Letters to the Editor

The MAPS 3 proposal provides a substantive, responsible first step toward a comprehensive regional transit system. If there is any one element in MAPS that is truly and defiantly “citizen initiated,” it is the MAPS transit proposal. Undoubtedly, for many years, grassroots activism has surrounded the desire for a workable local and commuter transit system. […]

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 […]

As a retail owner in Bricktown, I am asked about MAPS every day, and whether it is important to our city. My answer is always “yes”! Oklahoma City invested a good portion of the first MAPS program in or near Bricktown. That early investment has paid huge dividends, and the number and quality of entertainment […]

Regarding Ben Fenwick’s article stating that downtown rail initiative in MAPS 3 can serve as future framework (Officials: Downtown rail initiative in MAPS 3 can serve as future framework): This talk of light rail, streetcars with embedded rails, etc., is just another pipe dream to blend in with the subliminal message about Bricktown: It’s a […]

Regarding Ben Fenwick’s article stating that downtown rail initiative in MAPS 3 can serve as future framework (Officials: Downtown rail initiative in MAPS 3 can serve as future framework): This talk of light rail, streetcars with embedded rails, etc., is just another pipe dream to blend in with the subliminal message about Bricktown: It’s a […]

I am a longtime supporter of our Oklahoma City employees, including our excellent police and fire departments. However, I am disappointed to learn the police and fire union representatives have decided at the last minute to oppose MAPS 3. No one can argue we need to support our firefighters and police officers with whatever means […]

I am a longtime supporter of our Oklahoma City employees, including our excellent police and fire departments. However, I am disappointed to learn the police and fire union representatives have decided at the last minute to oppose MAPS 3. No one can argue we need to support our firefighters and police officers with whatever means […]

If I’m having to pay additional taxes for a longer period of time, that’s new taxes. Now comes the newest chum from OKC officials. “Chum” is defined by Webster’s as “chopped fish or other matter thrown overboard to attract fish.” Our leaders in the past couple of months have proposed (chummed) all sorts of projects […]

There is an unwritten rule in baseball, a cardinal sin if you will, that says never take the third strike. If you look at the third strike and allow the umpire to call you out because you failed to swing the bat, this is not acceptable in the baseball world. Unfortunately, baseball players from the […]