I would like to compliment Midwest City on their recycling program. They have made it extremely easy for people to do the right thing and recycle. Midwest City residents seem to be using this service as witnessed by the large number of recycling carts put out on recycling day. Kudos to you guys!
Here is the problem: Midwest City’s Recycling Program does not include businesses. I work at a small business in MWC. I do all the recycling for the companies in our building.
A federal court jury recently made the final ruling in a lawsuit that had been filed against Oklahoma County.
The jury heard evidence for several days and concluded in a unanimous verdict that a group of former county employees had not been fired or forced to retire unjustly.
That decision not only made a statement for what is right, it protected the taxpayers from a potentially costly judgment that could have amounted to millions and caused property taxes to rise.
The case originated in an issue I discovered soon after I took office in 2009.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Senate’s failure to engage in budget negotiations with the House in order to avert a government shutdown.
Due to Senate inaction, many government agencies closed on October 1.
"Today is an unfair day for America and one that could have been avoided," Cole said. "While the House has worked tirelessly to propose fair solutions, the Senate has refused to consider a compromise in any form.
The situation at Midwest Regional Medical Center is not what it was six months ago.
Or at least it appears that way.
This past weekend, I was invited to attend a special event hosted by the hospital for associates and their families. The event’s atmosphere was nice, despite the slight chill in the air, and proved to me administrators are making progress on their promise to the community MRMC would get better.
While at the event, I judged more than 15 different types of chilis, six kinds of barbecue ribs and so many homemade pies I felt like I needed to be rolled out to my car.
In short, I was impressed by the showing of camaraderie at the event and I hope it was a sign of the progress MRMC is making not only for its associates and physicians but its patients as well.
Hospital associates are facing quite the uncertain future at the moment.
Apparently unbeknownst to me there is some proxy war being waged between science and religion. In the same manner as being a Democrat or Republican, atheist or theist or rich or poor, we have allowed ourselves to be duped into believing that we must be all of a thing or nothing of a thing. This binary way of thinking is what leads us to political camps and religious or secular trenches.
The reality is that nearly all of us are a little bit of all of these things. As it pertains to science and religion, I am not agreeable to angry secularist telling me I must choose between the two.
I am under no moral or philosophical obligation to do so.
I instead choose to attempt when possible to reconcile competing ideologies.
In doing so, it allows me to understand the limits of what I believe and, when necessary, to push those limits.
I don’t know who’s in charge of the advertising for Midwest Regional in the newspaper, but I’m thinking another background would have been a wiser choice.
Other than a circus (fair-Ferris wheel), having experienced for myself, and certain members of my family, the “goings on” in the ER and other floors (except 7th floor) was like a circus “happening.”
The City of Choctaw is going through an interesting time right now with a few lawsuits on their plate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the only thing going on.
Last week, I sat down for a visit with Mayor Randy Ross, who shared with me the many good things currently going on and also on the horizon for the city.
Although it may not seem like it, the mayor said work is carrying on quite nicely on the Walmart development on NE 23rd Street. In fact, the huge retailer is slated to award the construction bid this week and once that happens, city hall will await for the hired contractor to visit them asking for a builder’s permit.
A permit then means the clock starts ticking toward the day the new Walmart opens its doors. Mayor Ross anticipated this to happen after approximately six months of construction but has learned not to hold his breath.
