Thursday, May 15, 2008 Move Over Randy Terrill, Mick Cornett Is Everywhere!
Move over Randy Terrill! Looks like you have some serious competition from Mick Cornett for national media attention. Cornett has been everywhere lately; Taco Bell spokesman, appearance on The Ellen Degeneris Show, success in bringing the Supersonics to town, and now, a positive write up for OKC in USA Today:
From USA TODAY:
By Dennis Cauchon Oklahoma has a radical solution for repairing the state's busiest highway. Tear it down. Build a park. The aging Crosstown Expressway — an elevated 4.5-mile stretch of Interstate 40 — will be demolished in 2012. An old-fashioned boulevard and a mile-long park will be constructed in its place. Oklahoma City is doing what many cities dream about: saying goodbye to a highway. "We've always been a good place to live, but we've never had a city we could show off," Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says. "Moving the expressway makes it possible for a day to come when hundreds or thousands of people will live downtown." Read more... Labels: Mick Cornett Posted at 5/15/2008 10:16:00 AM |
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