I was at a political seminar yesterday; the luncheon speaker was Mayor Mick. Whatever your opinion of him, the man can speak (years of broadcast experience). It was refreshing to hear him expand his normal talking points. His usual mantra is that he, as a mayor, has no real control over many issues, so his goal is to create more jobs. At this luncheon he admitted that it takes more than just jobs to make Oklahoma City better. Very interestingly, he did criticize sprawl as a barrier to making OKC a great city. He advocated for density and "giving the inner city a chance to compete". He also said the city needs to ease off it's overreliance on the car. Now he just just has to follow through this. I do have to wonder what the "compete" statement means?