He also stated during the meeting that one of the most powerful men in Oklahoma City was behind a much-criticized election campaign and held sway over many important decisions made in the city, and that municipal government was in danger of becoming more of a plutocracy rather than a representative democracy. Shadid’s comments, made during […]
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Heat advisory to continue all weekend long
Though expected to be partly cloudy weather, temperatures will reach the triple-digit degrees on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the counties of Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and Oklahoma, according to the NWS located in Norman. County residents can also expect low wind gusts from 10 to 15 mph coming from the south-southeast on […]
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Slipping Mickey
Fast forward to July 13, and we see McVay practicing the very act he protests against by referring to progressives as “regressives.” Call me crazy, but I think McVay would be wise to remember that people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. This is just one of several chips I’ve seen in his house, and […]
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Get off the fence
When did they make more than one true God? Yes, the Bible says that a man should not lay with another man, but the Bible also says that God will forgive you of all of your sins. Have you ever read the Ten Commandments? Have you ever broken one of those commandments? If you have, […]
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It’s the tax cuts, stupid
Here’s their solution: “OCPA has recommended that the Regents for Higher Education’s budget be reduced $250 million” (“Countdown to the budget deal: Who’s irresponsible now?,” May 11). The “empirical evidence shows that state appropriations for higher education neither positively affect economic growth nor lead to a higher percentage of collegeeducated citizens. … In other words, […]
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City folk
Music sometimes makes you do crazy things, like trade the peaceful plains of Kansas for the bustling concrete jungle of Brooklyn, N.Y. That’s what roots-rock band Country Mice frontman Jason Rueger decided to do a few short years ago, making the move from his quiet home of Beattie — population: about 300 — to the […]
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Yes men
As the godfathers of the progressive-rock movement, it’s easy to imagine the pair of Styx and Yes as Statler and Waldorf from “The Muppet Show,” hanging out in the balcony, ragging on the young guns offering their new takes on prog rock (or music in general). That’s hardly the case. “There are bands that have […]
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97’s in ’11
Rhett Miller, songwriter and vocalist of Old 97’s, thinks you can try to be a rock star, or you can try to be a musician. “When we started out, we wanted to do this years from now, and be proud of our music and the albums we’ve put out,” Miller said. With almost 20 years […]
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That’s the ticket
If you were a member of the Oklahoma City Council, you could have gone to see them for free. Over the course of three years, current and former City Council members received thousands of free event tickets, mostly for Oklahoma City Thunder games, but also included tickets to rock concerts, stand-up comedians, ballet performances and […]
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Garden variety
Through hail, wind and heat of day, area gardeners are persevering and, despite challenges from Mother Nature, flourishing, with hundreds of kinds of veggies and flowers growing in dozens of community and employee gardens around town. Close to the north entrance of Chesapeake Energy’s employee garden, one of the permanent garden plots was cleverly named […]