally and Civilly liable for incarcerating sex offenders on this site.  Unfortunately, it will take a victim and a jury for the county to finally understand that they are accountable under this law.  Then, we will be forced to potentially build another new jail in a correct site to resolve additional litigation.  Let’s protect our children in Trosper Park that abuts this jail site, two daycares within 500 feet, and our school children in their ballfields 700 feet away.  Let’s not have to say NEVER AGAIN – AGAIN.

/s/Michael Dean, Del City Councilman Ward 1

Oklahoma SB 1890 would prevent ALL Registered Persons from having ANY contact with minors whatsoever, including their own children!

OK SB 1890 would prevent a conviction for ANY registerable offense from having any kind of contact with anyone under age 18. So if you peed behind a dumpster, you now have to make sure the cashier at the fast food joint is over age 18 before you order. (A federal judge just struck down a similar law in Alabama.)

There are also provisions in this bill that prevents people from taking plea deals that don't require registration or to be removed from the registry if their criminal records are sealed. But the last part of this bill is particularly onerous. 

https://legiscan.com/OK/text/SB1890/id/2888625

SECTION 2. NEW LAW 

A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 590.3 of Title 57, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A person required to register under the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall not be allowed to have any contact with a person under the age of eighteen (18) years, including the child of such offender.

Oklahoma Senate Joint Resolution 11 will allow voters to decide whether Persons Forced to Register deserves constitutional rights

This is really bad. if this resolution advances, Oklahoma will allow the ignorant masses to decide if Persons Forced to Register are excluded from basic rights afforded to us by the state constitution. 

You already know few people will vote to grant even the most basic of human rights to Persons Forced to Register. 

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SJR11&Session=2300

Oklahoma Senate Joint Resolution 11 By State Sen. Bill Coleman (R)

AS INTRODUCED

A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed amendment to Section 15 of Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution; authorizing Legislature to enact provisions related to certain offenders; specifying certain allowable requirements; clarifying timing of required compliance; construing provisions; providing ballot title; and directing filing.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law, the following proposed amendment to Section 15 of Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:

Section 15. A. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed. No conviction shall work a corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate: Provided, that this provision shall not prohibit the imposition of pecuniary penalties.

B. The Legislature may enact or amend by statute provisions related to sex offenders if such provisions are rationally related to protecting the public from sex-based crimes. Such provisions include but are not limited to those related to sex offender registration requirements, duration of registration requirements, proximity to areas frequented by vulnerable populations such as children, mentally disabled persons, and the elderly, and disclosures to be made by the offender. Persons required by law to be registered as a sex offender shall comply with any such enactments or amendments after implemented. Subsequent changes regulating residence of a person required by law to be registered as a sex offender shall be applicable when the offender establishes a new residence. A statute enacted by the Legislature in accordance with the requirements of this subsection shall not be deemed a violation of subsection A of this section.

Norman, OK Ward 3 Councillor Kelly Lynn suggest locking up homeless advocates for unknowingly sheltering Registered Persons

Norman, OK city councilor Kelly Lynn is already a piece of trash. He had only recently expunged a guilty plea he took for drug possession in the 1990s, made racist statements, and more recently was accused of assaulting a 66-year-old woman at a bar. Even Unite Norman, which helped Lynn's campaign, has denounced him. Now he wants police to arrest homeless advocates who shelter Registered Persons within the city, even if it they do not know the homeless client is on the registry. 

UPDATE: Ol' Kellie Lynn is mad he got nominated LOL

https://www.normantranscript.com/news/councilors-who-disagree-with-normans-shelter-plan-split-on-path-forward/article_00b0c700-ac8d-11ec-936b-6bb61dc9a56e.html

Councilors who disagree with Norman's shelter plan split on path forward

By Max Bryan | Transcript News Editor Mar 26, 2022 

Homeless shelters in the Oklahoma City metro commonly practice a level of sex offender enforcement that two Norman city councilors believe is not stringent enough for a proposed homeless shelter.

Ward 3 Kelly Lynn and Ward 5 Rarchar Tortorello have opposed city staff’s efforts to relocate Norman’s homeless shelter from downtown to 900 E. Main St., near Griffin Memorial Hospital. While city staff have emphasized that the proposed location would put those who stay there near other services, Lynn and Tortorello have pushed back, arguing the shelter could endanger children by placing sex offenders near Le Monde International School and other youth services.

Norman has more than 20 unhoused sex offenders, according to police records.

In Oklahoma City, City Care provides shelter to unhoused people nightly, while Homeless Alliance opens its doors overnight when temperatures fall below freezing. Both shelters operate in the “red zone,” meaning they’re within 2,000 feet of a school, park or childcare center and thus prohibit sex offenders from spending the night there.

The shelters operate on the assumption that the offenders, who must check in with local law enforcement weekly on the threat of prosecution, know they can’t stay there. It falls in line with Norman Assistant City Attorney Rick Knighton’s assertion that registered sex offenders in Norman would know where they can and cannot stay.

Norman’s current homeless shelter at 325 E. Comanche St. operates under the same guidelines.

Homeless Alliance Director Dan Straughan said the proximity of Norman’s proposed shelter to the school is “a valid concern,” but also said the issue is more complex than that.

“The other piece of that is, you’ve got to kind of ask yourself, ‘As a community, are we safer knowing where that guy is than not?’” Straughan said. “That would be my question.”

In a message to The Transcript, Lynn said “it is never a good idea to put a homeless shelter next to a school” regardless of whether authorities know where sex offenders are.

“We just have to get it wrong one time, and if something happens to a child after leaving that shelter, it’s on us. The city can be sued for that, and I cannot have that on my conscience,” Tortorello said.

In his response to The Transcript, Lynn also called the Homeless Alliance “a radical political group” and accused them of increasing homelessness in Oklahoma City.

Straughan said unhoused people in Norman travel to Oklahoma City because the city has “way more services,” but later noted that poverty and housing costs primarily drive homelessness. Norman exceeds Oklahoma City in housing costs and poverty rate, according to data from BestPlaces and the Census Bureau.

Enforcement

While Lynn and Tortorello both believe current sex offender requirements aren’t enough for the proposed homeless shelter in Norman, they disagree on how the city could more strictly enforce the requirements.

During the city’s Tuesday study session, Tortorello suggested the city allocate money to create a database that would identify sex offenders and keep them out of the facility. He later said for him and Le Monde parents, the main issue is that the city doesn’t vet people who stay in the shelter.

City manager Darrel Pyle said city staff would be happy to create a database that complies with state law.

Tortorello said Friday he was also concerned violent offenders would stay at the shelter.

After The Transcript told him NPD keeps record of both violent and sex offenders in the city, Tortorello said he plans to propose NPD help create the database.

“We already have the information now. It’s a matter of cross-checking that,” he said.

NPD is neutral on the proposed homeless shelter location because it’s on state land and not in their jurisdiction, spokesperson Sarah Jensen told The Transcript in an email.

Lynn said the city should also include drug and alcohol abuse in its shelter discussions. But he also argued a database “does nothing to mitigate the problems of putting a homeless shelter 20ft [sic] from a school.”

“The database is only a goodwill gesture to show that the city might even have a shred of concern on this issue,” he wrote.

Lynn also claimed the city previously tried to put the shelter in the same building as Le Monde.

Pyle said the city considered a building at the Griffin site for the shelter but looked elsewhere after the school sought a permit to occupy that building. He said city staff never considered co-occupying space with the school.

During the Tuesday meeting, Lynn suggested Cleveland County sheriff’s deputies, who have jurisdiction over the proposed site, arrest staff if a sex offender is found at the shelter. Knighton argued that under state law, authorities could likely only prosecute staff members if they knowingly harbor a sex offender.

Lynn, an attorney, said Friday he interprets the law differently and would hope law enforcement would arrest staff who accidentally allow sex offenders to stay there. He said “it would send a very hard message against this lunacy.”

“I hope the sheriff’s office would arrest every single one of them,” he said.

The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Lynn’s suggestion.

Public or private?

Tortorello and Lynn agree Norman shouldn’t provide homeless services, but the city’s current situation leads them to different conclusions.

The property owner of the current shelter has told the city they don’t want Norman to keep using the building for that purpose. Business owners in downtown have also complained to councilors that the unhoused in the area have negatively impacted their operations, including leaving needles and feces at their backdoors, Tortorello said.

“It is not the job of municipal government and taxpayer dollars,” Lynn wrote. “This is the lane of nonprofits and charities.”

While Tortorello agrees with this principle, the city is in a dilemma with the property owner and area businesses, he said.

“We’ve come to a situation where something has to be done, and there are no other entities with the resources to do what needs to be done. So that’s the dilemma,” he said.

In Oklahoma City, nonprofits and the religious community do most of the homeless relief work, Straughan said. But he said these organizations will never have the kind of money government agencies have.

Straughan also said nonprofits and religious organizations have to ask for funding, while tax dollars go directly to government agencies.

“Their resources are always going to outstrip the resources of the faith community and the nonprofit community,” he said. “It’s that simple.”

Seems miss Kelly Lynn has an attitude problem:

And it seems miss Kelly Lynn's hate extends elsewhere:

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter spouts multiple lies about registrants after 10th Circuit's bad decision

The 10th Circuit made a bad ruling in last week's ruling in Millard v. Rankin (10th Cir. 2020), and this idiotic comment from Mike Hunter just makes the ruling's bias against Registered Persons that much more obvious. Oklahoma is also a very bad state for Registered Persons, and with folks like Mike Hunter in office, it is easy to see why. 

https://lawweekcolorado.com/2020/09/10th-circuit-colorados-sex-offender-registry-is-not-punishment/

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter called the decision “a major victory for public safety advocates.” Hunter led the amicus brief joined by the attorneys general from the other 10th Circuit states.

“Sex offenders are violent, and are statistically speaking, some of the most likely to reoffend. Online sex offender registries allow the public to know who among them is a child predator or has been convicted of rape,” Hunter said in a news release. “To hide this information in order to make individuals convicted of these crimes feel more comfortable is utterly irresponsible.”

The full statement from the Press Release is even nuttier:

http://www.oag.ok.gov/attorney-general-hunter-comments-on-10th-circuit-ruling-colorado-sex-offender-registry-must-remain-available-to-public

“Today’s ruling is a major victory for public safety advocates,” Attorney General Hunter said. “Sex offenders are violent, and are statistically speaking, some of the most likely to reoffend. Online sex offender registries allow the public to know who among them is a child predator or has been convicted of rape. To hide this information in order to make individuals convicted of these crimes feel more comfortable is utterly irresponsible. Anyone advocating for this position should talk to victims and survivors of these types of crimes, who will forever remain scarred by these horrific acts, to find out why the registry systems are important.

“My 10th Circuit colleagues and I applaud the court’s decision that will arm citizens with this important public safety tool.”

“The Colorado General Assembly did not intend for CSORA to inflict a “punishment.” The legislature expressly indicated through the statutory text that CSORA was not intended to “be used to inflict retribution or additional punishment on any person,” but was rather intended to address “the public’s need to adequately protect themselves and their children” from those with prior sexual convictions,” the judges wrote.

Danyelle Dyer of Oklahoma is joining the harassment sign train (exposing her hypocrisy)

What a difference a day makes. When this first popped into my newsfeed, I ignored it as news of nominal value. That is, until I was invited to discuss this case on TV. Now I see there's a real serious problem with this person, Danyelle Dyer [FACEBOOK]. I've even made a new category this year, Dumbest Signposter, because of her.

So here's the list of facts based on a couple of reports:

1. Why make a fuss if the arrangement is only temporary?
2. A hundred yards is farther than 100 feet, which is Alabama's law. Just saying...
3. Posting her grandmother's name and address is putting her grandmother in danger. So if granny gets murdered, guess who is culpable, Danyelle?
4. Guess what? Danyelle wants to name a law after her. 
5. How can Danyelle discuss working with vets/ amputees? What if her patient is a registrant?
6. Girl, you're 21. Grow up! Posting threatening statements and passing the pitchforks on social media just makes you look like a fool. 

Danyelle, you and your supporters are all idiots. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/22/us/sex-offender-moves-in-next-door-to-victim-trnd/index.html

Convicted sex offender moves next door to his victim. And it's perfectly legal

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By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN

Updated 0131 GMT (0931 HKT) June 23, 2017

(CNN)Fourteen years ago, Danyelle Dyer was molested by her step-uncle.

Now, the man has moved next door to Dyer's parent's house in Oklahoma -- and legally, there's nothing they can do about it.

Sexual offenders laws are in place to keep predators away from children. Like many other states, Oklahoma law bars sex offenders from living near schools and churches.

But what Dyer and her family discovered is the state doesn't have a statute that prevents a sexual predator from moving next door to his victim.

Dyer, who's now 21, is fighting to change that....

Dyer is now studying for a degree in kinesiology and wants to eventually work with amputees and veterans. She comes back to her parents home every weekend and spends most of her summer there.

Two weeks ago, English was released from prison and he moved in with his mother -- Dyer's grandmother -- who lives right next door.

"If I look outside, I can see my grandmother's entire house. We are maybe 100 yards from her house," Dyer said.

The action

At first, her parents told Dyer not to worry.

"Legally, we didn't think he could," she said.

Her parents called lawmakers, the police, the prison system. Each assured them the law barred English from living so close to his victim.

But then, each called back to say they were wrong. There was nothing that legally prevented English from doing so.

"My mom called and told me that we can't stop this from happening," Dyer said.

At first, Dyer said she felt let down by the state. Then she decided to do something about it.

"I don't want anyone else to ever have to go through the feelings of reliving the trauma from something like this," she said.

Her first step: Post a picture of her abuser on Facebook.

"Meet my abuser and my new neighbor," it said.

Her dad put up signs in their front yard alerting people that a sex offender lived nearby. First, he went to the neighbors to make sure no one would object.

"They were very supportive and most of them have children and they don't want him around," Dyer said.

The other side

Dyer says she has a strained relationship with her grandmother because she continued to support English even after the abuse.

Right before English was released from prison, Dyer wrote her grandmother a letter.

"I felt like it was a very heartfelt letter explaining my feelings," she said. "I don't think it affected her at all."

CNN called the grandmother, Betty Dyer, and she defended her decision.

"The only thing I have to say about this, I don't agree with what my son did. But I gave him a place to stay temporary until he could find a place," she said.

"I think Danyelle is okay for trying to get a law passed. But she shouldn't blame me for what happened because this is my son and I just give him a place to stay until he can find a place on his own."

The grandmother said English was sitting next to her as she talked to CNN on the phone. But he declined to speak himself.

The fight

Now, the Dyer family is working with Oklahoma State Rep. Kyle Hilbert to introduce a new bill protecting victims.

The legislative season begins again in February. So they have roughly six months to write the bill.

"I'm doing everything I can to try and help and do something statutorily to prevent this from happening to anyone else in Oklahoma," Hilbert said.

Will the bill be named after Dyer? Hilbert said that's completely up to her.

"It would be an honor for the bill to be named after me," Dyer said. "It's because of my father that I am strong enough to fight this battle. He has always taught me to take a negative situation and turn it into a positive one to help others."

Aren't the worst folks always claiming Christianity?

ADDENDUM: I was informed that this wacko sent me a message via Facebook. If I actually used FB I suppose I would have seen it sooner. Since she's addressing me directly, I'll share her stupid remarks first:

In response, I first have to laugh. You calling me crazy is the classic case of Pot v. Kettle, you whack job.

Second, it doesn't matter where his hometown is, he is staying with a family member, and it is none of your business. You have no right to dictate ANYONE'S legal rights. Your rights end where others begin.  

Third, you're just as stupid as Assleigh Banfield (she'll be joining you on the Shiitake blog) because dozens of studies have proven recidivism rates are low. Again, you've proven your bias clods your personal judgment. 

Lets get real, your actions betray your words. Vengeance is placing a big sign pointing to grandmother's house. If you are willing to risk having someone MURDERED [like THIS PASTOR not far from you] then you better accept responsibility for your actions. Your own words as evidence: “If I can’t make him move, I want to make him as uncomfortable as possible.”

No, I DO NOT trust you to uphold your Hippocratic oath. You have proven to be someone willing to place human lives in danger. Since you think my past is fair game, then your future is fair game. I'm enjoying something you don't believe I should not have, meaning equal rights. 

Bottom line: Danyelle Dyer is just another Shiitake-worthy idiot.

I agree. Residency restriction repeals would be a good place to fix the flaws in the law.

Oklahoma's "separate but equal" registrant nursing home is about to get even less equal

I want to oppose the idea that this is a prison. It’s not. It’s a LTC facility that is providing what I refer to as ‘appropriate resident care for a specific population.’ This population has needs that are not being met in our traditional LTC facilities. What we have uncovered is that these people are much younger, predominately male, so there are some obvious differences with traditional residents. Are therapy and activities being provided to these offenders to keep them engaged to deal with their psycho-social needs? Oftentimes what we find is that these sex offenders end up in that so called ‘secure lock down unit.’ But what this is supposed to be is a special, secure LTC facility. -- Wes Bledsoe of "A Perfect Cause," an organization pushing segregation of sex offenders in nursing homes across the US, in response to the question, "Is there the potential for this facility to resemble a prison with people being segregated from each other and, figuratively, on 'lock down'?"

Oklahoma has created already created a disgusting and disturbing precedent when it became the first state in the US to create a law for a "separate but equal" nursing home facility for elderly and disabled registrants. Oklahoma is about to take this innovative idea to new depths. 

There is a reason I added the quote from Wes Bledsoe. This clown is the reason for the Oklahoma segregation law in the first place. He does not want us to think this segregation facility is a prison. Well, it will be hard for Bledsoe to continue to say such asinine things once Oklahoma passes SB 578, because the Oklahoma legislature seeks to turn over the responsibility for running the segregationist nursing home to the Department of Corrections. 

There is no way even a moron like Bledsoe can read this bill and NOT conclude this facility will be a prison. What else could you call a facility run by the DOC and includes prison inmates? It makes me wonder if Oklahoma will hire the same people that built the Minnesota facility with doors that lock during fire alarms?

AS INTRODUCED 

An Act relating to sex offenders; amending 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1-849, which relates to long-term care facility for sex offenders; allowing the Department of Corrections to initiate certain proposals; providing definitions; and providing an effective date. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 1-849, is amended to read as follows: 

Section 1-849. A. The State Department of Health Department of Corrections shall initiate a request for proposal for the operation of a stand-alone long-term care facility for: 

1. sex Sex offenders who are assigned a numeric risk level of II or III as provided in the Sex Offenders Registration Act; or 

2. Any incarcerated offender deemed by the Department of Corrections to be either critically or terminally ill.

The request for proposal shall set forth surveillance and security specifications providing for heightened security of residents to protect the public and residents of the facility. 

B. The State Board of Health Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules and establish procedures necessary to implement the request for proposal and the operation of the stand-alone long-term care facility for: 

1. Level II and III sex offenders; or 

2. Any offender deemed by the Department of Corrections to be either critically or terminally ill. 

C. For the purpose of this section: 

1. Critically ill means: 

a. being unable to perform at least two (2) activities of daily living, such as eating, toileting, moving from one place to another, bathing, dressing or being able to self-medicate; 

b. requiring substantial supervision for protection from threats to health and safety because of a severe cognitive impairment. 

2. Terminally ill means having a condition that reasonably may be expected to result in death within twenty-four (24) months. 

3. Long-term care facility means a health care facility, other than a general acute or specialty hospital, constructed, licensed, and operated to provide patient living accommodations, twenty-four (24) hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient services: 

a) selection of patient care services, under the  direction and supervision of a registered nurse, ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing, psychological, or other professional therapies to intermittent health-related or paraprofessional care services; and 

b) a structured supportive living environment that provides support or assistance with individual activities of daily living. 

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2015. 

Valley Brook Oklahoma resident Bobby Burgess petitions us for an Everyday Zeroes Award

Bobby Burgess and his petition
for a Shiitake Award

How many times over the years has Hands Up ministries in Oklahoma been targeted by people determined to shut them down? More times than I can count. Once again, someone is trying to shut down one of the few  outreach ministries in Oklahoma (probably THE only one) that helps registered citizens who are struggling with homelessness.

This guy, Bobby Burgess, is gathering petitions to shut the program down. He's collected 150 signatures. But will he get enough signatures to win a 2013 Shiitake award? Stay tuned to find out.

In the meantime, maybe the guys at the coffee shop can start a petition against this guy.

http://newsok.com/loitering-sex-offenders-are-making-valley-brook-residents-uneasy/article/3803998/?page=1


Loitering sex offenders are making Valley Brook residents uneasy

Residents of Valley Brook, a small Oklahoma City suburb known for its strip clubs, are upset that convicted sex offenders are being allowed to work and hang around two local businesses.

VALLEY BROOK — Residents of this small Oklahoma City suburb best-known for its strip clubs and recent scandals are upset that convicted sex offenders are being allowed to hang around two local businesses in town.

During the last meeting of the town's Board of Trustees, a petition signed by more 150 Valley Brook residents was submitted to elected officials, detailing their concerns.

Town Trustee Lewis Nieman said residents are upset that Joe's Addiction — a coffee shop — and Free Store Boutique — a thrift store — are routinely admitting sex offenders from the nearby Hand Up Ministries trailer park.

On its website, Hand Up Ministries describes itself as “faith-based prison aftercare program for men and women that have just been released from prison.”

It's been widely publicized in recent months that convicted sex offenders are allowed to live in the trailer park, which is just across the street from Valley Brook.

“A lot of people are concerned about it,” Nieman said. “We've only got about 400 adults in town, so having more than 150 people sign the petition is a pretty good amount.”

The petition, started by Valley Brook resident Bobby Burgess, is seeking help from the town's Board of Trustees.

Burgess, who has four small children, said the sex offenders and other homeless people who hang around Valley Brook are gaining in numbers.

“I'm tired of them being a nuisance, hanging around the neighborhood,” he said. “They don't just hang around the coffee shop ... they hang around the creek that runs through here; they're always asking people for money and walking up and down the street at all hours of the day.”

Burgess said Valley Brook is home to many children, and he believes it's just a matter of time before something happens.

“Look, they may not all be sex offenders, but sex offenders are known to live over there (Hand Up Ministries),” he said. “A lot of the kids will talk to them, just because they've been taught not to be rude. You can imagine what will happen eventually ... given enough time.

Both Joe's Addiction and Free Store Boutique are in the same shopping center in Valley Brook. A handful of strip clubs and other businesses are clustered nearby. The town hall and police station are nearby, too.


The businesses and municipal complex line SE 59, the tiny town's northern border. Residents live south of the shopping center, in between Eastern Avenue and Crossroads Boulevard.

‘We don't discriminate'

The coffee shop's owner, Jamie Zumwalt, denied that her business is a haven for sex offenders.
“We allow anyone who wants to hang out there to do so,” Zumwalt said.

“And not just to drink coffee ... We have a food pantry on Saturdays for groceries; we have the Free Store for physical needs. ... We don't discriminate against anyone.”

Zumwalt said Joe's Addiction is more than a coffee shop. She said the businesses she runs in Valley Brook also offer free counseling services.

As for the sex offenders, Zumwalt said she hasn't had any problems with them.

“They are just like any of the other folks that we are helping,” she said. “Some of them are homeless, some are drug addicts or alcoholics. ... I'm unaware of any sexual problems ... from the folks who hang out there.”

The Rev. David Nichols, the founder of Hand Up Ministries, said he can't control where the sex offenders who live at his trailer park go or whom they interact with.

“I own the property and I have staff there, but they are not in prison anymore,” Nichols said. “It's up to the coffee shop whether they let them come there, not me.”

Nichols also said that most of the “sex offenders” who are concerning Valley Brook residents are likely homeless and not living at his trailer park.

“It's easy for them to blame me, but there are hundreds of homeless sex offenders living in that area — and all over the city,” he said.

“Most of them are not from my place.”

Next step

Nieman said local residents who signed the petition want the town's Board of Trustees to refuse to renew Zumwalt's business license, which would essentially put her out of business.

In Valley Brook, business owners must renew their business licenses once a year.

“I don't know if we're going to do that,” Nieman said. “We'll take it up at a future meeting and see what happens.”

Joke-lahoma's Leslie Osborn vows to ALWAYS vote tough on crime

Could Leslie Osborn's next award be a Shiitake award?

Leslie Osborn's statement is typical of legislators who blindly follow "tough on crime" laws. Oxen are strong but they are also dumb. Dumb enough to admit her intentions and her unwillingness to be educated.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Sex-offenders-make-easy-target-for-Okla-lawmakers-4414869.php

"I will always vote to be the one that's tough on crime," Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Mustang, argued recently during debate over a bill to impose mandatory prison sentences for those who fail to register. "I want us to remember that the people that are registering here include people who are rapists, child molesters. These are people that have done heinous crimes to members of our communities."

Grove mother may go to prison for marrying sex offender, prosecutor said

Oklahoma sucks so much a beer was named
for it's maximum suckage. No joke-- Google it.

I'm starting to think I should have called my new blog the Shiitake Daily, because 2012 is becoming a banner year for sex offender stupidity. Today's Holy Shiitake moment comes from the no-so-great state of Joke-lahoma.

http://newsok.com/grove-mother-may-go-to-prison-for-marrying-sex-offender-prosecutor-said/article/3660194


Grove mother may go to prison for marrying sex offender, prosecutor said

BY SHEILA STOGSDILL | Published: March 24, 2012 
  
JAY — A Grove woman on probation for having her children with her when she was arrested for public intoxication could be sent to prison after marrying a convicted sex offender — a likely probation violation, a prosecutor said.
Heather Leann Ogden, 35, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of child endangerment in November 2010 and was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.
District Attorney Eddie Wyant said he filed a motion March 15 to revoke Ogden's probation after authorities discovered she married felon Steven Ray Cottle Jr. Ogden also was arrested in connection with drunken driving June 11 in Joplin, Mo., according to the motion.
Cottle, 31, was convicted in May 1999 in Blaine County for indecent exposure and received a five-year deferred sentence.
He failed to register as a sex offender in 2005 and was sentenced to 10 years for indecent exposure, failure to register and being in possession of a firearm during probation.
He was released June 2, 2011, after serving six years, according to Department of Corrections records.
Ogden was arrested Nov. 27, 2009, after a police officer arrived to help her when her car was inoperable.
The officer said she appeared to be intoxicated and a half-empty bottle of whiskey was on the rear floorboard of her car.
Her 1-year-old and 6-year-old children also were in the car, according to an arrest affidavit.
She is free on $2,000 bail and scheduled to return to court Monday.