The Hay's in the Barn... on State Question 777

      Barry Switzer had a favorite saying when he was winning National Championships at O.U. and when he coached the Dallas Cowboys, winning a Super Bowl in 1992. After the last practice or last film session before a big game, Switzer would survey the team as they looked to him and say "well boys, the hay's in the barn". After I became a football coach at Duncan High School, we continued to say, at the end of each practice on Thursday evenings, "the hay's in the barn". It meant that the preparation for winning the next game was finished, and all that was left was to go out the next day - and "kick butt and take names". And so be it with State Question 777, the right to harm our family farms and environment - by the corporate factory producers and packers. As the facts have proven out, this bill is being fronted by a corporation, Farm Bureau, and was originally written by Shuanghui, Seaboard, and Tyson factory farms. These three corporate factory farms have convinced many of our family farmers and ranchers that this bill is for us. They have convinced many of us that the real enemy is the Humane Society, and we must protect ourselves from the evil HSUS by blocking Oklahoma from enacting any farm crippling legislation. Seaboard,et al, have convinced many Oklahomans they are family farms, and the only way to stop HSUS from invading our family farms is to give constitutional protection to international and foreign factory farms. Farm Bureau is fronting 777 because these foreign factory farms (their biggest customers) have told FB that it must. We (family farmers and ranchers) have tried over the past several weeks to educate the public about 777, by providing facts and data on what this bill actually does. The time is finally here to determine if our hard work will pay off. Election day is tommorrow, so as Barry Switzer said - "The hay is in the barn", Vote NO on SQ 777!