No doubt OKC and OWRB picked the fight, never acknowledging Native water rights or returning calls. The tribes file suit, and Fallin gets to play victim and defender of water rights for all Oklahomans, by which she means her well-heeled, silk-stocking Chamber buddies who covet the precious resource to fuel unwieldy generic sprawl where people […]
David Orr
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Who’s on drugs?
After you, Rep. Shortey. —David Orr Norman Opinions expressed on the commentary page, in letters to the editor and elsewhere in this newspaper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ownership or management. Oklahoma Gazette provides an open forum for the discussion of all points of view in its […]
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‘Bait and switch’
Unless the city has something more to offer than Austin, Texas, or Baltimore or Minneapolis or Phoenix (it’s not direct fights if you’ve traveled recently), recent history says otherwise. New construction has been a deficit producer in some places, and junked the hotel debt rating of Austin and Phoenix. Communication in the 21st century and […]
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Pass the fried okra’
OKC Barons. Nothing says Oklahoma like English nobility decked out in curly wigs and fancy ceremonial robes. Pass the fried okra, Lady Baroness. The most famous Okies in the world are heroes of the people, Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie wildcatted for a time, he’s cotton to that moniker or a variant […]