"Outside the courthouse, jury foreman Michael Miracle said that after hearing nine days of testimony and arguments, he considered the state auditor "a small fish in a big pond with a lot of whales."
"Granted, he's an elected official, and he should be held to a higher standard. But there's a lot of other people that were involved," Miracle said. "I just don't think Mr. McMahan was one of the ringleaders."
http://newsok.com/auditor-wife-facing-prison-after-verdict/article/3257742/?tm=1213499166
Big whales? Stipes!?
Gene Stipe, Godfather of the Oklacorleone Family. [;)]
Stipe was the most powerful man in Oklahoma for many, many years, might still be if it weren't for those pesky, meddling Federales.
Michael Stipe, lead singer to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band R.E.M.
"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiiiiiiiiine ..."