Business and the polls
Devon Energy CEO Larry Nichols and former Mayor Ron Norick are leading a delegation visiting Albany, New York today as they participate in the first trial run of the Oklahoma River Cruisers that will arrive in Oklahoma later this year.
While enjoying dinner Tuesday evening, they spent much of their time discussing the Oklahoma City Public Schools bond issue and the Tulsa river tax – both being decided as these two Oklahoma City civic leaders were halfway across the country. They were shocked at the margin of victory for the school bonds – 78 percent – and disappointed by the loss of the Tulsa tax.
The Tulsa proposition would have funded an ambitious redevelopment of the Arkansas River, and Norick and Nichols showed no hometown bias in hoping the initiative would pass and spark the sort of revival now being seen along the Oklahoma River.
They also spent much of their evening discussing other cities that have developed once ignored riverfronts. Their ambition for the Oklahoma River may not include the funding proposed as part of the failed Tulsa tax, but it’s every bit as far-reaching.
-Steve Lackmeyer, Business Writer
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