Monday night was standing room only at the Alva City Council meeting. This rarely happens. I’ve been covering council meetings for news a long time, far longer than any of the current council has been in office.

Monday’s meeting didn’t quite reach the numbers who came to hearings a few years ago when Integris wanted to open a clinic in Alva, but the citizen attendance was still impressive.

Some of the audience members were there in official capacity. There were a couple of people from Oklahoma Natural Gas about the renewal of their franchise. The fire chief and a firefighter were there to show...