Comments on: The Future? http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Doug Dawg http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Doug Dawg Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:45:20 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/#comment-90 Thanks, Michael … not the “Michael” that I guessed!

The vote tallies are here: http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2008/03/march-4-unofficial-returns.html … I’m still in the process of identifying precincts, though.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Michael Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:07:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/#comment-91 Hey Doug,
Can’t wait to see your analysis – I’ll bookmark your blog. Mine is http://www.unitedstatesofmichael.com.

]]> By: Doug Dawg http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Doug Dawg Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:02:51 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/#comment-92 Michael, my own guess, and it can be nothing more than that, is that the growth is a blend between exponential and linear, still quite good either way. Regardless, if you are who I think you are … ODTG … and even if not, it will be fun to watch.

I’ve in the process of taking a close look at the vote, precinct by precinct, and I’ll be posting in my blog about that when I’m done. But, even at 1st blush, even though the vote generally carried 62%-38%, significant pockets of the vote were not that way at all and I’m in the process of identifying those areas and it’s a bit tedious … and it’s always risky “generalizing” about areas in the city that bucked the “Yes” trend … but it would be wrong to think that they did not exist. They did.

Why? Anyone’s guess. Which ones? Easier to identify. I got precinct by precinct preliminary tallies from the County Election Board this morning, and I’ll have that analysis up later this evening, whatever it reflects.

The challenge, and the promise, involves bringing all involved, Yes and No people, together … and that comes from the City delivering on what most of us think and expect that it will do … and then, I think, many of the nay-sayers will come around which would be the best thing for the City.

Unity is good.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Michael Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:47:38 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/#comment-93 With the vote passing by such a substantial margin, this is a really good sign. Assuming the city’s growth is more exponential than linear, I wonder if we are getting to the point of the “knee of the curve” in terms of the growth we are seeing and will see in the near future in the metro. It will be fun to watch.

]]> By: Doug Dawg http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Doug Dawg Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:45:27 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/03/05/the-future/#comment-94 Hell, ya. We ARE the Champions … of the World!

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