I had decided not to come back here until all this back and forth and mudslinging is over. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on this board. But, I had to say something about the poster who said that it's the conservatives that are opposing the March 4th proposal. There may be some, but far and away the vast number of opponents are liberal. Whether it be Nathaniel Batchelder, Robin Meyers, neighborhood-based community groups, the list of liberal opponents is long. I just wanted to clear that up. If it's a tax that benefits the rich - you can usually count on conservative support.

I've read with amusement the thread on where David Glover lives. Yet, some of the biggest boosters in this back and forth war on this board are from Edmond, Norman, Bethany, Florida, California, Missouri and Washington.

I still plan to vote "Yes" on this deal, but the attacks on those who oppose the tax extension have been repulsive to me. Don't get me wrong, the personal attacks against Doug and others by out-of-state opponents make me sick as well, but I am shocked at how if you support this thing you are expected to look at the opponents as people who are stupid, ignorant, don't care about the city, etc. It's been truly disgusting. There are legitimate reasons to vote against the sales tax extension. For one, no NBA city has EVER used a sales tax as the vehicle for public participation. Our sales tax, of course, even includes taxing groceries.

Someone said that David Glover has been a lot more vocal about the whole thing than Clay Bennett. Please. This whole thing is a gift to Clay Bennett (especially the "practice facility" which will house their luxury offices.) As for the "more vocal" nonsense, Bennett's family newspaper has been nothing more than a daily pamphlet for support of the tax extension. Let's be intellectually honest here.

I'm voting "Yes" with my nose pinched and my teeth clenched because I honestly believe an NBA team will be a boon to a city our size. We will be the smallest city in the league and that will be a fun role to play when we prove that OKC will support their team. Loudly, as we all remember with the Hornets. But on the other hand, I can't believe the be-all and end-all that some are making this out to be. To the poster, these people who feel this way are BIG basketball fans. They think that hearing "Oklahoma City" every night on ESPN and a score in the sports pages will make or break our image as a city. That's just ridiculous. For every NBA fan, there are dozens more that see other benchmarks on what makes an "elite" city. If this were to fail, I would certainly hope that the supporters would not jump on the "we're a bad city," train. There are a lot of good things happening in OKC - the lack of a professional basketball team will not "break" us as a "city on the move." The definition of that, by the way, to mean "a city with the NBA" has been carried to ridiculous lengths.

So, I hope for a positive outcome on March 4th. I will be voting "Yes," but I will be voting with a lot of people who should be ashamed of their attitude toward those who oppose this gun-to-the-head hostage taking of this city by the NBA and the Professional Basketball Club, LLC.

I'm voting "Yes" --- with disdain that I feel like I am being blackmailed for that basketball team. But, that's the way the game is played. But it also doesn't make it right.