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Originally Posted by solitude
Never question Big Money. Never question Big Business. Never question Monopoly Power in a neighborhood. Only question -- Big Government. That's it, right?
Why question CHK? Because that entire area is part of our community. It's not like they own but a few lots and we're suggesting they be told what to do with it. Rover, they have bought an entire neighborhood of our city! Yet, you opine that we have no right to ask questions?
It's our city and you're damn right we can (and should) ask questions - we would be lazy citizens were we not to.
Some of us prefer not to bow to corporate power and just sit back and watch while they perform their "magic." In my lifetime I've seen literally hundreds of towns, and some large cities, allow one or two corporations to basically monopolize their city. It's all nice and wonderful for awhile. But then - if profits are to be found elsewhere, they'll chase them down across the globe and leave these towns and cities like ghost towns. ZERO responsibility and ZERO remorse. It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$. ALWAYS. Yes, we must ask questions when an entire neighborhood is bought up by a single corporate entity. I can't believe you're suggesting we should just kick back and watch the show.
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In the United States, we have private property. The neighborhood and property CHK has purchased is not collectively owned. It was owned by private individuals and sold for a pretty penny to an owner who can and will do whatever it wants to do with the property subject to zoning, etc.
That's CHK's right.
Whether the city is better or worse off with a sprawling, beautiful corporate campus in that area is a matter of opinion. I can almost guarantee you though that the tax dollars generated by that campus will be nothing to sneeze at and will ultimately benefit all of Oklahoma City by padding the city coffers, which will in turn enhance our ability to provide services to all of the people rather than benefiting the NIMBYs living in the Nichols Hills area.
For all your shrill collectivist notions, you apparently can't see past the nose on your face. What CHK is doing, whether intentional or not, is a good thing for the folks in Nichols Hills just as it is good for the fine people living in the NE or SW parts of town.