Comments on: Anger of the People http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Jill http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9469 Jill Fri, 28 May 2010 19:44:48 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9469 So, have we heard anything about this? I’m assuming no news is bad news, but I hope I’m wrong.

]]> By: Aaron http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9430 Aaron Thu, 27 May 2010 20:21:32 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9430 My email:

Dear Speaker of the House, Representative McAffrey, and Senator Rice:

I hope this email is not too late.

I am aware that Senate Bill 1267 is headed to Governor Henry’s desk. Although the two-year moratorium on almost every state tax credit may be necessary, the implications of stopping tax credits for historic building rehabilitation could be far worse than anyone has perceived.

There are so many projects in Oklahoma City alone that will utilize these credits. One of which is the relocation of the Oklahoma City University School of Law to the old Fred Jones building. This project, along with all the other proposed rehabilitation of historic buildings, will not only spur continuned economic growth and development, they will continue to change the face of this city, and this great State.

I have heard that there is a “trailer bill’ to correct the moratorium on historic rehabilitation tax credits, and that trailer bill needs to be heard and it needs a chance to be voted on.

Stopping the potential for growth and redevelopment, stopping the creation of jobs and tax revenue, are not the purposes behind Senate Bill 1267, but those will be the consequences if this moratorium puts an end to rehabilitative construction projects for the next two years.

So much has been going right for this city and this State, why would you want to stop that progress now?

]]> By: Jill http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Jill Thu, 27 May 2010 19:40:40 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9426 I’ve now gotten about 25 replies, mostly positive. Some have indicated that since it doesn’t benefit their district, they’re not too interested, which seems rather shortsighted.

]]> By: slackmeyer http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9425 slackmeyer Thu, 27 May 2010 19:06:01 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9425 Nick, I wonder if there are any historic tax credit projects in Stillwater Sen. Halligan might not be aware of.

]]> By: Nick Roberts http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9420 Nick Roberts Thu, 27 May 2010 16:14:37 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9420 I wrote several legislators and got one positive response, from Senator Rice (go figure), and one negative response from Senator Halligan. Getting a response back, period, is exceptional of senators..I sent 12 letters to key lawmakers.

]]> By: PreservationOK http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9417 PreservationOK Thu, 27 May 2010 15:32:32 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9417 OK, folks, keep up the hard work – right now, we need PHONE CALLS to the Speaker of the House Chris Benge and Rep. Steele (Shawnee), asking them to get the trailer bill for historic rehab credits heard. Please call now!

]]> By: Jill http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9388 Jill Thu, 27 May 2010 03:51:30 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9388 I’ve written every legislator in the last two hours (just saw this) and have already gotten responses back from six, all positive. So, it’s definitely not too late to write.

]]> By: Jill http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9379 Jill Thu, 27 May 2010 03:49:15 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9379 I’ve written every legislator and have gotten positive comments back from six already (just saw this a couple of hours ago and started writing) so I would encourage people that it’s not too late to write.

]]> By: PreservationOK http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-9374 PreservationOK Thu, 27 May 2010 02:33:19 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2010/05/26/anger-of-the-people/#comment-9374 Folks can go to our website (www.preservationok.org) to find out more about how to contact legislators and ask them to support the tax credit for historic rehabs. We’ll keep everyone updated – Thanks for everyone’s support!

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