The State of Oklahoma is down another great employee!
We have learned via the Ogle Mole Network that Joni J. Riley – a Programs Administrator in Child Care Services – is retiring from the state today after 31-years on the job.
Yes, that's correct. THE Joni Riley is stepping down as a Programs Administrator. As the famed Joe Exotic would say, I'm not sure the State will ever be able to financially recover from this.
A life-long Oklahoman, Joni originally worked in state government as a wide-eyed, recovering-hippie in the 1970s. She then got hooked up with an eccentric weirdo art teacher, got married, and promptly quit. A few years later, on April 13th, 1978, she gave birth to an incredibly handsome and talented son. A few years after that, on Halloween night in 1982, she gave birth to another son – although, sadly, he was a little less talented and handsome than the first.
In the late 1980s, while raising those two boys with the eccentric weirdo art teacher (a.k.a her husband) in a tiny two-bedroom house on the southside, Joni made a life-changing decision – she went back to school to get a degree, rejoin the workforce, and start a career.