By ANDREW W. GRIFFIN
Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
Posted: April 26, 2010
PIEDMONT, Okla. – Driving into the Canadian County community of Piedmont along rural 164th Street, the ride gets pretty rough as you head west into town.
The asphalt is pretty pitted with cracks and potholes. As you get closer to the center of the small city, the road gets better but not all that much.
As in many Oklahoma towns, funds to repair roads are always in need.
Phil Boevers, a Piedmont native and a prominent developer in town spoke with Oklahoma Watchdog about funds that could go to repair roads or help the infrastructure in other ways are being neglected.
He said it involves a grocery store chain that is planning to come to Piedmont and the funds that will go towards helping pay for the store will be diverted away from repairing roads around town.
Boevers said he had a contract from Williams grocery, but they pulled out – with his approval – to go elsewhere.
That was when Boevers approached Oklahoma City-based Buy For Less grocery chain about coming to Piedmont. He said they were interested, and everything seemed to be heading in that direction.
