If you doubt this, take your grill and start selling hot dogs in Bricktown as a street peddler. The government will jump on you like a rat on a Cheeto and shut you down. This non-free market, politicized economic process creates a large pool of low-income workers with no alternative but to work for someone […]
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Teacher rally at state capitol draws 25,000
Respect is what they demanded. Respect in the form of better pay, fewer standardized tests and increased funding. “Things need to change,” said Janie Petersen, a councilor from Claremore Public Schools outside Tulsa. “Our [state leaders] don’t respect teachers, they don’t even respect the kids. It’s hurtful.” Initial estimates put the crowd at over 25,000 […]
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Point: Streetcar route a beginning
The framework for Phase 1 of the streetcar system has now been approved. This initial route will connect civic treasures, institutions, major employers and new housing downtown, reinforcing the significant economic engine that drives sales tax revenue benefiting our entire city. In addition, we are in the process of acquiring the historic Santa Fe Depot […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Point: State must step up
Gov. Frank Keating is prone to colorful speech, and his description of the dome-less Oklahoma state Capitol was no exception. When Keating rolled out his plan to put the dome on the state Capitol and complete the original design of the great Oklahoma architect Solomon Andrew Layton, there was considerable skepticism. Many thought it would […]