Re: Rayo OKC
100% agree. Judge Miller is a damn good judge. The Sheriff and Court Clerk are just doing their jobs. It's a shame that someone in the Rayo OKC organization has fed the El Reno Tribune, borchard and who knows who else with bad info.Originally Posted by jerrywall
Remember the original ERT article said "Canadian county Judge Gary Miller issued an injunction Friday evening banning the sale of alcohol at tonight's Rayo OKC season-opening game. Brad Lund, Rayo OKC managing partner, said the ban was sought by the Canadian County Sheriff's office. Lund said the Rayo organization plans to fight the injunction."
Then the follow-up ERT article corrected that to say that there was no injunction after all but rather a state law that was being enforced: "Sheriff Randall Edwards said state law prohibits the sale of beer on high school properties and that was all that was needed to stop Rayo OKC from selling it at Yukon's Miller Stadium. Edwards said he “my undersheriff and my civil deputy” met with District Judge Gary Miller Friday afternoon for about “two to three hours” in the judge's chambers, but that Miller never issued an injunction preventing the sale of beer at the professional soccer game."
So no injunction exists, no ban was sought, no complaint filed. Just a state law being enforced.
And now, we're supposed to believe that because the judge didn't pick up the phone when Rayo called over the weekend or answer his door when someone had the nerve to actually go to his house that he's part of some conspiracy against Rayo along with the Sheriff and Court Clerk? What an entitled and paranoid attitude.
The folks running the Rayo show apparently didn't learn from the last time they got sideways with local government. They angered enough people at OKC City Hall during their run with the CHL Blazers that when they came back to ask for $$$ and permission to run a Grand Prix in OKC, it got shot down in flames. In case you forgot, Grand Prix racing proposal rejected in 6-2 council vote | News OK and Two Weeks Over - Grand Prix Done? | News OK are instructive, especially the part where it says "From what I’m hearing from City Hall, this deal is dead, especially in light of perceived insults by the Grand Prix promoters of the city council."
So back then we had people who didn't get their way in OKC and tossed some napalm around, damaging whatever relationship they had with City Hall. Fast forward to now, we have some of the same people who aren't getting their way in Yukon/Canadian County and they're now once again tossing napalm around willy nilly. Judge, Sheriff and Court Clerk are conspiring against them. Deliberately done last minute so as to sabotage Rayo. They're being paid/supported by big names, can't tell you who, but the insinuation is that they're somehow related to the Energy. And we've given all the dirt to the Trib who is going to publish a scathing exposé any day now.
Rayo OKC has no one else to blame for this beer fiasco but themselves. This issue should have been vetted weeks, if not months, before the season began. And they should have been working closely to establish a strong relationship with the Yukon Police Department (let's not forget that the YPD Chief agreed with the Sheriff that beer sales at Miller Stadium would violate state law) and the County to make sure all the i's were dotted and t's crossed.
It's not too late for Rayo to make amends. Instead of being arrogant and petulant, some adult in that organization should admit they screwed up and then work with the Judge, Sheriff, Court Clerk, Police Chief and whoever else to find out what it will take to make beer sales happen. The quicker this mess is behind Rayo, the stronger their future in Canadian County and metro OKC will be in my opinion.
But that's not their M.O. They want things done their way on their time. So be it. It's their business, run it the way you think it should be run. Maybe it'll work out, maybe not. However, if the one-sided flow of innuendo and rumors of corruption and conspiracy continues via whispers inside Miller Stadium or here on OKCTalk, my guess is Rayo will have a short lifespan in Yukon.
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