Next Tuesday, a few thousand voters will flock to the polls to determine if Oklahoma City is going to spend $1-billion on new homes for potholes.
Packaged by the Chamber of Commerce, city leaders and other members of the local ruling class into a shiny, clean and marketable "Better Streets, Safer City" plan, the proposal is actually a complex funding initiative that's composed of good and bad ideas, including 13 individual bond packages, one sales tax increase and a sneaky extension of the once-storied MAPS tax.