Oklahoma board OKs unpermitted dam. Property owner offers his own solution.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Residents of a drying up waterfront community expressed outrage Tuesday after a state agency allowed an unpermitted dam to remain upstream of their lake. After the meeting, one of the dam’s owners, former state Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, offered the residents $100,000 if they could raise $300,000 for seed money […]
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