News
Clifton Adcock
Although he’s for public transit, one City Council member is railing against the method and cost of the fixed downtown streetcar concept.
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Public
Bumper cars
News
Clifton Adcock
Although he’s for public transit, one City Council member is railing against the method and cost of the fixed downtown streetcar concept.
Sneak peek
CFN
Gazette staff
Tomorrow is the deadline for bill introduction in the Oklahoma Legislature and as a public service, the CFN monkeys compiled a list of the most interesting measures (based on CFN’s rigorously tested method for calculating “interestingness”) heretofore introduced by our esteemed legislators.
Counterpoint: Separation anxiety
The Constitution is under fire by the right-wing assault
Commentary
Kurt Hochenauer
The bills would also appear to directly violate Article 2, Section 5 of the Oklahoma Constitution, which states: “No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or...
Point: Legislate morality
Expand school choice, outlaw killing innocent life
Commentary
Jason Reese
The church-state separation fetishists are at it again. Now the Oklahoma chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State are decrying efforts by the Oklahoma Legislature to teach creationism in public schools, create vouchers or other mechanisms for school choice and define the beginning of human life.
Private and public
After the state Board of Education stalled their hiring, staffers for new Superintendent Janet Barresi will be paid by private funds.
News
Clifton Adcock
Meanwhile, Barresi asked Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to look into possible Open Meetings Act violations by the board, alleging the push-back appeared orchestrated and pre-planned. State law prohibits a quorum of a public body to discuss public business without a posted agenda.
Can it happen here?
Oklahoma could be poised for a fight over unions.
Commentary
Jason Reese
Over the past few weeks, we have seen unrest spread throughout the Midwest. From Ohio to Wisconsin, public employees are taking to the street to protest much-delayed belt-tightening in those cash-strapped states. As we watch these events unfold, one cannot help but wonder if the Sooner State could experience the same.
Streetcar for the car-free
40,000 people in OKC have no access to a car.
Commentary
Blair Humphreys
More than 40,000 Oklahoma City residents did not have to worry about snowcovered roads impacting their drive to work after the recent snowstorms. That is because more than 40,000 Oklahoma City residents live in households without access to a single car.
For medicinal purposes
Letters to the Editor
Jessica Watson
I am glad you are a paper that will acknowledge Senate Bill 573 (“Herbal remedy,” March 2, Gazette), and the need for the public to know the truth. I can’t wait to follow the rest of this issue and for you to expand on this matter.
Art suspension
A law requiring state construction projects to include visual art could be suspended if new legislation passes.
News
Clifton Adcock
A bill that would temporarily suspend a law requiring state construction projects to include visual art passed the House March 9 by a vote of 61-26 and will now be considered by the Senate.
