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City Council Meeting Follow Up: Beautification Ordinances
I 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…
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City of Chickasha: Standards of Living
There 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…
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HSI Sensing Educational Attainment
Governor 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…
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Governor Fallin’s Launch Oklahoma Goal
Governor 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…
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SQ779 – 1 Cent Sales Tax for Teacher Pay
This 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%…
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SQ780 – Putting Criminals on the Street?
Technically 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…
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SQ 792 – Updating Oklahoma’s Alcohol Laws
State 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…
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OK State Question 777 – Right to Farm
I 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,…
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Drainage Fee Update
A 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…
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City Council, Thank You for Listening
Last 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…
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