Anderson, Fallin Differ On Centers’ Closing

Enid senator, Fallin at odds over resource center closing process

BY WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Republican state senator says Gov. Mary Fallin and her staff are freezing him out – refusing to take his calls or meet with a group of his constituents on a key issue.

While Fallin administration emails show top aides considering such a move toward Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, a spokesman for the governor says that hasn’t happened.

“I would say that they have lived up to their statement,” Anderson said. Last March, Anderson said, he had his legislative assistant ask the Governor’s Office for a meeting with constituents concerned about plans to close the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center, a state care center for the developmentally disabled in Enid.

Anderson said his assistant followed up that request for six months, but Fallin was never available.

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