Comments on: Tough Questions for Everybody!

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:27:43 +0000

What about this question: – To the Mass Transit advocates: what if the citizenry isn’t that concerned about Mass Transit?

By: Doug Vincent

Doug Vincent — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:15:39 +0000

“win friends?”

I hope your third bullet point doesn’t win you a trip to the boss’s office. I’m starting to enjoy your contributions here and on OKCTalk.

By: Steve K.

Steve K. — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:49:10 +0000

What, no word on Kate Hudson filming something in Oklahoma City?! ;o)

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:00:12 +0000

Very good observations David.

By: david ball

david ball — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:58:35 +0000

i lived through oklahoma city/county being totally dysfunctional for decades. back in the 80′s, tulsa had okc whipped as being the progressive, dynamic place to be. shaking that off was a long, painful process and i thank ron norick for not ever losing the faith during our city’s darkest hours.

lackmeyer is one of my favorite columnists, and i absolutely love the re-birth of the city. meanwhile, tulsa is having a real tough time getting re-unified as a team. while we should definitely ask ourselves what we want to be when we grow up, the major impetus of okc’s success has not in fact been MAPS…. it has been the unified city working together, no longer north vs. south, rich vs. blue-collar, etc. don’t believe it? just look at tulsa, where they are constantly squabbling ever since abandoning the commission form of government. you will have winners and losers, and some clever folks are going to be able to cash in and make a buck, but you better all stay on the same team if you want to keep winning. look what happened to the okc schools when people started to abandon them. count your blessings.

By: John R. "Radar" Doyle

John R. "Radar" Doyle — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:53:12 +0000

Public Forum, community input? Steve, I get the feeling that the public input was only allowed at the MAPS3.org site.

My Spidey senses believe that the City’s leaders are racing against the clock, to meet a Nov-Dec election timetable. Yes, they are in the back rooms assembling the product, and meeting with marketing people on how to best sell a $1 billion package to the citizenry.

To allow more public input could delay any vote until March, 2010. But that causes a problem. The March election will be a Mayoral one, and I don’t believe Cornett wants to run double-duty, selling MAPS-3 and running for re-election simultaneously.