Scott looks to continue to improve life in House District 72

(POL) Rep. Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa, did not have to look past his own children to find a reason to originally run for office in House District 72, and the same reason helps motivate him in his re-election campaign this year.

            “First and foremost, I got into it thinking about the future of my two children,” he said. “They’re going to inherit this community. I think what’s going to keep me in it is the level of needs brought to me by my constituents. It requires a lot of persistence and tenacity to get them the services they deserve.”

            In the two years he has served in office, Scott has already helped with many different programs to improve his district in north Tulsa. One of the most recent was the passage of a bill that would help provide low-interest loans to neighborhood grocery stores, which is part of a larger effort to deal with areas known as “food deserts” where residents do not have easy access to grocery stores.

            “In a lot of instances, we find if folks can’t walk to a store, they’re going to be going to the convenience stores,” he said. He added that convenience stores not only have higher prices for necessary items such as milk and bread, but they also generally have less healthy food options than grocery stores.

            That issue, which was sparked by the closing of an Albertsons in Scott’s district, was one of the top issues his constituents asked him to work on, he said.

 

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