More than $63M spent on restoration of Oklahoma Capitol

[bobbieinok]

1. Remember the insane amount of $$ spent a few yrs ago to put a dome on the capitol

I always thought it was cool OK was only state without one.

Jim Lehr of PBS McNeil-Lehr Report was from OK. He wrote a series of mysteries based in OK. One was about shenanigans to 'crown Ok' (I think that was the rallying cry in the book.

It was pretty funny. Then a few yrs later the GOP governor (same man* who was gov at time of OKC bombing) actually waged a successfull campaign to do just that! I think some of our 'better citizens' thought being the only state without a dome made us 'low class' and looked down on.

* He was on list to be considered for W's AG, but then W heard the gov had said somethimg negative about him. Later the gov's wife ran in the GOP primary for House Rep from Tulsa. She lost to Steve Largent, a former pro football player (Seahawks?).