Keith Angier, executive vice president of MacArthur Associated Consultants, who has worked with the city and the state Department of Transportation on the realignment since 1995, made a short presentation to the MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee at its Nov. 15 meeting to outline plans for the boulevard. Paid for by ODOT and estimated to […]
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Life is an expressway
Keith Angier, executive vice president of MacArthur Associated Consultants, who has worked with the city and the state Department of Transportation on the realignment since 1995, made a short presentation to the MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee at its Nov. 15 meeting to outline plans for the boulevard. Paid for by ODOT and estimated to […]
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Protective measures
The measure faced strong opposition from some Oklahoma City-area churches, but also was praised by other area groups and individuals. Proponents and opponents filled the City Council chambers to capacity, waiting for their turn to speak on the issue. The proposal, authored by Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid, passed 7-2, with Ward 7 Councilman Ronald […]
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Stickin’ with the union
Unfortunately, however, it’s just about all that the local Philistines and their legions of sycophantic “yes” men, puppet politicians and bureaucrats have left to offer us. We who spent 15 years of our lives fighting for Union Station well understood that, without it, a real, comprehensive, regional rail system would be impossible in our lifetimes. […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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Death to Elmo?
Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, has said she plans to introduce legislation in the next session that would phase out public funding for OETA over the next five years. Currently, OETA receives about $3.8 million in state funds, or approximately 39 percent of the program’s total budget. The balance comes from donations. Osborn, who did not […]
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Spurned station
The Union Station rail yard, 300 S.W. Seventh Street, Oklahoma City, was strategically located and virtually irreplaceable, an enormously valuable asset — purchased during the Bellmon administration to use as an ideal intermodal rail hub for regional rail transport. That was the situation before culprits destroyed the rail yard and removed the railroad tracks leading […]
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Spurned station
The Union Station rail yard, 300 S.W. Seventh Street, Oklahoma City, was strategically located and virtually irreplaceable, an enormously valuable asset — purchased during the Bellmon administration to use as an ideal intermodal rail hub for regional rail transport. That was the situation before culprits destroyed the rail yard and removed the railroad tracks leading […]
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Spurned station
The Union Station rail yard, 300 S.W. Seventh Street, Oklahoma City, was strategically located and virtually irreplaceable, an enormously valuable asset — purchased during the Bellmon administration to use as an ideal intermodal rail hub for regional rail transport. That was the situation before culprits destroyed the rail yard and removed the railroad tracks leading […]