—“Jefferson County (Alabama) Files for Bankruptcy” (wire services) because it couldn’t meet their sewer bond obligations. The local municipal leaders of Jefferson County have led their community down into the sewers. —“Trimmed TIF: Cost overruns and funding shortfalls have (OKC) city planners looking for ways to save money on Project 180” (Clifton Adcock, Nov. 9, […]
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‘Confederacies of municipal dunces’
—“Jefferson County (Alabama) Files for Bankruptcy” (wire services) because it couldn’t meet their sewer bond obligations. The local municipal leaders of Jefferson County have led their community down into the sewers. —“Trimmed TIF: Cost overruns and funding shortfalls have (OKC) city planners looking for ways to save money on Project 180” (Clifton Adcock, Nov. 9, […]
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Mass transit ABCs
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, a voluntary membership organization comprised of several local governments, has secured about $1 million in federal funding to perform a commuter corridor alternatives analysis study, said Doug Rex, director of transportation and planning services for ACOG. To receive the federal funds, local governments must come up with 20 percent […]
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When I signed up as a Republican 14 years ago, I don’t recall checking my common sense at the door.
When I signed up as a Republican 14 years ago, I don’t recall checking my common sense at the door.
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Counterpoint: Fallin ‘should be praised’
The legislation intended to set up a state health care insurance exchange facilitated by a $54 million “early innovator” grant from the federal Affordable Care Act, referred to by opponents as “Obamacare.” Once the bill arrived in the Senate, Steele and Fallin were both surprised when Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman said the Senate […]
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CFN Correction of the Week
The March 2 brief “Anonymous vendetta” that reported HBGary Federal had a business relationship with Devon Energy is incorrect. Devon has never had a relationship with HBGary Federal and its affiliate, HBGary.
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Seeing ‘blue states’
B. Zoeller’s letter (“‘Red states’ should pay off GOP debt,” Jan. 26, Gazette) scared me so badly I was seeing “blue states.” What scared me the most was Zoeller’s misconception of how the federal government spends our money. A basic U.S. Government 101 course clearly explains that the president of the United States does not […]