Comments on: If You’re Going To Quote OKC Central….

By: William

William — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:15:13 +0000

I seriously doubt if we will be seeing the price negotiations played out in public.

By: Larry OKC

Larry OKC — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:42:30 +0000

And they will probably deny it up to the minute the announcement is made…LOL

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:08:55 +0000

My issue is that the proposed site is only feasible if the price is right. I’m hearing the asking price is out of site.
I think there should be a cap of what we will pay for the site maybe 10 to 15% max of overall convention cost. Some agreed upon cost that is discussed out in the open not in the shadows as has become the norm for these city, urban renewal and alliance professionals.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:06:02 +0000

Friends For A Better Convention Center Site

A Facebook group created by OKCTALK Members:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/274840982632029/

By: Steve Lackmeyer

Steve Lackmeyer — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:55:24 +0000

I’m going to have to disagree. Here is what I said when a question was posed about my flashback: “At this point City Manager Jim Couch insists there is no change on the site chosen for the convention center. But based on what I’m hearing elsewhere, I thought it important to refresh readers on what has transpired to date.”
The only thing I could have been clearer on is what I was hearing elsewhere. What I’ve been hearing elsewhere is confusion about how the site was selected, whether it was truly the final site selection, and what factors went into it being selected. To take that and say I’ve reported in any way that the city is looking to change the site is quite the stretch… I am on alert for any such changes, but as I said, the stop city staff is denying any such change is even being contemplated.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:50:21 +0000

I heard Councilman Shadid reference the blog in the meeting and understand why he said it. Steve, you have been making some very cryptic remarks and making re-posts about the convention center which some could certainly have thought or inferred that meant people within city government want the site changed (mayor wanted it different, city staff was previously working for a different site apparently, etc.). So, rather than leaving people to infer, how about we just get things out in the open? Who wants to change the site and why? What are the comments you are hearing and who are making them? Without that, we are just left guessing yet again. The people have the right to know who is working behind the scenes to change things whether those people want their views public or not. We are talking potentially hundreds of millions of the public’s money.