It's that time of year again. Open balloting for the Gazette's Best of OKC ends later this week. Later, the top five will run on a final ballot in July.

There are fewer restaurant categories but more "Triple Crown" introspective questions that were fun answering:

Best Local Attraction

Best Example of Tax Dollars At Work

Best Way to Improve Life in OKC

Best View from a Window

Best Restored Building

Best Next Big Thing

Best Landscaping/Beautification

Best Thing to Show Out of Towners

Best Change That Should Happen to OKC

Best Thing About OKC that You Hope Never Changes

Best News We've Had in a Long Time

Best Thing Gov. Henry Has Done

Best Advertising Campaign

Best Evidence That OKC is Coming Alive

Best Situation Needing Investigation

If you like we can debate answers. Mine will come on the next post. You will have to pick up a Gazette and send in your paper ballot for the actual vote.

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Best Local Attraction
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Best Example of Tax Dollars At Work
Partial funding of Skirvin restoration

Best Way to Improve Life in OKC
more unique retail, especially downtown

Best View from a Window
2nd Floor Cox Center facing the hotels

Best Restored Building
I don't think it qualifies, but for right now, The Montgomery

Best Next Big Thing
Riverside neighborhood/Crosstown boulevard development

Best Landscaping/Beautification
Bricktown Canal

Best Thing to Show Out of Towners
Lake Hefner sunset

Best Change That Should Happen to OKC
OK River development and activities

Best Thing About OKC that You Hope Never Changes
Unified forward agenda

Best News We've Had in a Long Time
Purchase and eventual reworking of First National Center

Best Thing Gov. Henry Has Done
Working toward a state research endowment

Best Advertising Campaign
AM's OklaCool within Native America

Best Evidence That OKC is Coming Alive
A local restaurant scene the likes I've never seen

Best Situation Needing Investigation
OCURA's activities

Yes, everyone please vote for situation needing investigation: Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority (OCURA).

That's so funny.

I already sent mine in and OCURA was my answer and double underlined. We're all starting to think alike, either that or the Kool-Aid is setting in.

Floater, did you forget something?

Best Oklahoma Forum.

that too TODD!!!

LOL..since we are not in the physical world location, location, location does not apply but....promote, promote, promote does.

Floater, did you forget something?

Best Oklahoma Forum.

Lol, it's not an official category, but why not?

Best Oklahoma Forum
okctalk.com

How many different answers will there be for this one?;)

At least they got rid of Best Blog.