Let’s just call it now: Oklahomans heretofore will think of 2018 as The Year of “Bull-Stitt.” In last month’s runoff, Oklahoma Republicans went beyond mudslinging and began launching pork production-grade super-feces against one another like trebuchet-wielding maniacs. But beyond Mick Cornett’s “Bull-Stitt” epithet, which was a little clunky but could stick like meconium if Republican […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Lucky No. 7
Oklahoma City Council is rich in diversity and proudly mirrors the community it represents, more or less. James Greiner, representing Ward 1, is a conservative voice on the council whose appreciation for the arts is evident by his time spent as a graphic designer for Hobby Lobby. Arab-American doctor Ed Shadid represents Ward 2, while Larry […]
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Independent celebrations
Last week, the US withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council while images of refugee children locked in cages were virtually inescapable on every media platform. So packing a picnic and passing out sparklers to commemorate living in the “land of the free” might feel funny this Fourth of July. But there is this. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sitting pretty
The park itself won’t be open to visitors until next year, but 70-acre, $132 million Scissortail Park is beginning to feel more and more like a real thing. Mayor David Holt, MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board chair Tom McDaniel and Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park executive director Maureen Heffernan gathered June 21 to unveil […]
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Sharply focused
On the second floor of Oklahoma City Hall, just inside the mayor’s conference room connected to both the mayor’s office and the council chambers, framed portraits of the city’s past mayors have always hung on the wall. Not so anymore. On his first day as the City of Oklahoma City’s 36th mayor, David Holt left […]
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Cover: Oklahoma Gazette sizes up Mick Cornett’s 14 years in office
Cornett leaves office as OKC’s 35th mayor next month, passing the gavel to mayor-elect David Holt.
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OKC mayor-elect David Holt’s job begins April 10, but planning for leading the city through the next four years is well underway
OKC mayor-elect David Holt’s job begins April 10, but planning for leading the city through the next four years is well underway.
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Cover Story: Oklahoma City’s mayoral race is quiet with three candidates seeking the seat — but why?
Oklahoma City’s mayoral race is quiet with three candidates seeking the seat — but why?
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A state senator, a college student and a retiree are running for OKC mayor
A state senator, a college student and a retiree are running for OKC mayor.