Corporal Todd Larkin Responds To A Letter To The Editor Published In The Oklahoman

Corporal Todd Larkin is currently stationed in Afghanistan with the Oklahoma Army National Guard. On his blog Task Force Phoenix 5 he took the time today to post his response to this letter to the editor that appeared in the Daily Oklahoman on March 14th from Shawn Gralla, of Norman, Oklahoma:

Get back to work, governor
How much did Gov. Henry’s trip to Iraq cost? How much did Oklahoma taxpayers pay for this trip? How many Oklahoma soldiers did the governor shake hands with? What was the dollar cost per handshake? Henry was elected and is paid to guide the state of Oklahoma. He wasn’t elected and isn’t paid by Oklahoma taxpayers to press the flesh and politic in international affairs in a war-torn country.

Oklahoma taxpayers deserve more effort and results from the governor for their tax dollar here in Oklahoma. Henry should pay his own way and use his own time to visit Iraq. Get back to work, governor!

Shawn Gralla, Norman

(here is the link to the letter on The Oklahoman website, scroll down the page to find the letter.)

Governor Brad Henry did the right thing visiting our troops. Thank you Governor Henry for showing your support.

Click here to read Corporal Todd Larkin’s response

(thanks to Cindy for emailing me the link to Corporal Todd Larkin’s website.)

Update: I was reading more posts at Task Force Phoenix 5 and came across this picture below of Corporal Todd Larkin and Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry in Afghanistan.