The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

16 February 2008

A simple matter of control

Steve Lackmeyer reports on a smoldering Bricktown issue:

On Tuesday Oklahoma City officials met with Bricktown merchants and updated them on their desire to build a fire station at the east entrance to the entertainment district. Several Bricktown merchants are worried about the department's chosen location because they fear it will result in fire engines racing along Sheridan Avenue, endangering pedestrians on busy summer evenings.

The solution is simple: don't ever have a fire on Sheridan Avenue. Make sure that all fires are on side streets only, and require the fire engines to take the long way round.

This problem solved, City Council is now working with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman to come up with a way to keep the rain off the Festival of the Arts in April.

Posted at 10:00 AM to Bogus History , City Scene


Just returned home from taking pictures of demonstrants in front of an ugly (but old, by American standards) Methodist Church across the street from me, protesting an upcoming demolition.

Bongs. Drums. Shouts. Placards "What would Jesus do?"

And why? The Church authorities are planning to build a new church building AND sell part of their property land to a condo developer.
A CONDO! what an abomination; who wudda thought - people want to buy overpriced capitalist condos!

Posted by: Tatyana at 11:43 AM on 16 February 2008

City Council is now working with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman to come up with a way to keep the rain off the Festival of the Arts

You do realize NSSL has limited jurisdiction? If the rain is only light to moderate, they can't do anything about it.

You'd have to take it up with the Regional Merely-Annoying Storms Laboratory. Which I believe is located in Enid.

Posted by: McGehee at 11:16 PM on 16 February 2008