What do the venerable Thomas Paine, author of the 1775-1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, and modern day Oklahoma Citian, lawyer, former Republican legislator, and author, Kent F. Frates have in common? They both had/have common sense. Read on, concerning the upcoming June...
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...
Oklahoma’s First Presidential Vote Was For The Man Above This being a presidential election year, I thought it might be fun to review Oklahoma’s votes for President of the United States after we were granted that opportunity, which is a 100-year period of...
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,...
According the sponsoring organization’s press release, 2012’s OKC Gay Pride events kick off on Thursday, May 17, and last for ten days until May 27. A rather lengthy discussion and review of LGBT issues and the history of the Gay Rights Movement was done...
