"If I could change one thing about Oklahoma..."

[OUAndy1807]

finish the sentence.

mine would be the lack of fresh seafood we have access to.

This question is open to Oklahoma residents only.

[critical_phil]

..............i would kick tulsa all the way to nebraska.

[SicEmBaylor]

..............i would kick tulsa all the way to nebraska.

I'd like to see vast improvements in the overall quality of our education system that doesn't entail just throwing more money at teachers.

The state's economy needs serious help to stop all of our damned graduates from moving to Texas to work.

The roads need to be fixed.

Also, the state could do such a better job at promoting itself and its resources for both tourists and investments.

EDIT: Okay, yes that's obviously more than one thing. So, my "one thing" is to have more things.

[olevetonahill]

Id move saxet as far away as I could

[PhilTLL]

The senior Senator.

[SoonerStormchaser]

I'd get rid of that gawdamn sales tax ON FOOD!

[Okla-homey]

I have three wishes.

1) Packaged high point beer may be sold cold by any retailer who has a beer license.

2) Every trailer park owner shall be required by law to build commodius tornado shelters within a 1 minute walk of all park tenants, and park owners shall maintain a warning system wired to every trailer to alert said occupants of impending tornadic doom.

3) Rename oSu "Pickens State"

[yermom]

do something to attract real tech companies/businesses

you know, more than call centers

and get rid of canoe beer

[Okla-homey]

do something to attract real tech companies/businesses

you know, more than call centers

and get rid of canoe beer

If high point beer could be sold cold at Quik Trip, canoe beer would cease to exist through the effect of market forces. That is precisely why "big beer" opposes such measures. Right now, distributors like Ben E. Keith, et. al, have the market cornered on near beer and would lose market share if tasty alternatives were available cold. Also, the liquor store lobby spends a lot of money in OKC to keep the legislators payed off so they won't mess with the status quo.

[yermom]

yeah, we were posting at the same time, i was basically saying the same thing

that and i just like the phrase "canoe beer"

[sanantoniosooner]

I'd like be recognize the place I grew up once again. Bingo places and smoke shops suck.

[Okla-homey]

I'd like be recognize the place I grew up once again. Bingo places and smoke shops suck.

Perhaps the Indian proprietors of those places would prefer it if you were'nt around either. You know, so Oklahoma could be theirs again like it was before we got here in violation of Federal treaty obligations to the tribes.

It always strikes me as odd that no one favors welfare for poor folks, but when the federal government and the state combine to make it possible for Indian people to improve their lot in life through hard work and investment in gaming facilities, that's somehow bad too.

[sanantoniosooner]

Perhaps the Indian proprietors of those places would prefer it if you were'nt around either. You know, so Oklahoma could be theirs again like it was before we got here in violation of Federal treaty obligations to the tribes.

I knew that would fire somebody up.

I have no problem with coexisting with tribal lands. It makes me sad that the path to saving a culture is hinged on gambling and tobacco.

[yermom]

when do they open the Chicken Ranches?

[crawfish]

do something to attract real tech companies/businesses

you know, more than call centers

Word.

Also, ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE CASINOS! They're a frickin' eyesore, from the trailer trash mecca of Winstar to the gaudy neon of Riverwind.

We should've limited those things to being built in the uglier sections of Oklahoma.

[yermom]

the casinos are growing a bit unbounded it seems, i mean they are killing each other

[jk the sooner fan]

i'd like all the oklahoma drivers to be taught that the left lane isnt the "go slow and look at the flowers lane"

and then i'd like for i-35 to be a decent road from one state line to the other

[Okla-homey]

I knew that would fire somebody up.

I have no problem with coexisting with tribal lands. It makes me sad that the path to saving a culture is hinged on gambling and tobacco.

Well, good news is, I think the day will come when gaming will be just a small sector of tribal GNP. Tribes are already diversifying into other areas with gaming revenues making it possible.

A great example is the Florida Seminoles. They now own the entire Hard Rock Cafe corporation and all franchises. They're building a new one as we speak in Fiji which is estimated to bring in $160M annually.

Tribes are waking up to the fact that broader entertainment and leisure opportunities abound that do not involve gaming and thus avoid complicated issues of compliance with federal and state gaming laws.

[yermom]

i'd like all the oklahoma drivers to be taught that the left lane isnt the "go slow and look at the flowers lane"

and then i'd like for i-35 to be a decent road from one state line to the other

ooh, ooh carpool lanes!

[Okla-homey]

the casinos are growing a bit unbounded it seems, i mean they are killing each other

I've seen the numbers. They have'nt even come close to reaching the saturation point yet. The new thing is going to be destination resorts. Wait til you see what the Creek Nation is going to unveil at the site of the old Fountainhead state park.