LEGACY. THAT’S COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. NOW A KOCO FIVE EDITORIAL HERE IS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRENT HENSLEY SENATOR JIM MOUNTAIN INHOFE DIED PEACEFULLY WITH HIS FAMILY AT HIS SIDE TUESDAY JULY 9TH AT THE AGE OF 89. AS I REFLECTED ON HOW BEST TO DESCRIBE SENATOR INHOFE, I CHOSE THE WORD STATESMAN, DEFINED AS A WISE, SKILLFUL, AND RESPECTED POLITICAL LEADER, SENATOR INHOFE WAS CERTAINLY THAT, AND MORE IN A POLITICAL CAREER THAT SPANNED OVER 40 YEARS, INCLUDING POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. SENATOR INHOFE RETIRED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO AS THE LONGEST SERVING U.S. SENATOR IN OKLAHOMA HISTORY. HE WAS AN ARMY VETERAN AND A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR OUR MILITARY. HE SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, PASSING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, WHICH ENSURED MILITARY FUNDING AND WAS LATER NAMED AN INHOFE’S HONOR. UPON HIS RETIREMENT. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME IN WASHINGTON, HE FOUGHT TO PROTECT OUR MILITARY BASES AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OKLAHOMA BASES, HE WAS A STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE AND A FIERCE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT WAS EVIDENT WHEN HE FOLLOWED HIS OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION AND CERTIFIED THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. DESPITE PRESSURE FROM HIS OWN PARTY TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS, SENATOR INHOFE LOVED OKLAHOMA AND FELT AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE IN ALL LEVELS OF HIS PUBLIC SERVICE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH THE SENATOR FREQUENTLY OVER THE YEARS, AND FOUND HIM TO BE A MAN OF HIGH CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY. TRUE TO HIS OATH OF SERVICE, WILLING TO HEAR DIFFERING OPINIONS, AND NEVER WITHOUT AN OPINION OF HIS OWN. OKLAHOMA AND OUR COUNTRY LOST A GREAT STATESMAN IN SENATOR INHOFE AND A PUBLIC SERVANT WHOSE LEGA