Tulsa Gubmint Puts A Polished Turd On The Ballot

[Raoul Duke]

No More Dam Taxes:

http://www.1170kfaq.com/shows/pat-campbell/pat-campbell-podcast/pc-and-eddie-with-michael-bates-and-george-mcfarlane-of-no-more-dam-taxes-on-vision-2025

 

[Hoov]

This sounds like our council in OKC. Maybe I can take our trolley to the Amtrak station and come see the projects. And that ought to be about 2025 when they are done down here...

 

[Raoul Duke]

The jig is up and the switcheroo slush funds are getting exposed:

Last week, a local TV station spiked a well-researched news story about funding problems for the proposed south Tulsa / Jenks low-water dam and the awareness of Tulsa elected officials of the problem before they voted to put the proposal on the ballot. The story's sudden withdrawal hints at pressure by local power-brokers, panicked that the public will become aware of the flimsy foundation of the "Vision Tulsa" sales tax proposal.

According to multiple documents, including internal e-mails, Tulsa city leaders knew the south Tulsa-Jenks dam had fallen through, yet Tulsa city leaders not only kicked off their Vision Tulsa campaign in late February as if nothing had happened, they continue to campaign for the two-dam system while working on alternative plans for the river at city hall.

But after FOX23 reported that the Creek Nation was going to set up an endowment, members of the Creek Nation began to contact FOX23 saying they were not aware of the multi-million dollar commitment Tulsa officials had allegedly assumed they would be fine with.

The tribe’s own internal news agency quoted Creek Nation representatives to Tulsa as saying they were not informed of the plan to set up the endowment and partner with Jenks and Tulsa on the dams.

Multiple sources close to the Vision Tulsa project who have been asked not to be identified have simply said city leaders assumed the tribe would be on board without consulting them of their plans before they presented them to voters as a done deal set in stone.

The first officials meeting to discuss an endowment happened on February 11th, and days later, the tribe officially notified city leaders they were out of the Vision low water dam plan.

http://www.batesline.com/archives/2016/03/dead-dam-vision-fox23s-spiked-st.html
http://www.batesline.com/archives/2016/03/dead-dam-vision-fox23s-spiked-st.html

To top it off, similar doubts are being raised about the public safety part of the blurred Vision forever tax actually being used for the public safety improvements as advertised:

Police union still worried city won’t use public safety tax as promised

“I guarantee you, their (the Mayor’s Office’s) plan is when they start getting that new tax, they are going to use it to get us back up to strength, and that is not the way it’s been sold to the public,” Ballenger said. “If that’s the case, they could cut us by 100 officers, and that new tax is really only going to fund 60 new officers, instead of 160.”

https://www.readfrontier.com/spotli...s-office-wont-use-public-safety-tax-intended/

 

[Raoul Duke]

Alright T-towners, the vote is a week away so I'll ask again, any of ya'll supporting these vague vision payola projects?

http://www.batesline.com/archives/2016/03/vision-tulsa-schools.html

 

[ruckerduck]

Not a chance in hell!

 

[Raoul Duke]

My Heart Goes out to North Tulsa



http://www.batesline.com/archives/2016/03/vision-tulsa-northside-payola-pr.html#more


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