I grew up in Oklhaoma city and left when I was 19 on a military career, but moved back in 1998 to retire because of the MAPS vision. Since then I have moved on to another career which takes me all over the Uninted States, and I could not agree with you more about the lack of vision by our city/county fathers with regards to the neglect of our local water bodies. Everywhere I go I brag that second only to Minnesota, (where I spent a considerable amount of time last year), Oklahoma has more fresh water shoreline than any other state in the lower 48. Just like your experience in San Francisco, it is simply a matter of someone in the local government having a vison of what could be with our metro lakes and ponds. As a youth growing up in the City in the 60′s I used to catch many big bass in ponds scattered about. These were ponds on private property that, to my knowledge, were seldom if ever stocked. Once the fish were there, they simply propagated themselves. I always practiced “catch and release” before it was popular. I also remember fishing at Lincoln Park in the 50′s and bringing the perch and blue gill home for my mom to fry up. There were plenty of others fishing the banks of Lincoln Park who took home their catch. Anyone who has looked at the condition of Lincoln Park lake would never consider eating anything out of that body of water. Springlake Park also had a beautiful small lake just chock full of fish. Haven’t been over their in years but I’m sure they filled in the lake when they converted it into an industrial park of some sort. Botton line is I support you 100% in getting the word to Mayor Cornett and the other community leaders that we need to spend much more MAPS money on sprucing up our local water bodies, just as do the majority of major municipalities I have visited on my work trips across the U.S. over the past six years.