Was a convention hotel mentioned as a part of the MAPS 3 campaign? Part of the June 11, 2013, City Council discussion focused on that question during a presentation by the Alliance for Oklahoma City Economic Development. A truncated version of the discussion, focusing...
The initial parts of this post were published here on July 9, 2012, but the post was only completed on July 22. It took me that long complete it. The Oklahoman has been critical of Ward 2 City Council member Ed Shadid beginning with before he won the April 5, 2011,...
Credit The Who for background audio, “Who Are You,” in the video, above, and Swedish author Stieg Larrson for the concept — his Dragon Tatoo trilogy is almost certainly the finest political/crime/suspense literature of this century and the Swedish movie...
Just when I kinda thought I’d correctly pigeonholed some if not most members of the Oklahoma City Council into one place or another, I’ll be darned if I didn’t have to eat my words at about 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday November 15, 2011, and I’m...
Originally posted on October 19; updated on October 22 to update the item on Ed Shadid’s resolution to be presented to the council on October 25 concerning discrimination prohibition. The October 18, 2011, City Council meeting provided several items worthy of...
