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Originally posted by citizen72
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Originally posted by Friendly Bear
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Originally posted by Conan71
Restaurants and retail have another hard year or two ahead of them or at least until oil prices stabilize some. I'm betting some of the RD's tennants are starting to get a little antsy about building new units in Tulsa.
If BSW had been a Connected Crony of the local construction company cartel (Manhattan/Flint), then they'd still be busy working on sole-sourced Goobermint projects.
Like the BOK Arena.
And the new downtown Driller Stadium.
Sparks and Associates got an education about Pay-to-Play with the local Construction Cartel and its connected cronies back in 2003, when Vision 2025 was being funded to the tune of $1 million to promote its passage.
Sparks paid in $25K, and didn't get back a nickles worth of work for his firm.
Boy, was he ever P.O.'d.
And, he said so, publically.
Wonder if he's been blackballed by the local ruling power Oligarchy?
Of course we must not leave Flintco off that list.
Of course, they are included by name in the local connected construction cartel.
Plus, they seem to get the Indian Casino work.
Wonder if they helped fund that State Question legalizing Indian table gaming and Class III slot machines back when it passed?
BIG casino building boom since then.
I noticed that Flintco is listed as the Construction Co. on the Indian Casino at 81st and Riverside Parkway.
Flint also seems to get a great deal of the local School Districts school construction projects.
They built the Union School District Arena, called the UMAC. Cost overruns galore, of course.
And, the two major state universities and OSU-Tulsa have been on a building boom being flush as they are with taxpayer money.
Wonder if Flinto is really the hidden player supporting the militant OEA teachers union constant agitation for
SMALLER CLASS SIZE??
It's the OEA Mantra:
SMALLER CLASS SIZE = BETTER EDUCATION.
Well, really Smaller Class Size means = MORE SCHOOL ROOMS and MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
And, more teachers and principals and UNION MEMBERS.
And, Flint just LOVES to build school buildings.
It's
FOR THE CHILDREN, you know.......
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