Michelin’s recent announcement it is closing its manufacturing plant in Ardmore sent shockwaves through southern Oklahoma and the statehouse. The Senate quickly assembled a “select committee” to consider where Oklahoma’s gone wrong in its efforts to lure major economic expansions and investments and to keep major employees from skedaddling and leaving towns high-and-dry after cashing in on taxpayer generosity. For this week’s Observercast – What We Could Have Paid For – OKC Sen. Julia Kirt, a member of the special committee, joins us to unpack the
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