$542 – $1,665 ave. costs Utility rates for Tulsa residents rose again in November. The City Council approved the higher utility rates based on the recommendation of the Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority and the Stormwater Drainage and Hazard Mitigation Advisory Board. Most residential utility customers saw a 6% increase in the combined water and sewer…
At least five city councilors – Lori Decter Wright, Kara Joy McKee, Crista Patrick, Ben Kimbro and Cass Fahler – fully support the Homosexual Agenda. They are so supportive of homosexuality that they marched in the recent “Gay Pride Parade” in Downtown Tulsa. Councilor Jeannie Cue didn’t march but sent a representative. Mayor G.T. Bynum…
A panel appointed by the Tulsa City Council will meet June 26 to discuss the “racial and gender disparities” revealed in the city’s 2018 Equality Indicators Report. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Citizens can make comments at 5 p.m. on June 19 at the City Council Chambers…
Mayor G.T. Bynum has revealed his new city budget, with is $845,800,000.00 and includes $100,000 for the “first phase” of an investigation of the possibility of mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. That riot was May 31-June 1, 1921, and dozens of deaths were confirmed while most of the Greenwood Business District was…
Tulsa’s City Council has raised another tax – this time a 3 percent hike on room stays at the city’s largest hotels. Described as a “Tourism Improvement District,” the tax increase only applies to hotels with more than 110 rooms. City officials predict it will raise more than $2,400,000.00 in new revenues. The extra money…
Why is South Tulsa not a factor in city politics? People who live and work in Midtown and Downtown dominate Tulsa policies and spending. Yet much of Tulsa’s retail business is outside those areas and they produce much of the funding for city government. Not too long ago, Woodland Hills Mall at 71st Street and…
Mayor G.T. Bynum and the Tulsa City Council are formulating plans for a massive tax increase for more improvements in Downtown Tulsa. No details on the actual cost will be sought have been released to the public. Bynum, who is registered as a Republican, unveiled an 160-page document that calls for millions of dollars in…
Mayor G.T. Bynum and the Tulsa City Council love to raise taxes and fees to grow government and they are experts at disguising the impact. The latest salvo of taxation is a “tourism improvement district.” This tax scheme would raise an additional $2,300,000.00 a year by increasing the cost of hotel stays. This scheme mandates…
The Tulsa City Council on Wednesday appointed two interim councilors to fill vacated seats in Districts 3 and 7. Karen O’Brien is the District 3 councilor and former Councilor Arianna Moore was chosen for District 7. They both will serve until December 3, when the winners of the November 6 elections take office. Councilors thought…
13 candidates vie for 4 council seats Thirteen candidates will compete for seats in four City Council districts on November 6. No sitting councilors will be on the ballot. Districts 3, 4 and 5 have two candidates following the August 28 election but District 7 has seven candidates in a winner-take-all vote due to the…