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Ed Shadid For OKC Mayor
The concept of creating and building progressive archipelagos—larger cities and towns where liberalism, diversity and intellectualism flourish—in typically conservative states has been around for some...
View ArticleWhat Happened With That Famous OKC Diet?
Even as area leaders casually claim the May tornado destruction will not create image problems, a new report released recently ranks Oklahoma City the lowest of 50 cities in fitness and health.The...
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Dysfunctional Government Turns Spotlight On Cities
Anyone who has lived here any length of time and pays attention knows that Oklahoma consistently faces a barrage of reports and studies showing its dismal national rankings in socio-economic, health,...
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Obvious Alert: OKC Area Has Some Bad Roads
If you drive a vehicle or ride in one consistently in this area it should come as no surprise that a new report claims the Oklahoma City area has some of the worst roads in the country among larger...
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Where’s The Outrage About Secrecy Now?
Where’s all the outrage now from The Oklahoman over lack of transparency and secrecy among some members of the Oklahoma City Council, including Mayor Mick Cornett?As you recall, the newspaper and its...
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Conservative City
It’s no big surprise that Oklahoma City ranks as the second most conservative big city in the nation, according to a recent academic study, but it does confirm progressives here face a huge wall when...
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Fracking Alert: Lake Hefner Meeting On Thursday
This is just a short reminder that a public meeting to discuss a proposal by Pedestal Oil Company to drill for oil and gas, which would apparently include fracking, just south of Lake Hefner will be...
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A Big Fail: OKC Holds Undemocratic Meeting On Lake Hefner Fracking Proposal
When it comes to basic democratic principles and the freedom of political expression, the public meeting Thursday to discuss a proposal to allow fracking adjacent to Lake Hefner was a complete...
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The OKC Critters? The OKC Ward 2 Election?
Did you catch my post Thursday about the Oklahoma City Zoo in The Lost Ogle?“Ah, yes, but what about the critters? The elephants, the giraffes, the sea lions, the wild African dogs, the okapi, the...
View ArticleNew Orleans Style
I gave a presentation at the Popular Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans this week nearly 10 years after hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and caused billions of...
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