Halliburton's meeting move to small Oklahoma city draws fire

[rainbow4321]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8HJNUGO1.html

Halliburton earned a record $2.4 billion last year, but Houston executives will forgo Texas-sized luxury when they come to this rural Oklahoma county seat this week.

Shareholders, who have gathered for the company's annual meeting since 2003 at Houston's lavish Four Seasons Hotel, will meet Wednesday in the modern, but far humbler setting of Duncan's convention center. Those staying the night can choose the Holiday Inn, with rooms opening onto the parking lot, and the Chisholm Suites Hotel, which takes its name for the cattle trail that once passed here.

Halliburton Co. says it moved its meeting to this company town of 22,500 to honor its southern Oklahoma roots. The company's critics accuse it of running to a prairie outpost to hide.

A group that accuses Halliburton of war profiteering, Oklahoma Veterans for Peace, received a permit for 300 demonstrators outside the meeting at the Simmons Center, a venue Halliburton helped fund. The group's organizers expect to be joined by anti-globalization activists and other protest groups, including Houston Global Awareness. Extra law officers and other security will be on hand, and a nearby middle school will close for the day for the students' safety. Last year's arrests followed a sit-in at the Houston hotel where the meeting took place.

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Oklahoma forum link about the peaceful demonstrations being planned:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=173&topic_id=1714&mesg_id=1714

[OKNancy]

1. More info in Oklahoma forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=173x1714

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. K & R. This is the stuff on which we need to shed light. Good for

the OVP for making sure that Halliburton can't hide anywhere. MKJ

[Nicole]

3. I plan to be there

with friends & family.

[lpbk2713]

4. Thank you for being there.

I would love to vent my feelings about this part of the Evil Empire in person but it's just too far for me, so their agenda worked as regards my situation. Damn them all to hell.

[yellerpup]

5. Duncan very near to Ft. Sill

Army artillery base.