You’re Close to the Target When You Start Drawing Heavy Fire

For starters, here are Ed Shadid’s remarks about the phantom $30 million dollars associated with the MAPS 3 convention center, a broadside against the Oklahoman, and perhaps some other things. Somehow, I got mixed up in the friendly fire, and that’s OK by...

OKC City Council Civility — Yes, It Is A Lost Cause, For Now.

In my last post, I asked if civility in the current Oklahoma City Council was a lost cause. Now, just moments ago, the City Council has gone on record as saying, “Yes, it is,” at least for the time being. Councilmen Ed Shadid and Pete White’s May 31,...

OKC City Council Civility — Is It A Lost Cause?

Continued from the Emperor’s New Clothes. To set the scene, on May 31, 2011, council members Ed Shadid and Pete White presented a resolution which would build in some time, 3 hearings, for major items presented to the City Council before a council vote occurred....

The Oklahoman’s Selective News Reporting – Why Is That?

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 19, 2011: COUNCILMAN ED SHADID NAMES LARRY NICHOLS AS THE PRINCIPAL FORCE BEHIND THE COMMITTEE FOR OKLAHOMA CITY MOMENTUM AND SUGGESTS THAT CITY GOVERNMENT IS A PLUTOCRACY … … or so the headline may have read in the Oklahoman...

On the Emperor’s (City Councils’) New Clothes

Edited on July 7 to provide additional information. I will be on vacation until July 14 or so but will update this article, including video clips from the July 5 council meeting. Publication of this piece on July 6 coincides with a companion article, also opinion,...