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Pike Off OTA Documentary Screening Coming to OKC- November 11th at 6:00 pm

Watch the Pike Off OTA Documentary on the Big Screen in OKC! Rodeo Cinema November 11, 2025 Doors Open at 6:00 Movie Begins at 6:30 2221 Exchange Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 Please share with your friends, family and neighbors! $10 PER TICKET Click HERE to purchase your tickets now!

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Pike Off OTA Documentary Screening Coming to NORMAN – September 29th at 6:00 pm

Watch the Pike Off OTA Documentary on the Big Screen in NORMAN! Regal Spotlight 14 September 29, 2025 Doors Open at 6:00 Movie Begins at 6:30 Screen 1 1100 N Interstate Dr, Norman, OK 73072 Please share with your friends, family and neighbors! LIMITED TIME SPECIAL OFFER  –  $5 PER TICKET THROUGH 8/31 Click HERE

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DOCUMENTARY Film Festival Screening – San Antonio – July 23th

YOU ARE INVITED! Three years of pushing back against the biggest bully on the Oklahoma block rolled into one fantastic film, Pike Off OTA: Turnpike ACCESS Denied. This documentary takes you back to February 22, 2022 when our journey began and rolls you through the peaks and valleys up through June of 2025.  Bring your

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DOCUMENTARY Film Festival Screening – Tulsa – July 14th

YOU ARE INVITED! Three years of pushing back against the biggest bully on the Oklahoma block rolled into one fantastic film, Pike Off OTA: Turnpike ACCESS Denied. This documentary takes you back to February 22, 2022 when our journey began and rolls you through the peaks and valleys up through June of 2025.  Bring your

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In a succinct presentation before the Oklahoma Senate Transportation Committee Interim Study Session on September 27, 2022, Professor Tassie Hirschfeld illustrates the absurdity of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operations. Hirschfeld is a professor in anthropology who specializes in post-soviet autocratic countries and anti-corruption research. In less than 15 minutes Hirschfeld explains how the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operates more like a Soviet regime than a "State of Oklahoma" agency.

How the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operates like a Soviet Regime

In a succinct presentation before the Oklahoma Senate Transportation Committee on September 27, 2022, Professor Tassie Hirschfeld illustrates the absurdity of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operations. Hirschfeld is a professor in anthropology who specializes in post-soviet autocratic countries and anti-corruption research. Watch Hirschfeld explain how the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operates more like a Soviet regime

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A Yellow Road sign reads "Bumpy Road Ahead Caution" next to the words Oklahoma Turnpike Truths

Why does a roadway cost more when the OTA is in charge?

**Based on an original cost assessment by Michael Nash on May 29, 2022. Posted with permission** There is a very large cost discrepancy between the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). Both of these agencies operate in Oklahoma and build roads to serve the same population. Both agencies are headed

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Oklahoma, Take Your Eyes Off the Road. Part 3 of the “Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem” series

**Originally written by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in July 2022.  Updated December 2022 and printed here with permission of author.** Oklahomans, what are we going to do about the Turnpike problem?  It has only gotten worse since my first column back in May (Part 1).  Despite multiple lawsuits alleging serious illegalities on the part of

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Is Oklahoma on the way to Pennsylvania? Part 2 of the “Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem” series.

**Originally written and published by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in the Oklahoman in May 2022.  Updated December 2022 and re-printed here with permission of author.** This week’s column starts with a pop quiz:   How much does it cost to drive from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Turnpike?   The answer has two parts:  1)

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Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem: Part 1

**Originally written and published by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in the Oklahoman on April 26, 2022.  Updated December 2022 and re-printed here with permission of author.** Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem.  It is not a partisan problem.  It affects citizens of all political affiliations.  It is not a NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard) problem.  The state Turnpike

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The Biggest Bully on the Block: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

**Originally written and published by Bryan Armstrong on Ignite Liberty in March 2022.  Re-printed here with permission of author.** A Brief Background of the OTA   Imagine for a moment if the state legislature decided to create a privately funded organization in order to take over an essential function of government, and then gave that

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