tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post3839628962100597368..comments2024-03-20T05:28:18.440-05:00Comments on Doug Dawgz Blog: Ward 2 — Why I'm For ShadidDoug Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-64787983622470193882014-02-21T13:16:02.430-06:002014-02-21T13:16:02.430-06:00This is my thought on this issue. We all now have...This is my thought on this issue. We all now have the opportunity to go sign the petition and stop the Convention Center. If Councilman Shadid doesn't win the mayoral election, that's likely the only thing he'll be able to stop. If he stops it, we still have the Cox. If we have the Cox, then we'll just stick with the convention business we have now. We won't die. The CC is the least necessary thing to "continue the Renaissance" in Oklahoma City, IMO. The Cox is shabby and it's a crappy superblock. But we've had a crappy CC and an ugly superblock for the last 40+ years and we've survived. If he doesn't stop it and we don't build a hotel, we still have a building that is paid for. What is "success" of a convention center? It brings in millions of dollars of profit? If it doesn't we still have a new building that has no debt for some number of conventions and a lot of local and regional events. Maybe we can sell the Cox block for a bunch of money, restore the grid and a lot of people are happy.<br /><br />But.........regardless of whether the study said we need a hotel or not, that says NOTHING about how much a CC hotel would cost us. Nowhere besides Ed's blog has it been said we would have to pay the entire cost of construction. And regardless, the least public input that is allowed legally is that a majority of our elected representatives determine that some amount of city money is required to subsidize the hotel. It is possible they would need to put it to a vote of the citizens. Both of those options are legal and satisfy the rules of at least an indirect democracy.<br /><br />And none of the above is as heinous and shocking to me as the details of Ed's divorce. If we're talking ethics here, our sitting mayor is not looking like the worst guy in the room. <br />Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-87769868280348783292011-04-05T23:43:36.045-05:002011-04-05T23:43:36.045-05:00What "B." do you mean? Look up ... look ...What "B." do you mean? Look up ... look down ... look all around ... B. has been flushed and G. is all around.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-10631275247476087262011-04-05T20:36:17.853-05:002011-04-05T20:36:17.853-05:00The only thing I'd disagree with in your inter...The only thing I'd disagree with in your interpretation of my stuff is the middle initial, which, according to my mom, ain't B.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-80007422791714922782011-03-29T14:37:09.131-05:002011-03-29T14:37:09.131-05:00Doug,
Thanks for the info and continuing effort t...Doug,<br /><br />Thanks for the info and continuing effort to bring honesty to what otherwise a less than honest situation, politics.<br /><br />Continue to keep a keen eye on the City Council and report here what you see and hear. I have no doubt the skullduggery has only just begun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-78070893642683587632011-03-28T14:16:19.233-05:002011-03-28T14:16:19.233-05:00If everyone who votes would read this first Shadid...If everyone who votes would read this first Shadid would win by a landslide. Everybody get extra motivated to help the campaign through April 5th election day.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724201034246167265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-20949912605559860212011-03-28T06:07:01.193-05:002011-03-28T06:07:01.193-05:00I called Mr. Swinton Sunday PM and told him if he&...I called Mr. Swinton Sunday PM and told him if he's willing to send out these below-the-belt mailers in public, there's no limit to what he (Swinton) would do behind closed doors. He wasn't too happy.Jim Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365146914115121223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-26864610729395778342011-03-28T05:24:05.951-05:002011-03-28T05:24:05.951-05:00Doug, This is a very thoughtful piece of reporting...Doug, This is a very thoughtful piece of reporting. I wish The Oklahoman would do as well. Dr. Shadid would be such a fine addition to the OKC Council. He would provide a very needed voice. Thank you for caring.<br />HylaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-50278994062750358292011-03-28T02:19:25.582-05:002011-03-28T02:19:25.582-05:00Thanks, Rena. Link is fixed.Thanks, Rena. Link is fixed.Doug Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287287108412180656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117373.post-35595974227982761952011-03-28T00:51:36.439-05:002011-03-28T00:51:36.439-05:00Thanks for a very thoughtful piece. The second lin...Thanks for a very thoughtful piece. The second link is bad.Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688817231919985299noreply@blogger.com