Mick Cornett
Mick Cornett
Mick Cornettis the current mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, having served in that position since 2004. He is only the fourth mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to three terms and the first to be elected to four terms. He also serves as President of The United States Conference of Mayors and served as national President of the Republican Mayors and Local Officials. U.S. Conference of Mayors. He also served as Chairman of the U.S. Conference...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
Mick Cornett quotes about
When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.
I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting itself weighed down with the social programs. And I think the American public just feels like a lot of that money is tossed aside and wasted.
We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.
If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.
We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You can actually get a speeding ticket during rush hour in the city. That's how great our traffic flows.