Mayor David Holt
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This election came 11 months after a major plan to keep our city a major league sports city got passed by 71 percent. So like we keep showing that even as we're voting in a divided way on federal officials, we are we are uniting on key issues to our city. So. I think we'll keep trying to do that.
I can't control everything, but we have managed to hold this together in the face of nearly a decade of national division. And part of it is built on this idea that everyone has value. And, you know, I ran on and have served under this ethos of one OKC. And that's what that means to me, that we all should be part of our city's narrative. And certainly... We maybe had overlooked that in the past.
I can't control everything, but we have managed to hold this together in the face of nearly a decade of national division. And part of it is built on this idea that everyone has value. And, you know, I ran on and have served under this ethos of one OKC. And that's what that means to me, that we all should be part of our city's narrative. And certainly... We maybe had overlooked that in the past.
I can't control everything, but we have managed to hold this together in the face of nearly a decade of national division. And part of it is built on this idea that everyone has value. And, you know, I ran on and have served under this ethos of one OKC. And that's what that means to me, that we all should be part of our city's narrative. And certainly... We maybe had overlooked that in the past.
We're a very diverse city under the age of 18 and our city is 60 percent non-white. So and we have people from every corner of the world and every religion. And yeah, we I just I just will always I don't want to serve if I have to do it in a bigoted way, you know, or an exclusive way. You know, I want to serve in a way that that appreciates diversity. all our residents and truly all our residents.
We're a very diverse city under the age of 18 and our city is 60 percent non-white. So and we have people from every corner of the world and every religion. And yeah, we I just I just will always I don't want to serve if I have to do it in a bigoted way, you know, or an exclusive way. You know, I want to serve in a way that that appreciates diversity. all our residents and truly all our residents.
We're a very diverse city under the age of 18 and our city is 60 percent non-white. So and we have people from every corner of the world and every religion. And yeah, we I just I just will always I don't want to serve if I have to do it in a bigoted way, you know, or an exclusive way. You know, I want to serve in a way that that appreciates diversity. all our residents and truly all our residents.
Sometimes people that kind of swing the pendulum the other way, they're like, well, I just only want to represent the marginalized populations. I mean, that's not right either, right? I mean, it's got to be for everybody and that's the way I view it.
Sometimes people that kind of swing the pendulum the other way, they're like, well, I just only want to represent the marginalized populations. I mean, that's not right either, right? I mean, it's got to be for everybody and that's the way I view it.
Sometimes people that kind of swing the pendulum the other way, they're like, well, I just only want to represent the marginalized populations. I mean, that's not right either, right? I mean, it's got to be for everybody and that's the way I view it.
I'm saying like that's, that's kind of like that 70% leaves room for that 15 and 15. That's right. Kind of on the extremes. You just can't ever be satisfied.
I'm saying like that's, that's kind of like that 70% leaves room for that 15 and 15. That's right. Kind of on the extremes. You just can't ever be satisfied.
I'm saying like that's, that's kind of like that 70% leaves room for that 15 and 15. That's right. Kind of on the extremes. You just can't ever be satisfied.
Right. And that's what freedom is supposed to be about, you know? I'm a... As you said, I'm a registered Republican. I served as a Republican in the state Senate. Part of what drove me early in life to that perspective was a strong belief in personal freedom. And freedom isn't freedom if you're expecting everybody to live their life exactly like you live yours. That's not freedom.