legelegel
06-17-2009, 09:10 PM
Next time you run across something like this:
http://www.thewizofodds.com/the_wiz_of_odds/2009/06/will-pickens-athletic-village-ever-be-built.html#more
You can tell 'em this:
That eminent domain was use by OSU on only one of 300 properties. The owners of that property were two opportunistic brothers who bought the property knowing OSU was going to buy it. They paid under $20,000 and where offered about $30,000. They wanted a profit of $50,000 on their short term investment.
That even though progress on the village has slowed, because of current financial conditions and cash flow, work goes on and the project will be funded in time.
That comments like this are produced by fear, suspicion and jealously.
It's a fear that many uo fans have that they may be challenged for football supremacy in the State of Oklahoma. They see OSU coming and they fear what they see on the horizon. Most uo fans have never visited the Stillwater campus or really know much about OSU. So they fear the unknown and fear what the unknown is now capable of taking away from them, that is the perceived chance for a national championship every year in football.
Those outside of Cowboy Country only see the big hand of money coming to OSU's rescue. Years of neglect and the inability of being unable to compete at the highest level, because of the lack of facilities, is ending. It would probably have been OK if there had not been a very big benefactor involved and his last name had not been Pickens. The fear of a single person’s influence makes people suspicious and jealous.
Finally, tell 'em, that OSU was there long before any of those houses were built. Most of those land owners had made profits off their substandard property for years. There was one reason and one reason only for their profits and increases in valuation. It was because OSU was there to provide the students who rented these properties. Take away that government investment and those landowners would never have speculated and made the money they did. It was time for them to finally cash in and sale to OSU what OSU created for them.
http://www.thewizofodds.com/the_wiz_of_odds/2009/06/will-pickens-athletic-village-ever-be-built.html#more
You can tell 'em this:
That eminent domain was use by OSU on only one of 300 properties. The owners of that property were two opportunistic brothers who bought the property knowing OSU was going to buy it. They paid under $20,000 and where offered about $30,000. They wanted a profit of $50,000 on their short term investment.
That even though progress on the village has slowed, because of current financial conditions and cash flow, work goes on and the project will be funded in time.
That comments like this are produced by fear, suspicion and jealously.
It's a fear that many uo fans have that they may be challenged for football supremacy in the State of Oklahoma. They see OSU coming and they fear what they see on the horizon. Most uo fans have never visited the Stillwater campus or really know much about OSU. So they fear the unknown and fear what the unknown is now capable of taking away from them, that is the perceived chance for a national championship every year in football.
Those outside of Cowboy Country only see the big hand of money coming to OSU's rescue. Years of neglect and the inability of being unable to compete at the highest level, because of the lack of facilities, is ending. It would probably have been OK if there had not been a very big benefactor involved and his last name had not been Pickens. The fear of a single person’s influence makes people suspicious and jealous.
Finally, tell 'em, that OSU was there long before any of those houses were built. Most of those land owners had made profits off their substandard property for years. There was one reason and one reason only for their profits and increases in valuation. It was because OSU was there to provide the students who rented these properties. Take away that government investment and those landowners would never have speculated and made the money they did. It was time for them to finally cash in and sale to OSU what OSU created for them.