OKC Mayor Race 2014

[Edgar]

Personally, I'll take results over chatter any day of the week. Ed is all talk, he's done very little other than to make promisses. Mick on the other hand, was the Mayor who wouldn't go away, according to David Stern (NBA Commissioner), and as a result we landed the Hornets, which turned out to be the trial run that led to the Thunder. Now OKC has it's first international brand, and all kudos go to Mick Cornett. Without Mick, we'd be just another wide spot on I-40.

True that, let's give credits where it's due- with mayor Norrick's vision the Myriad wouldn't have been a viable option when Brad Lund had the brain stroke to offer refuge to the Hornets and picked up the phone. Lots of towns have an arena and no team. Without a human tragedy and Howard Schultz's greed neither would we.

[warreng88]

True that, let's give credits where it's due- with mayor Norrick's vision the Myriad wouldn't have been a viable option when Brad Lund had the brain stroke to offer refuge to the Hornets and picked up the phone. Lots of towns have an arena and no team. Without a human tragedy and Howard Schultz's greed neither would we.

Edgar, you need to go read the book, "Big League City" by David Holt. It is an easy read (about 200 pages) and it talks a lot about what the Mayor did to lure the Hornets here. It might give you some insight to what Mick can do if he sets his mind to it.

[betts]

"The mayor who wouldn't go away." David Stern has a way with words. But you have to care about the Thunder or care what they have done for this city for Cornett's dogged persistence in the face of Stern's blithe "no" to have any impact.

[Midtowner]

True that, let's give credits where it's due- with mayor Norrick's vision the Myriad wouldn't have been a viable option when Brad Lund had the brain stroke to offer refuge to the Hornets and picked up the phone. Lots of towns have an arena and no team. Without a human tragedy and Howard Schultz's greed neither would we.

The Myriad?

That's a kind of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer version of history there.

When Katrina happened, we had the Ford Center built (thanks to Norrick and Humphreys). The Myriad was still used for convention space and Blazers games, but it was never thought to be an NBA-ready facility. No one gives sole credit to Cornett for the Thunder being here, but a simple fact remains--without Mick (and others) it wouldn't have happened. Cornett was able to take advantage of our facilities while also cooperating with business interests and the NBA to bring the Thunder home. Can you imagine Shadid as mayor doing that? Hell to the no. On day one of a Shadid mayorship, he will have already alienated the business community with his divisive rhetoric.

It's unfortunate you can't see it, but the OKC mayor is a relatively weak position by itself. It can be strong if it's held by a leader with vision. Shadid is not a leader and the only vision he's offered so far is that he's just not in favor of the current leadership's vision, but not able to offer any kind of alternative.

[emtefury]

The mayor should be a public servant and doing what is right for the city. After watching Ed Shadid on city council, he wants to be mayor for one reason, Power.

[Bellaboo]

True that, let's give credits where it's due- with mayor Norrick's vision the Myriad wouldn't have been a viable option when Brad Lund had the brain stroke to offer refuge to the Hornets and picked up the phone. Lots of towns have an arena and no team. Without a human tragedy and Howard Schultz's greed neither would we.

Edgar, are you kidding me ? The Myriad ? We had the Ford Center due to MAPS at the time. Brad Lund ? I remember when Adam Silver, the soon to be new commissioner got he full walk through with Mayor Mick. It was 3 days later we got the nod for the Hornets.

Edgar, stop making sh!t up, there may be a few more gullible ones that frequent this board that don't know any better.

[Edgar]

Edgar, are you kidding me ? The Myriad ? We had the Ford Center due to MAPS at the time. Brad Lund ? I remember when Adam Silver, the soon to be new commissioner got he full walk through with Mayor Mick. It was 3 days later we got the nod.

Edgar, stop making sh!t up, there may be a few more gullible ones that frequent this board that don't know any better.

what I meant-the Myriad not an option-Ford center was due to Mayor Norick's vision, and Lund was the one with the good idea. They should have never ran the guy out of town, he's the man.

[Edgar]

The mayor should be a public servant and doing what is right for the city. After watching Ed Shadid on city council, he wants to be mayor for one reason, Power.

Isn't being a good public servant the reason he wanted this entered into recordhttp://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/04/22/case_for_bigger_boston_convention_hall_has_familia r_ring/?page=3
Mick obviously knew what was in the report when he jammed the timeline vote through to get the unpopular cc built first. Must have thought it divine intervention when Shadid's flight was scrubbed. Wasn't pointing out the map3 campaign forgot to mention a new cc would need a 50 million$ hotel to be viable being a good public servant, or that there's no dedicated funding for maintenance of a huge new park. Mick's team hids all the documents and says trust me. Who's being the responsible public servant.

[Bellaboo]

what I meant-the Myriad not an option-Ford center was due to Mayor Norick's vision, and Lund was the one with the good idea. They should have never ran the guy out of town, he's the man.

Mayor Norick and May Mick have the SAME vision - It's Ed and his anti MAPS stance who wants to destroy that vision. Would you explain what good idea Brad Lund had ?

[Midtowner]

what I meant-the Myriad not an option-Ford center was due to Mayor Norick's vision, and Lund was the one with the good idea. They should have never ran the guy out of town, he's the man.

The Myriad was build in like 1842.

Norrick was still on Cardassia fighting Klingons, i.e., nowhere near the Myriad when it was built.

Interestingly, Lund was, at that time more worried about the boy who lived and at the time was subsisting on a diet of unicorn blood, so he was nowhere around.

[ljbab728]

Has anyone else noticed all of the Mick for Mayor banner ads here? I understand why they might do that but I'm thinking this is kind of a waste of money "preaching to the choir" situation. Most here don't need any convincing.

[Teo9969]

Has anyone else noticed all of the Mick for Mayor banner ads here? I understand why they might do that but I'm thinking this is kind of a waste of money "preaching to the choir" situation. Most here don't need any convincing.

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[ljbab728]

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I'm not sure what your point is.

[Jeepnokc]

Has anyone else noticed all of the Mick for Mayor banner ads here? I understand why they might do that but I'm thinking this is kind of a waste of money "preaching to the choir" situation. Most here don't need any convincing.

I am not seeing any banner ads. Google ads have gotten more sophisticated in their targeting. When you visit a company website (or campaign website), there is a way for them to identify you as you move to other sites and target banner ads from the website. For example, I was on USAA.com last night and my banner ad on this site right now is for USAA medicare solutions. It's not the site being targeted....it's you being targeted.

[warreng88]

I'm not sure what your point is.

I think his point is there may be a lot of members (13 at the time) here who agree with you but there are also guests (72 at the time) here and we don't know what their thoughts and beliefs are. It is good to get all the information out there so people can at the very least make an informed decision.

[warreng88]

From Mick's facebook page:

"I am excited to announce that today we are opening TWO campaign headquarters! The South HQ is at 4804 S. Western and the North HQ is at 4817 N. May (Mayfair Village shopping center). Our new campaign phone number is 605-3000. Come by and see us! #mickformayor"

Weird, since he only cares about downtown and neither of these are downtown...

[LakeEffect]

From Mick's facebook page:

"I am excited to announce that today we are opening TWO campaign headquarters! The South HQ is at 4804 S. Western and the North HQ is at 4817 N. May (Mayfair Village shopping center). Our new campaign phone number is 605-3000. Come by and see us! #mickformayor"

Weird, since he only cares about downtown and neither of these are downtown...

And Shadid's HQ is at 7th & Hudson.

[kevinpate]

Irrespective of how someone chooses to vote come election day, post 1328 is just downright funny.

[Urban Pioneer]

Does anyone find it weird that Shadid is screening a film about addiction during the opener for the Thunder? He's really going for the masses, this guy.

[Bellaboo]

Addicted to basketball eh ?

[betts]

Does anyone find it weird that Shadid is screening a film about addiction during the opener for the Thunder? He's really going for the masses, this guy.

What I find weird is that he's not going to be watching the game, given his recent propensity for pro-Thunder tweets, using Thunder-related hash tags. I'm tempted to tweet and ask him where his seats are and use those same hash tags. If he's going to talk the talk....

[Prunepicker]

Does anyone find it weird that Shadid is screening a film about addiction
during the opener for the Thunder? He's really going for the masses,
this guy.

I don't. I'd rather do almost anything than watch or go to a basketball
game even if the tickets were free. I mean, I'd accept them but only
to sell them. Then I'd order a pizza and go home to my dog.

I'm not supporting Shadid.

[betts]

But if he feels the same way, he needs to be honest and say he doesn't care for sports. It's a little thing to pretend you're a Thunder or OU fan, but it forms part of a web of deception that's not right.

[bradh]

like Steve has said, if there is a tweet from Ed's account about the Thunder, its not from Ed, its from a chronie

[David]

D.C. political consultant probing mayor's office

Interesting that Shadid's campaign denied it, the FOP denied it, but the Firefighter response was more or less "no comment".