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October 24th, 2009-
"From the mayor's press office:
The Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities is co-sponsoring a Forum on the Future of Bus Shelters and Street Furniture with the Next Great City coalition and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The forum will include presentations from bus shelter and street furniture vendors and present perspectives on the role of advertising in public spaces.You know, I'm tempted to be snarky about this, but really, why? People care about this stuff, and they should be able to weigh in. Good on the city.
The release also says that the city is inviting ideas for "additional pieces of street furniture." I want swivelly desk chairs in all subway stations."
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Why can't Oklahoma City citizens be a part of the decision making process for the Downtown Streetscape?
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"Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett on Wednesday kicked off a series of luncheons designed to inform voters about the MAPS 3 project.
Cornett launched the Breaking Through luncheon series at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. The luncheons are designed to give members of the public an opportunity to learn about the MAPS 3 proposal and ask questions."
The cost to attend the luncheons is $30 for Greater Oklahoma City Chamber members and $35 for nonmembers (e.g. regular citizens)
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The campaign has already kicked off to rally support, a process that includes spreading the word about what the projects do and why they are important. Cornett said he is at the “top of the information pyramid,” and it will be his main task to educate the public.
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At Oklahoma City University, political science department chairman Richard Johnson said the MAPS 3 campaign needs to do a better job of informing constituents.
“Unless the supporters do a better job of getting out in front of this, they really risk having it fail,” Johnson said.
“People have felt really good about the MAPS projects generally and getting a reasonable return on their dollar. But there’s not really enough out there yet. The public really needs to be educated about MAPS 3 and what’s in it – something like the need for an expansion of the Civic Center, for example. The benefits really need to be laid out for people to motivate them to vote.”
October 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am
[...] the Journal Record is aware of the information gap. As transcribed by Blair Humphreys: At Oklahoma City University, political science department chairman Richard Johnson said the MAPS 3 [...]