In a nod to Napoleon, McDonald’s, and wasteful government spending, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill this week to build a $4.3 million arch on the south side of the Oklahoma capitol.
It will resemble an arch that was supposed to be installed at the Capitol way back in 1917 but wasn’t completed thanks to an old-school Oklahoma budget crisis.
Here are details on the new arch via a Barb Hoberock article for Oklahoma Voice in The Oklahoman;
Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed a measure to build an arch on the south side of the Oklahoma Capitol complex.
The cost is $4.3 million.
House Bill 4012 said the purpose of the arch is to honor the Oklahoma National Guard, which has a lengthy history of state and federal service.
Even though I really don’t know what they do, I have no problem honoring the Oklahoma National Guard, but do we really need to spend $4.3-million on an arch for them?
Sure, it may not survive a storm, but they could have just bought and installed the old Oklahoma State Fair Arch from a scrap metal yard at a fraction of the cost?