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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

As a lifelong resident, I too would love to have all the things that MAPS 3 promises. However, the city leaders do not want to pay for the services that a growing city like ours requires. I have been an OKC firefighter for 15 years. Our department has decreased in number since I began my […]

Mayor Mick Cornett says if we pass MAPS 3 we will not have a tax increase. But if we do not pass MAPS 3 and six months later we pass the inevitable MAPS 4, will that be a tax increase? Or, will our taxes decrease if we do not pass MAPS 3? Congressional candidate and […]