You said it well, bornhere. I also liked your post several up where you pointed out that you don't have to be poor or middle class or wealthy or mega-rich to see things through a prism of right and wrong. I don't have to personally be able to afford or not afford a downtown condo to see what's going on here - and speak out about it. Not comparing myself to RFK, but when Bobby Kennedy toured Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta in 1968, he spoke out not because it affected him or the Kennedy family in any personal way, but because he felt a responsibility to speak out. Now, downtown OKC is not the Mississippi Delta - that's not my comparison - the comparison is that socioeconomic status for an individual doesn't have to translate into working only for policies which are best for him or her. To suggest otherwise, or even make that correlation, is a distinctly selfish way to observe our politics and culture. But one that, unfortunately, is pervasive in Oklahoma.

Midtowner mentioned one of Oklahoma's greatest ever public servants the other day: former Attorney General Jan Eric Cartwright. Working for him was one of my first good jobs and one that made a big impression on me - and I'll always be grateful. He once told me over a sandwich on the run something that sticks with me to this day, "It's not a matter of rich or poor, it's a matter of who is screwing who and the simple fact is - it's usually the former screwing everyone in between."