SHOCK: Patrice Douglas Wins New $250K State Job
Mystery solved: Douglas winner of $250K OK state job
by Rick Green
The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust announced Tuesday Patrice Douglas has accepted a newly created $250,000-a-year job heading up the state agency.
Douglas is a former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, a former Edmond mayor and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House.
The announcement came a week after the trust stirred public concern with word that it was starting a lucrative new position and had offered it to an undisclosed person at a time when most state agencies are facing severe budget cutbacks.
The trust manages $1 billion in tobacco settlement money, spending only the interest, mainly to discourage smoking.