Two features of the street creating discussion are a western portion that will be above grade at the level of the old I-40 and a section that will go under the north-south railway. A third issue, however, has received little public attention: the undecided route to Bricktown from the future major thoroughfare. Although current maps […]
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Taxing measures
Oklahoma City Finance Director Craig Freeman Mark Hancock Under a proposed ordinance introduced at the May 15 City Council meeting, a first offense for a business owner’s failure to remit sales tax would go from a Class B offense — which allows for a jury trial and has maximum penalties of six months in jail […]
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Zoo brouhaha
Howard Pollock addressed his concerns about the Zoo Amphitheatre to the OKC Zoo Trust. Mark Hancock Howard Pollack, president of Facilities Management Group (FMG), has managed the Amphitheatre off-andon since 1978. He blasted the proposed contract at the May 16 meeting, saying competitors were given an unfair advantage in the deal and that 3Horse Productions […]
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Water wait
Gov. Mary Fallin Shannon Cornman The slick print ads and television commercials that have been a hallmark of the fight will cease, at least for a time, Oklahoma Gazette has learned. Amid a pending federal lawsuit, the tribes have inundated the airwaves with commercials and infomercials revolving around their dispute with the city of Oklahoma […]
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Pedal power
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc. and the city’s Office of Sustainability are officially launching a new bikeshare program on that date, which happens to coincide with national Bike to Work Day. Called Spokies, the program allows participants to rent a bicycle from one of six solar-powered kiosks located in several locations throughout downtown. The kiosks are […]
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Redundant or relevant?
The study, presented by ADG, the city’s lead consultant for MAPS 3, was to determine whether Core to Shore is still relevant now that the area has been significantly altered by other projects. Those developments include the Devon tower, renovations of Project 180, Interstate 40 realignment and MAPS 3 projects such as the new convention […]
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Under pressure
Aubrey McClendon Mark Hancock A steady drip — perhaps more of a constant flow — of negative news stories has rocked the Oklahoma City-based company, starting with revelations published by Reuters on April 18 that McClendon took out $1.1 billion in personal loans over three years. The loans, which were through McClendon-controlled companies, were used […]
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Water war
Sardis Lake is at the center of the water rights battle. Chickasaw Nation The irony of a downpour was undoubtedly appreciated by those attending the Oklahoma Academy’s forum on water. The April 11 gathering placed in the same room two entities currently duking it out over water: tribal officials and state leaders. Tens of millions […]
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Fame, Sweet fame
Sweet Brown Mark Hancock Sweet Brown falls into the latter category. After giving a very animated interview with KFOR-TV Channel 4 about a fire at her apartment building in early April, the Oklahoma City woman soon became a viral Internet phenomenon. The video of her interview currently sits at more than 3.5 million views on […]
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Supply and demand
OKC Thunder officials approve of the new ordinance. Shannon Cornman The process to revise the city’s ticket-scalping ordinance was initiated several months ago when a measure came before the council to raise the ticket-scalping cap from its previous level of 50 cents, as well as put a scalping-free zone around the arena. That proposal was […]