If my assumptions are correct, Pottawatomie County had a total of 9,757 votes cast in Tuesday’s primary election (5,412 Democrat, 4192 Republican, and 153 Independent). Figures are based on Shawnee News-Star 7-28-2010, Section B, Pages 4-5. Only two candidates ran for County D.A. both Democrats. How can the County District Attorney’s race be fair when 44.5 percent of the voters were disenfranchised from voting for either candidate?
“The Ole Hometown.” Upon hearing those words, does it take you down nostalgia road? Reminding you of fond memories of days gone by or does it remind you of the friends you left behind?
Issue: Key races up for grabs
Our Opinion: Voters in local, area and state races have the most impact and are the most important.
Voters throughout the Tri-County area have an important responsibility and privilege today. They can exercise their right to vote without fear of reprisal and they should take advantage of this golden opportunity.
Vendors were great, but parking at rodeo needs work
I went out to the rodeo while it was here to visit the vendors and the most disappointing thing was the parking lot. There was no organization or parking skills involved. People were parked everywhere.
Lisa Perry, Regional Development manager for the Food 4 Kids Program of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, spoke to Shawnee Rotarians earlier this week and pointed to some interesting statistics.
It’s crunch time for area voters. There are a myriad of political contests on the primary election ballot. For Shawnee voters, there are none more important than the ones deciding two city commission races.
The city’s future is at stake. Citizens have an opportunity to continue the progress over the past few years and to allow the city to further work on improving the quality of life in Shawnee.
Since I was named in a political flyer distributed in parts of the city over the weekend, I felt compelled to respond. The flyer was an attack on the Expo Center and me. One of the statements the flyer makes is, “The biggest myth local politicians led by News-Star Editor Mike McCormick and his followers has ever sold the people of Shawnee is that the Expo is a booster for local business without one shred of evidence to back it up.”
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve seen it coming.
There is a Shawnee city election in nine days, so it’s time for the politics of destruction to crawl out of the shadows, start picking at scabs and try to find something that will get voters upset.
Shawnee’s Economic Development Foundation this morning will hear a presentation from Deidre Ebrey, who is the director of Economic Development for the City of Moore.
Dear Editor,
The case for reinstituting the military draft is stronger than ever and impacts our military posture, social structure and national economy.
Dear Editor,
I would like to personally thank all of the citizens of this community who participated in our first parade for veterans on July 3.
I remember when downtown Shawnee was a thriving and bustling area.
Also the high school and junior high school was on or near Union and Highland Street, which added to the traffic in the downtown area.
An area resident from Tecumseh has some suggestions for how Shawnee can increase revenues from sales taxes. She writes me saying, “Every time I read the News-Star lately it talks about revenue being down in Shawnee, the Pottawatomie County area. But sometimes when I drive around it’s hard to believe that. When restaurants are packed and other places where people do business are also packed.
Have you heard some politicians mention the opponent has “lost his way”? In my opinion, my hometown of McLoud has lost its way. If the sitting governing body ever cared about the people of the city, it no longer has that innocence.
Oklahomans are growing weary of throwing more money at education while leaders refuse to look at ways to achieve real efficiency.
This past week Oklahoma’s Board of Education approved a $2.38 billion budget for the fiscal year which just began. Some of those board members are complaining that legislators abdicated their responsibility by not providing adequate funding and leaving the “dirty work” of cutting to the board.
In response to Ray Mullen, again I find Mr.Mullen that it seems you’re not getting the whole picture. I concur that it is dangerous and people (innocent) get hurt.
Policies are in place at Shawnee and training is provided to each officer, so that when they are in a pursuit, the officer can do the job as safely as possible. Regretfully accidents happen! My question to you is what would you do?
In reply to Mr. Ray Mullen Sr.
Mr. Mullens, I understand your concerns about the safety of the officers, and the innocent bystanders during a police pursuit. Regretfully, the offenders don’t care. All they care about is getting away with their crime, whether it be a misdemeanor, traffic violation, bank robbery or murder.
We were recently wiped out completely by the May 10 tornado at 44239 Hwy 9 in Tecumseh. Although so many people were so good to us, we had another loss that has upset us tremendously. After losing our home, shop, storage shed, barn, golf cart and motor home, someone stole our tow bar for our motor home, which will cost us about $500 to replace. How could anyone steal from someone who had just lost everything?
On the front page of Tuesday’s News-Star, there was a picture of a crashed Shawnee Police cruiser along with a very disturbing story. It seems a patrolman stopped a car on a simple traffic violation. The officer had the driver’s license and all information in their hands, including name, address, no outstanding warrants, and so forth.
July 4th! Picnics, parties and pyrotechnics with friends and family to celebrate the anniversary of another 3-day weekend! That sounds harsh, but 120 years of Progressive attacks on the Declaration of Independence have diminished the holiday.
Woodrow Wilson said, “Some citizens of this country have never got beyond the Declaration of Independence …The Declaration of Independence did not mention the questions of our day.
