Letters to the Editor

Phil Busey Sr., I think I love you. Your Commentary (“Do not sacrifice public education”) in the Nov. 25, 2009, Gazette was spot-on. If we’re spending big bucks to create a world-class boating river, will we staff ancillary concessions with kids who can’t make change or spell the stuff they’re selling correctly? If we’re spending […]

This MAPS 3 tax campaign that was just passed in Oklahoma City was not about anything progressive in the generally understood meaning of the word. Despite some public e-mails and statements made by prominent people and then echoed by those who should know better, using the word “progressive” to describe the use of tax money […]

Two recent articles in the city’s daily newspaper (“Shale speculation off base,” Oct. 19, 2009, and “Oklahoma choir for gas gets bigger,” Oct. 22, 2009, The Oklahoman) promoted the financial advantages of harvesting natural gas from the vast shale reserves in the continental United States. For an informed public, other issues need to be discussed: […]

If you think the biggest scientific hoax is climate change or global warming, examine this: Government spends billions of dollars every year promoting evolution. The number of renowned scientists that have publicly expressed doubt concerning Darwin’s theory of evolution is on the rise. The Discovery Institute’s Dr. David Berlinski writes about this hoax in his […]

What happens around your house when the salary doesn’t match the spending? Right: You cut the spending! Not according to the University of Central Oklahoma liberal, cardigan-clad academe Kurt Hochenauer (Commentary, “Counterpoint: Reactive response,” Dec. 9, 2009, Gazette). He thinks we should tax the rich! Yeah, tax the very people who provide jobs. I would […]

John Sebastian said there were 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville, Tenn. Hell, so what! I’ll wager that there are twice those numbers in Oklahoma that are at least as good as anyone playing in Nash-Vegas these days. The depth of talent that is native to Oklahoma stuns, amazes and overwhelms me almost daily. There must […]

The failure of Maine to allow marriage equality is without a doubt an unhappy outcome for its LGBT citizens. Fifty-three percent of the voters successfully took away the rights of their fellow citizens simply because the democratic process in America allows them to do so. It only took a mere 31,909 votes to repeal a […]

I am a direct-care employee of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, working with clients at Norman Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center, one of the state’s few public drug and alcohol treatment facilities. My job will be one of the first to be cut, due to the doors of our facility […]

A city’s public investments are a reflection of its social priorities. Oklahoma City has a history of deliberately supporting highway-induced suburban sprawl and a car-dependent culture. With the poorest one-fifth spending more than 30 percent of their budget on automobiles, the necessity of car ownership is a poverty trap in this community. Our unreliable and […]

The American Institute of Architects, Central Oklahoma is a professional organization committed to serving the community and the profession by promoting excellence in, and public awareness of, the built environment through quality architecture. AIA believes that we are impacted daily by our built environment, and this is why the American Institute of Architects, Central Oklahoma […]