Comments on: Peeling the Onion http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Kristen http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36737 Kristen Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:28:30 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36737 After I get through with the Plaza District festival on Oct 1st I am going to post a blog on the processes, obstacles and time it took to obtain all the permits. I think it will be pretty interesting.

]]> By: GenghisKDuck http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36540 GenghisKDuck Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:47:32 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36540 Well I’m flummoxed. Again!

1.Am I reading the quote correctly in
that Mr. Couch does think that “Gestapo type tactics” were used? What does “Gestapo type tactics” mean?

2. Are the Casey Kasem shows any good after all this time?

]]> By: Larry OKC http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36441 Larry OKC Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:07:08 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36441 Genghis: as long as you don’t let “Boomer” slip in if you mention the Thunder, you should be fine ;-)

]]> By: GenghisKDuck http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36433 GenghisKDuck Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:36:52 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36433 According to this article http://tinyurl.com/3fltnss I believe Mr. Couch was at the food truck thing. I was going to paste the quote but I didn’t know if we were allowed to do that here. 3rd paragraph, first sentence.

I’m still working on my response to the editorial. It was
5,000 words so I’ve been editing it. I kind of rambled on and on and on so
I wanted to get back on focus. Anyway, I’ve been reading Berry Trammel and I started putting words like “rabble rousers”
and “knuckleheads” in it, but I thought maybe that would be
distracting. Then before I knew it, I was talking about
Archduke Ferdinand so then I had to delete that. Then I kept
chewing on a pencil and laughing and yelling out Westward Ho! so then I had to take a break.

You know, this writing coherently is a lot harder than it seems sometimes.

]]> By: Mike N. http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36428 Mike N. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:47:13 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36428 I can semi answer 6 and 7. The City/County Health Dept does not answer in a direct chain of command to Jim Couch. As to 7 NO WAY. The PD does not ask the city managers permission nor inform him of a raid that is about to happen on the local dope house and neither should other agencies. The fewer non-enforcement folks that know the better.

]]> By: Larry OKC http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36409 Larry OKC Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:39:57 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36409 Steve: great articles, keep their feet to the fire.

Supposedly this was part of a citywide crackdown and specifically the first stop on the way to southside. Have yet to see ANY media reports that others were indeed targeted. The only mention is an unnamed business by “Ashley G” in the above posts…

So the question remain:

1) Did these various agencies continue on to other locations (or did they meet their quota)?

2) Which locations?

3) Were any other vendors cited/fined/shut down?

4) The names of the businesses involved?

5) Was there the same show of force displayed at the other locations and in the same numbers?

6) How does the City Manager not know of this raid in advance? Isn’t he ultimately in charge of the some of the folks that were involved?

7) Shouldn’t the head of those departments informed Mr. Couch what was going down?

]]> By: Josiah http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36396 Josiah Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:42:54 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36396 It is inaccurate to say that organizers “choose” (sic)to “break the law.” The organizers followed the rules, as best as they could understand them. The permitting regulations contain some leeway for exceptions to be granted. So Ashley – to be accurate – the organizers knew they did not have a permit, but they did not knowingly “break the law” as they believed city officials had conveyed verbally that the event shouldn’t encounter any problems.

Steve – if “Ashley’s” comments above are indeed a reiteration of the health dept’s spokeswoman, then the health dept’s PR work is as lame and amateur as their organizational skills for raiding public events.

]]> By: john http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36386 john Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:55:35 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36386 Pretty sure Ashley is a shill for the Health Dept. I applaud them for keeping up with what is said, but if you are going to post in a story that is related to you, as a PR person for said organization she should at least have enough sense to not sound so informed with specifics such as she posts.

Did you do this on the tax payer dollar? haha…

]]> By: Chris http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36385 Chris Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:57:33 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36385 Ashley- Are you saying the taxpayer doesn’t have a right to be upset? Efficiency is the key here. One employee could have made a phone call and saved thousands of taxpayer dollars. For the people that think the health dept. was right… do you not see that you paid 27 people to show up at a night food market that is trying to increase the quality of life of the city you live in? Have you ever wanted something fun to do on Fri. night that isn’t going to see a movie or taking the family to Applebees.

]]> By: slackmeyer http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2011/08/29/peeling-the-onion/comment-page-1/#comment-36384 slackmeyer Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:31:23 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=6477#comment-36384 Mark, I don’t think there has been any dispute that after the H&8th visit the inspectors went on to south Oklahoma City….

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