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From YouTube: The Swearing in of Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt
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The swearing in ceremony for and remarks from new Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt.
A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
city
hall
on
this
exciting
morning,
we're
going
to
begin
this
morning
with
an
invocation
brought
to
us
by
pastor
Joseph
Al,
say
of
Saint
Augustine
of
Canterbury
Episcopal
Church,
to
be
followed
by
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
David
Greenwell
will
lead
us
in
that.
Would
everyone
please
stand.
B
B
We
are
especially
grateful
for
this
inauguration
marking
a
new
beginning
in
our
journey
as
a
people
and
a
city.
We
thank
you
for
Mayor,
David,
Holt's
dedication
and
service
to
our
city
and
now
pray
that
in
a
special
way
you
would
shower
upon
him
and
his
family,
especially
stroud,
Rachael,
George
and
Maggie.
Your
life-giving
spirit
fill
David
with
a
love
of
truth
and
righteousness
that
he
may
serve
you
and
this
city
Abele
and
be
glad
to
do.
B
The
weak
and
the
immigrant
help
us
to
reflect
your
light
to
others
and
to
show
by
our
actions
that
truth,
integrity
and
service
still
shape
the
purpose
of
the
community
life.
We
share
finally
pour
down
your
grace
on
all
of
Oklahoma
City,
so
that
those
who
come
after
us
will
see
beyond
the
buildings
and
history
and
industry
of
our
city,
to
the
greater
beauty
of
the
goodness
and
decency
of
her
people.
We
ask
this
as
your
sons
and
daughters,
confident
in
your
love
and
all
of
God's
children
said
Amen.
B
A
A
D
E
E
D
To
my
office,
by
all
other
than
the
compensation
allowed
by
law
other
than
the
compensation
allowed
by
law,
I
further
swear.
I
further
swear
that
I
will
faithfully
discharge
my
duties
that
I
will
faithfully
discharge
my
duties
as
mayor
of
the
city
of
Oklahoma
City
as
mayor
and
as
trustee
of
the
Oklahoma
City
Airport
trust.
D
E
Thank
you.
I'll
just
say
a
few
words
I
feel
as
if
I've
given
so
many
speeches
along
the
way
here,
then
many
of
which
you
may
have
heard
already
so
I
I
won't
belabor
the
point,
but
of
course
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
My
family
Rachel,
George,
Maggie
gosh,
you
know
what
can
you
say
you
think
you
all
can
imagine
the
sacrifices
we
make
to
embark
on
an
adventure
like
this
and
so
I
can't
thank
them
enough
and
I
love.
E
You
very
much
I
want
to
thank
Commissioner,
Willa
Johnson,
who
once
sat
here
at
seventh
Heaven
Ward
7,
and
it
was
a
great
honor
to
have
you
administer
the
oath
I
want
to
thank
father
all
say
thank
you
for
that
fantastic
invocation,
of
course,
Thank
You
vice
mayor
Salyer
and
the
members
of
the
council
for
indulging
this
this
morning
and
and
and
to
all
of
you
for
coming
I
I,
really
would
feel
remiss.
There
are
so
many
amazing
and
important
people
in
my
life
in
this
room.
E
I
should
also
say:
I've
got
a
whole
bunch
of
family
members.
Here
my
brother,
who
came
from
Pennsylvania
and
folks
who
came
down
from
Wichita
and
other
places
we
also
are
joined
by
you,
know
so
I'm
very
honored
people
who
made
a
real
journey
to
be
here
this
morning,
we're
joined
by
the
chief
of
the
Osage
Nation
Jeffrey
Standing
Bear
I
am
the
first
registered
tribal
member
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
this
is
my
tribe
and
he
is
my
chief,
the
Osage
Nation,
so
I'm
very
honored.
Yes,.
E
And
we
are
also
joined
by
next
to
him
is
Edie
summers
for
who
came
all
the
way
from
Washington
DC
from
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors.
We're
very
grateful
for
you,
making
that
journey
and
I'm
anxious
to
work
with
you
and
all
the
other
mayors
of
America
to
make
sure
that
our
cities
are
well
represented
and
we're
also
joined
by
my
friend
and
my
new
partner,
the
mayor
of
Tulsa
GT
Bynum,
who
is
here
as
well.
E
As
father
Joe
said
in
his
invocation,
you
know,
I've
talked
a
lot
in
my
campaign
and
and
now
in
starting
today,
and
my
governance
about
one
okay,
see
I
think
that
we've
had
remarkable
unity.
You
know
over
the
last
25
years,
but
I
think
that
there
are
many
things
that
could
divide
us
and
certainly
national
political
forces
threatened
to
do
that.
Every
day
and
I
wanted
to
double
down
on
unity.
E
I
wanted
to
double
down
on
the
Adhan
the
idea
that
we
could
set
aside
our
differences
and
find
a
common
purpose,
and
so
that
will
be
my
theme
moving
forward
every
day
of
the
next
four
years
that
we
can
move
together
is
one
OKC
and
then
our
brightest
day
still
I
add.
If
we
do
so
and
we
will
continue
to
build
a
future
for
people
like
George
and
Maggie.
E
You
know
they're,
not
there's
not
a
lot
of
kids
here
today,
although
they
could
have
been
there
so
you're,
not
in
they're
not
in
school
right
now,
but
see
Rebecca,
Rebecca
Kay,
giving
that
an
extra
applause
there.
But
but
we
all
know
that
the
decisions
that
we're
making
in
this
room
and
and
and
in
this
building
and
and
and
in
many
important
rooms
in
this
downtown,
are
for
George
and
Maggie
and
and
for
all
the
kids
of
Oklahoma
City.
The
things
we
do
here
take
a
long
time,
sometimes
to
reach
fruition.
E
You
know
we're
just
still
about
to
open
some
major
Maps
three
projects
that
were
approved
by
the
voters
in
2009.
So
when
we
have
a
conversation
that
the
council
and
I
will
engage
with
you
upon
in
the
next
few
months
regarding
maps,
for
we
know
that
we're
we're
making
decisions
and
planning
projects
that
really
will
benefit
people
who
are
still
in
school
and
still
are
kids,
and
we
want
them
to
choose
to
live
here,
and
we
want
them
to
love
Oklahoma
City
as
much
as
we
do
and
to
kind
of
drive
that
point
home.
E
There's
really
not
so
many
of
you
that
I
can't
grant
you
make
you
this
invitation.
I'm
gonna
have
to
do
some
business
after
this,
but
I
would
really
invite
you
and
Karen
and
Steve
from
the
mayor's
office
can
open
the
door.
I
would
love
for
you
to
stroll
into
the
mayor's
conference
room,
which
is
the
room
just
behind
here
for
the
last.
However
many
decades
and
when
I
worked
here
in
a
previous
life,
it
had
the
pictures
of
all
the
old
mayor's
and
I
loved
those
guys
and
patients
I
loved
them
all.
E
But
we
decided
we
wanted
something,
a
little
more
forward-looking,
and
so,
when
you
go
in
there
today,
you
will
see
20
pictures
of
the
kids
of
Oklahoma
City
and
they
are
demographically
representative
of
the
kids
of
Oklahoma
City
and
that's
a
that's
a
that's.
A
different
look,
perhaps
than
many
of
us
are
used
to
as
we
live
kind
of
in
our
own,
our
own
little
bubbles.
But
that's
the
that's
who
we're
doing
this
for
and
I
wanted
those
kids
to
look
down
on
us.
E
E
We'll
have
a
Facebook
live
tour
of
the
office,
although
you
were
here
so
you
can
see
it
yourself
if
you
like,
and
you're
almost
welcome
to
that's
at
2:30
and
then
at
4:30,
we'll
be
at
the
Civic
Center
Hall
of
Mirrors
and
we'll
have
some
food
for
some
local
restaurants,
we'll
have
born
in
November
plane
and
we'll
celebrate
this
day.
As
vice
mayor
Salyer
said
we
haven't,
we
don't
do
this
very
often,
so
we
should
celebrate.
I
was
thinking.
E
You
know
that
if
14
years
ago
we
didn't
have
iPhones,
we
didn't
have
Twitter
and
Russell
Westbrook
wasn't
old
enough
to
drive
yet
so
so
it's
been
a
while
and
we
oughta.
We
ought
to
note
the
occasion
and
celebrate
our
city
celebrate
our
way
of
life,
celebrate
our
government
and
of
which
you
are
all
a
part
of,
and
and
now
let's,
let's
get
to
work.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
E
D
E
All
right,
well,
first
of
all,
is
not
lost
on
me
that
everybody
up
here
and
many
people
in
the
room
have
been
here
for
10
or
20
years
attending
council
meetings,
but
as
the
guy
who
just
walked
in
the
door
that
has
to
preside
so
I
hope
you
will
bear
with
me
today.
I
will
I
have
tried
to
prepare,
but
just
remember,
I'm
a
I'm,
a
rookie.
So
let's
begin
with
item
4
on
the
agenda,
a
journal
of
council
proceedings
is
there
a
motion.