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An intelligence report from a terrorism institute suggests an old threat has new clothes: Immigration and eminent domain radicalism are the heirs of Timothy McVeigh. The message on the Yahoo Web group, “Americans with a Spine” is unrelenting and unmistakable: OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONINTELLIGENCE STRATEGYFILL IN THE GAPS “This group is for those who have HAD IT! […]

ranging the vaccinations with the patrons of the centers, he said. “These are people who are very mission-oriented, locally based and can help in the local systems. They are assigned to private sector providers as well as public health departments,” he said. Flash forward to 2008. In February, the state announced that Oklahoma had risen […]

When Oklahoma 2nd District Congressman Dan Boren, D-Seminole, voted for the first version of the Wall Street bailout package, he had been well compensated by those whom he would help, according to a watchdog group. That initial plan, championed by President Bush, failed. CAMPAIGN DONATION STATISTICSFINANCE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS “I voted in support of the legislation […]

State pride swelled and the nation took notice as Oklahoma celebrated its first 100 years in 2007. After sweeping up the confetti, our state embarks on a new century invigorated with promise and hope. While the state leads the nation in many respects, Oklahomans face significant hurdles that continue to challenge our spirit and resolve. […]

Plans for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce’s new home have been officially approved, but not by many. Oklahoma City’s Downtown Design Review Committee last week approved the silvery, football-shaped design with only three of the seven-member committee voting. Two members resigned after confronted with a recently discovered state law that dealt with conflict […]

r, according to 2004 National Transit Database figures, provided by a dedicated penny sales tax. Oklahoma City gets $10.85 per person a year to fund its buses ” and no dedicated funding. One aspect of the presentation caught the attention of Ward 4 council member Pete White. A chart showing concentric circles of bus service […]

Oklahoma City’s Downtown Design Review Committee with fewer than half of the members voting, approved the proposal for a new Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce building at E.K. Gaylord and Fourth Street, but requested variances for the many guidelines the building violates. The design calls for a reflective-glass, oval-shaped building that will bisect a […]

The Oklahoma Army National Guard announced today three Oklahoma soldiers were killed in a Army CH-47 helicopter crash in Iraq. Seven 149th Aviation soldiers in the accident were members of both the Oklahoma and Texas National Guard.  The Oklahoma Army National Guard said it believes three of the casualties were Oklahoma Guardsmen from Detachment 1, Company B, […]

On June 4, 2007, URS Corporation out of Denver drafted a study on realigning E.K. Gaylord near N.W. Fourth in downtown Oklahoma City, where it curves across the grid and connects with Broadway Avenue. SECOND DRAFT$18 MILLION PLANTRAFFIC STUDY Proposals then before city engineers and planners for a new Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce […]

gn>ALTERNATE DESIGN An alternate design for the new chamber building, obtained by Oklahoma Gazette, would have redirected E.K. Gaylord into a straightaway again, terminating at Fourth Street, and would have reclaimed a third of the land for a large park. That design notes that the current path of E.K. Gaylord ” a large, six-lane curve […]