“It’s never one thing. It’s 20 different things, and there is no single agency that is able to address all those issues,” said Dan Straughan (pictured), executive director for the Homeless Alliance. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to reducing and preventing homelessness in Oklahoma through collaboration with government, faith-based and nonprofit service providers, city government […]
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For Pete’s sake
During a public meeting on the redistricting plan, Ward 4 Councilman Pete White (pictured) unveiled a plan that would put a new ward in the southwest part of the city and another south of downtown. The purpose of the Aug. 9 meeting was to get public input on the redistricting plan. The city will vote […]
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Puzzling proclamations from public figures
I must respond to Clifton Adcock’s recent article covering the Reclaiming America for Christ event titled “Reclamation project” (Aug. 10, Oklahoma Gazette), which detailed one instance in a long series of troubling anti-reality events in recent history. I will address a few key points and encourage my fellow Oklahomans to look at these ideas and […]
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Water work
With less than a year left to prep for potentially career-defining performances, athletes are relocating from nationwide to train extensively with the staff and facilities in Oklahoma City. Kayaker Kaitlyn McElroy (pictured) moved from Maine a year and a half ago to train with her K2 partner, Jen Burke. In that time, McElroy said the […]
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Streakin’
Under the light of a full moon, City Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, hosts Saturday’s Midnight Streak races. Comprised of a free, 1-mile fun run and a registration-required 5K run, the annual event is a fundraiser for the center’s art-education efforts through adult classes, camps for kids, art exhibits and more. “Sometimes, art gets kind […]
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No more ‘war’
I think there is bigger story behind these two articles. Here was an obviously competitive, intelligent, motivated young man with problems. His health issues were “well-documented.” His “run-ins with the law have been well-documented.” According to both articles, these problems have been known since at least high school. Jim Priest, the executive director of the […]
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Ruling class
He also stated during the meeting that one of the most powerful men in Oklahoma City was behind a much-criticized election campaign and held sway over many important decisions made in the city, and that municipal government was in danger of becoming more of a plutocracy rather than a representative democracy. Shadid’s comments, made during […]
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Freeze, please
And what do you want when it’s triple-digits? Why, “fro-yo,” of course. If you’re in Midwest City, a popular place for live culture, nonfat frozen yogurt is Pink Swirls in the Town Center Plaza strip mall on the north side of Interstate 40. Live culture yogurt is touted as fixing about everything that ails you, […]
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Shift happens
The council narrowly approved a recommended and somewhat controversial project timeline for the MAPS 3 projects, and later approved a recommended site just south of the Myriad Gardens for the MAPS 3 Convention Center. However, Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid, who was critical of the timeline when it was first brought up, was not in […]
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Cornett’s concerns
Voters approved the $777 million MAPS 3 program in December 2009, and each of the program’s eight projects is overseen by a subcommittee, which forwards its recommendations to a Citizens Advisory Board. The board sends its recommendations to the Oklahoma City Council for approval. The MAPS 3 program is funded by a 1-cent sales tax […]