A few weeks back, David Holt – our overly positive, cheery to the point of annoyance mayor – proudly boasted on Twiter that Oklahoma City has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, making it even harder for places like the Oklahoma County Health Department to hire a gonorrhea field surveillance specialist.
As we know, the unemployment rate is often a cherry-picked stat that doesn't tell the whole story about an area's economy, but either way, there's nothing wrong with the mayor cheerleading and ignoring context. I think that's what he does best!
Anyway, with OKC having such a low unemployment rank, it obviously means lots and lots of people in our state are stuck with shitty, terrible jobs that they probably can't afford to quit.