Turning Complaining into Activism

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May 26, 2022

By News Staff

I’ve never considered economic development work to be “activism.” Since I’m always talking about improvements to the industrial parks, improvements at the airport, better roads, better stormwater systems and housing issues, I have come to the conclusion I am an activist. Or a complainer with a monthly editorial in the Okmulgee Times.

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