Letters to the Editor

In response to Wanda Jo Stapleton’s letter “Questioning Progress” (Nov. 18) ” yes, Wanda Jo, yes it is. It may not be the progress you envisioned in the past, but those railway battles have been fought, that war has been waged, and (cue salient metaphor) that train’s already left the station.   The planned regional transit […]

I’m responding to Avis Scaramucci’s letter praising MAPS 3 (‘A Vote of Confidence,’ Nov. 25). Domer and Phil Scaramucci and their wives, Janis and Avis, apparently have a close working relationship with Mayor Mick Cornett, chief proponent of MAPS 3. That family has contributed $17,800 to Cornett’s two campaigns for mayor and one campaign for […]

Voting “yes” for MAPS has proven to be the best choice for OKC on MAPS 1 and MAPS 2. Trusting the process and the visible results of these two programs, I choose to fully support MAPS 3 with my ‘yes’ vote on Dec. 8, 2009. Union business agents have no good intention opposing our city’s […]

As parents, we want our children to be healthy and happy. In today’s world, the allure of video games and passive activities compete with the childhood we knew, and although these activities provide entertainment for the children, it substantially increases the time spent in relative inactivity. Children are naturally active, and there can be new […]

The Union Station debate brought rail transit to the forefront of public and political awareness. While the matter involved saving a rail yard, of greater importance was changing our mindset and joining peer cities in the 21st century of public transportation. More importantly, it was about ensuring our economic future. The rail yard issue is […]

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 […]

Imposing a new MAPS tax on OKC residents is economic insanity. Sensible people don’t build expensive, unnecessary projects at the beginning of a depression. But our City Council is in fantasyland. The national economy is collapsing, dragging states and towns with it. Unemployment, bankruptcies and foreclosures are rising. Tax collections are falling. The Oklahoma budget […]

Oklahoma City said “yes” to a dream when its citizens voted in favor of a set of initiatives that forever changed the face of our city 16 years ago. We said “yes” to a new arena, the Ford Center, that now houses Oklahoma’s first professional sports team, the OKC Thunder. We said yes to a […]

With all due respect to the honorable mayor, he needs to get better writers to help him with his letters: These sweeping, Obama-esque proclamations of unity and togetherness are empty and tired. Unbeknownst to you, Mayor Mick Cornett, some of us are fans of the early seasons of “The Simpsons” and remember “Marge vs. the […]