Alright, I’m Back – Now Can Anyone Tell Me What This is About?
For the past couple of months we’ve seen most questions submitted to SandRidge Energy answered with “no comment.” The last question I submitted to SandRidge last Monday was as to whether a comment by attorney Frank Hill indicating SandRidge Energy might abandon downtown if they are blocked from tearing down six buildings on their campus has gone unanswered.
But last Thursday, as I was busy reporting on the federal lawsuit against Bob Funk and the pending foreclosure of First National Center, I received the following press release through The Gooden Group along with the image shown at the top of this post:
We recognize the passion that many have shown for the development and preservation of downtown Oklahoma City. We share this passion and appreciate the overwhelming support and enthusiasm that many in the downtown community continue to show for the SandRidge Commons master plan.
We have put forth a dynamic, well-considered urban plan promising to bring vibrancy and energy to this part of downtown and accommodate our growth over the next decades, as we add attractive corporate jobs.
We remain confident SandRidge Commons is the right thing for Oklahoma City and that it will make a significant contribution to the vibrant and thriving downtown we all desire.
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Comments
So they send a picture of Sandridge Commons with the press release from a different angle which makes it look like there is a lot more density?
They don’t get it!
I love how they state something along the line of \we’ll be here growing in the coming decades (sic).\ They’ll tear the buildings down, the price of gas will drop AGAIN, and Sandwhatever will get bought out. No Sandwhatever and more parking lots.
Yeah, sounds like a plan. L.A.M.E.
Matt. Here’s the most ironic part of what you say. No one has anything personal against Sandridge; no one wants personal pity. It’s about Downtown and the power that Sandrige has to change it. Either for bad or for good. Their plan is a bit on the bad side. It’s not really thought out. A giant park and one new building is not urban.
Lame response from a company with lame PR tactics. Man these guys need some serious help in the PR department, they’re worse than the Thunder’s marketing/PR team.