Valley rally

The Valley Brook Board of Trustees voted to delay a controversial rate increase after a heated meeting.

News
Clifton Adcock
The small Oklahoma County municipality of Valley Brook got a big response from some of its citizens during a heated Aug. 9 Board of Trustees meeting, after residents accused the town leaders of violating the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act to raise sewer and trash rates.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Ambulance alert

Debate over EMSA’s future heats up at City Council.

News
Clifton Adcock
The debate about whether the city should switch its ambulance service from Emergency Medical Services Authority to the fire department is heating up.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Calling Rep. Lankford

Letters to the Editor
D.W. Tiffee
I see that U.S. Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., is once again misrepresenting legislation, claiming that “The debt deal” (News, Clifton Adcock, Gazette) requires either a constitutional balanced budget amendment or “a proposal to cut $1.5 trillion in spending.”

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Let it ride

Is the horse racing industry winning big since the state wagered on racinos?

News
Clifton Adcock
An industry many considered nearly extinct has been rescued from the brink, and, as it turns out, one of the things that some speculated would lead to horse racing’s demise ended up saving it.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

‘Laugh and cry’

Letters to the Editor
Trevor Bruner
I am proud to be from Oklahoma, but the Reclaiming America for Christ event in Moore is an embarrassment for this state. The ignorance displayed in the article (News, Clifton Adcock, “Reclamation project,” Aug. 10, Gazette) only serves to reinforce the cultural backwardness of some of our residents and elected leaders.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Walk the line

MAPS 3 park subcommittee members are concerned the convention center will impede walkability.

News
Clifton Adcock
Members of the MAPS 3 park subcommittee raised concerns at its Aug. 24 meeting about the proposed location of the MAPS 3 convention center.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Scary faucet

Letters to the Editor
Kerry Lund
Regarding Clifton Adcock’s cover story “H 2 NO” (July 27, Oklahoma Gazette):

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Inexplicable nonsense

Letters to the Editor
Mack Paul
On a Monday morning several years ago, I reported to work at Noble Junior High School to be greeted by one of my students who informed me that people and dinosaurs had actually lived at the same time.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

The 9/11 Connection

The Sooner State’s ties to the twin towers are tight, despite the distance.

News
Clifton Adcock
On Sept. 11, 2001, citizens across the country watched in horror as hijacked commercial jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field near Shanksville, Pa.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Lankford and the Bush trifecta

Letters to the Editor
Nathaniel Batchelder
Regarding Clifton Adcock’s “The debt deal” (News, Aug. 10, Gazette):

Wednesday, August 31, 2011