Quote Originally Posted by David View Post
That's a rather unfair assessment considering this is all just planning stages and no concrete has been poured for it, either the stops or the sidewalks. I would argue that it doesn't count as "not doing things right" if we're still pre-construction and the only question is plans getting adjusted (for the better!) ahead of the actual work.
Yes, this is also a good take.

Quote Originally Posted by soonerguru View Post
Urbanized, thank you for your completely accurate analysis.
Thanks, I try! Like you, I have worked with City staff and elected officials in some capacity for many years here in OKC, and *almost* without exception I have found them to be well-intentioned people who were dedicated to public service. Every workplace has the occasional burnout or "phone-it-in" type, but it's remarkable how many people in this city really ARE trying to make it a better place, even if you and I don't always agree with them upon what constitutes "better;" i.e. fast and efficient car travel vs safe sidewalks, bike lanes and healthy transit.

I'd say that my only real frustrations with officials have been related to silo effects and nearsighted box-checking, and you find that in any industry. Some people are worker bees, and some people are big-picture course-setters. Our job as citizens is to elect, support and assist the best big picture folks we can find, whose job it then becomes to effectively identify and hire OTHER big picture folks and trained specialists, who in turn help guide the worker bees.