The Gadfly On The Wall
Dog Days: Summer brings the dog days of governmental and political news. Unless, of course, you're all over the presidential race(s) already...and I've found few outside the political world who are tuned in. Most ordinary folks aren't paying a bit of attention yet.
Norman News: M. Scott Carter of The Red Dirt Political Report has interesting posts worth your time, one on an audit in Cleveland County, the second on 4th District Congressman Tom Cole.
Thompson In August? Insiders claim Fred Thompson will get into the GOP presidential race sometime in August. He's in no hurry and why should he be? Continues strong in polls, much to the consternation (I am certain) of Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and a few others. Thompson will do well in Oklahoma.
NABPAC Anniversary: Thirty years ago, five political types in Oklahoma City got together under the leadership of consultant Don V. Cogman (right) and the result was the National Association of Business Political Action Committees, which this week celebrates its 30th anniversary during a Washington conference. I was invited, but have too many complications to attend. Here's how Cogman describes NABPAC's formation in a piece for the anniversary event: "It was 1977 and a group of five people gathered together in a bar named Scotty’s, now closed, in an office building on Western Ave. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Two members of that group are now deceased – Jack Edens and Herb Johnson. The other two individuals in addition to myself were Gean Atkinson, just starting out as Founder and President of Atkinson Advertising Associates, and Mike McCarville, former journalist and press secretary to Governor Dewey Bartlett, who at that time worked for a relatively new consulting company, known as Cogman & Associates." I served as NABPAC's executive director from 1980 to 1986, great years and great friendships fondly remembered, especially moments shared with NABPAC's pioneer president, Paul Thornbrugh of Tulsa (then MAPCO's head government affairs guru), and Hobart's own Jack McCandless, a subsequent president via his position with Gates Rubber Company in Denver.
Norman News: M. Scott Carter of The Red Dirt Political Report has interesting posts worth your time, one on an audit in Cleveland County, the second on 4th District Congressman Tom Cole.
Thompson In August? Insiders claim Fred Thompson will get into the GOP presidential race sometime in August. He's in no hurry and why should he be? Continues strong in polls, much to the consternation (I am certain) of Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and a few others. Thompson will do well in Oklahoma.
NABPAC Anniversary: Thirty years ago, five political types in Oklahoma City got together under the leadership of consultant Don V. Cogman (right) and the result was the National Association of Business Political Action Committees, which this week celebrates its 30th anniversary during a Washington conference. I was invited, but have too many complications to attend. Here's how Cogman describes NABPAC's formation in a piece for the anniversary event: "It was 1977 and a group of five people gathered together in a bar named Scotty’s, now closed, in an office building on Western Ave. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Two members of that group are now deceased – Jack Edens and Herb Johnson. The other two individuals in addition to myself were Gean Atkinson, just starting out as Founder and President of Atkinson Advertising Associates, and Mike McCarville, former journalist and press secretary to Governor Dewey Bartlett, who at that time worked for a relatively new consulting company, known as Cogman & Associates." I served as NABPAC's executive director from 1980 to 1986, great years and great friendships fondly remembered, especially moments shared with NABPAC's pioneer president, Paul Thornbrugh of Tulsa (then MAPCO's head government affairs guru), and Hobart's own Jack McCandless, a subsequent president via his position with Gates Rubber Company in Denver. Labels: Gadfly's Columns
posted by Mike McCarville @ 12:52 AM
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