Oklahoma

What a penny of sales tax with a plan can produce for a community – Oklahoma City’s staged redevelopment through MAPS

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Conservatory across the pond at Myriad Gardens downtown I realize this is a travel column and not a political forum.  And I know raising the sales tax can be very touchy.  But I have been impressed with a program promoted by Oklahoma City to revitalize their downtown area that has produced spectacular results – both… Read more »

Oklahoma City – Anyone Speak Vietnamese?

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How is it possible that a life-long resident of Texas (which borders Oklahoma a good distance) and a current resident of Paris, Texas (which is only 20 miles from Oklahoma) had never been to Oklahoma City? It was too far north or too far west and really wasn’t on the way to anywhere for us… Read more »