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THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Businesses closing don’t reflect growth



Hershel McBride states he left his position as mayor of Muskogee due to health concerns. But as posted in the Oklahoma Constitution, he said he would run for the House District 14 seat that was to be vacated by Barbara Staggs in 2006.

You can read that at www.theshop.net/faithpub/a1con/constory4.html.bak.

Is he lying about his reason for leaving as mayor?

A recent Phoenix story states, “McBride, 70, who left office with unfinished business due to health concerns, said he wants the chance to finish projects he began that have helped Muskogee realize ‘controlled, quality growth’ during the past six years.”

I don’t see the growth when under his watch Zapata, Schrader-Bridgeport, Waterloo and Gerber-Coburn all closed their doors. If that is growth, then pigs fly.

I did see under his watch that the speed limit on our bypass on the south side of town went from 65 mph to 45 mph and stoplights on every intersection to make your car use more gas, and guess who has a gas station?

When someone opened a gas station across the street from his and was selling gas for less, the police showed up and told them they were breaking the law. I wonder who called the law. I think I know. Don’t you?

If this is the experience McBride has, I don’t think we need this kind of experience in Muskogee. I think we need the young man’s innocence to run Muskogee because he has no bad baggage to carry and maybe he can do something to keep our young people from leaving Muskogee and our town can grow.

Marion Hunter

Muskogee



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