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City Council Meeting Follow Up: Beautification Ordinances
Read MoreI attended the City Council meeting this past Monday and was very encouraged. I was encouraged by the number of people that were in attendance. There were roughly 15 people that chose to spoke and 3 or 4x as many concerned citizens at the meeting to hear the discussion. There were many great perspectives shared […]
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City of Chickasha: Standards of Living
Read MoreThere is a discussion happening among our City Council that I find disturbing and disappointing. It is a discussion about lowering the standards of living for our community. These items will even be included on an upcoming City Council meeting agenda for a vote. The items under consideration would remove the ordinance preventing parking on […]
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HSI Sensing Educational Attainment
Read MoreGovernor Fallin recently announced her goal to raise the Launch Oklahoma educational attainment of Oklahomans. She hopes to inspire citizens of our state to increase their education in order to create the workforce needed for a strong state economy. The specific goal is to raise the proportion of the population with a degree or certification […]
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Governor Fallin’s Launch Oklahoma Goal
Read MoreGovernor Fallin, in conjunction with her Oklahoma Works Initiative, issued a challenge known as Launch Oklahoma. The goal is to increase Post-Secondary Educational Attainment for Oklahomans from just 40% of the adult population to 70% by 2025. This is a lofty goal! I currently serve as a Key Economic Network Champion for the South Central […]
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SQ779 – 1 Cent Sales Tax for Teacher Pay
Read MoreThis state question is tough because it is a really good cause, but may not be the best way to go about it. The measure increases sales tax by 1% across the state and adds the revenue directly to education funding. It prevents the legislature from decreasing funding from other sources. It also prevents these […]
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SQ780 – Putting Criminals on the Street?
Read MoreTechnically yes. State question 780 is all about criminal justice reform. Its core function is to revise the law to change certain felonies to misdemeanors. It makes changes that actually keep people out of jail by redefining the limits of certain crimes so that the punishments are decreased for lesser crimes. This question specifically impacts defined […]
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SQ 792 – Updating Oklahoma’s Alcohol Laws
Read MoreState question 792 would allow for the sale of cold, strong beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores. It would also allow liquor stores to sell other stuff, which they are not allowed to do now. State Question 792 also does a lot of other modernization behind the scenes. This would effectively eliminate low […]
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OK State Question 777 – Right to Farm
Read MoreI am commonly asked for information regarding political activities such as candidates and state questions. Seeing as there are lots of state questions and some really important ones at that, I figured it might be a good idea to share my thoughts in this format. These are solely my opinions based on the information I […]
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Drainage Fee Update
Read MoreA few weeks ago I posted my opinion and request for more dialog between the City and business communities in regards to the drainage fee recently imposed by the Chickasha City Council. As of now, the fee is still set to go into place on October 1st at the originally proposed rate. The City Council […]
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City Council, Thank You for Listening
Read MoreLast week I wrote about the drainage issue and the fee put in place by the Chickasha City Council. Yesterday at the City Council meeting the item was tabled in order to reconsider the fee amounts and structure, collaborate with business and communicate further before proceeding with implementation. I was also encouraged to hear from […]
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