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A familiar face but one that’s Daily News offices for an lowered in 2015 to 2 percent
been fairly scarce in these interview. Asked what his for the first 36 months of pro-
parts the last several years goals would be as governor, duction from new wells.
was back in Clinton Thursday, he started with the big one. Finally, he would eliminate
stumping for a new job. Drew “We’ve got to fix the budget,” the capital gains deduction
Edmondson, Oklahoma’s at- he said. that state citizens and busi-
torney general for 16 years And that would mean in- nesses get when they sell
from 1995 to 2011, was here creasing revenues, or what Oklahoma-based properties
looking for votes he hopes will people pay in taxes, although or stocks. He said that over a
help him win the Democratic he didn’t use those words. five-year period, that cost the
Party’s nomination for gover- Specifically, he favors a state $465 million.
nor and ultimately the state $1.50-per-pack cigarette tax Essential core services of
governorship. increase, which the Oklahoma government which must be
Already the leading fund- Legislature has consistently funded, he said, are health, CDN | Staff Photo
raiser in either party among refused. He also wants to mental health, the Depart-
2018 gubernatorial hopefuls, restore the Gross Produc- ment of Human Services, Former attorney general Drew Edmondson, left, now a
Edmondson hosted another tion Tax on oil and gas to 7 Department of Corrections, candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination,
fund-raiser here. percent of production, which visited in Clinton last week with former district attorney
He also visited the Clinton was what it was before it was See EDMONDSON, page 3 Dennis Smith, center, and local farmer Jack Carpenter.
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