The post-Bell's fairgrounds era

[Shavethewhales]

^So the cranes and heavy equipement could get in there. Plus, it's going to end up mostly as a parking lot...

Has anyone heard anything about what good ole' Robbies been up to lately? I know it's going to be awhile, but I keep wondering if he's making any progress at all on the new park.

[patric]

This had a little more substance than most of the stories you see on local TV -- I wish we had more of that.
http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=135092


So now the rides are gone, the trees are gone, and workers are just about finished converting the land to a parking lot.

"There are people who benefit financially if we're gone," Bell said. "And whoever that is, that's the reason we're out of there."

Records show Jerry Murphy's wife gave $5,000 to the campaign of Fair Board Chairman Randi Miller in 2004. And Jerry Murphy himself gave $5,000 to the campaign of new county commissioner John Smaligo, four months after he won his seat on the board, and four months after Bell's lease expired.

Chairman Miller could provide no example of any other tenant being forced to even provide a business plan. That includes the Murphys who signed a new lease last year, just months before the Bells lost theirs.

That new lease the Murphys signed last year does contain a major change. It gave the Murphys the first choice at using the land occupied by Bell's, if Bell's were to ever leave.

[breitee]

That new lease the Murphys signed last year does contain a major change. It gave the Murphys the first choice at using the land occupied by Bell's, if Bell's were to ever leave.

Coincidence?

[swake]

Randy has got to go.

I'm thinking she doesn't need to wait for an election either.

[tulsacyclist]

I agree, Randi has got to go.