Smoke Screen

Our opponent and his campaign have been touting bad checks, back child support and civil work for county officials as being an important aspect of the office of the District Attorney.  While this is true and something Brian is already focused on improving (several counties would tell you that the current DA doesn't really focus on these activities for people who don't agree with his political stance), this rhetoric is nothing more than a smoke screen to cover for the lack of being tough on dangerous criminals. 

If you spend some time browsing through our court records systems (ODCR www.odcr.com & OSCN www.oscn.net) and look at felony cases filed in the four counties of our district, you will find that the overwhelming majority result in heavily reduced charges and plea bargains where the criminal ends up with a suspended sentence.  The net effect is that these criminals are rapidly back on our streets and endangering our families.

This is exactly the case with Alvin Eugene Webster who was featured on America's Most Wanted on November 2.  Webster was first arrested for lewd molestation of a 3 year old girl in December of 2006. He pled guilty in 2008 and was given a 15 year suspended sentence.  Almost immediately, he violated the conditions of his probation and was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender and was released.  He was arrested again in early 2009 for failure to register and released.  

From there, he seems to have gone on to Muskogee county where charges were filed after he was accused of molesting another little girl, this time a four year old.  There is another investigation into whether he was also molesting a child at the home he was recently living in.

This is just one case among many where the DA's office had the power to protect our community and failed to do so.  I will set standards for our prosecutors to help ensure that this kind of travesty does not continue to re-occur.  Let's do everything we can to ensure that we wake up on November third knowing that everything possible has been done to keep our communities safe.  

Vote Brian Kuester on November 2

It's Thursday!

Here we are on Thursday with only a few short days until the election.  First, let me thank all of you for your support throughout this campaign.  We truly do appreciate all that has been done to this point.

Secondly, there are still things that can be done to participate.  We have worked with the state party and have materials to get out as part of the Get Out The Vote effort. We could use your help in any of the four counties to help get these materials distributed.  We are also working on getting some phone calls made to voters across the district.  If you are able and willing to help with either of these efforts, even if only for a few hours, please email volunteer@briankforda.com.

Campaign Finance

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the campaign!  Without your donations, our campaign would have struggled greatly to get the message out.  With just a few days left, we can still make good use of your $10, $20, $50 & $100 donations to ensure that we have the best ad spots in the Sunday papers and that we run plenty of cable and TV advertising.  Every ad run is an opportunity to gain more voters.  If you would like to donate click here for the online donation form OR here for the donation card.  We would ask that if you are donating via check that you call (918-845-1664) or email us (click here) to let us know it is on the way so we can ensure it gets put to good use.  Thank you again for your support!