DT district to get more than twice If the $639,000,000.00 tax increase passes on November 12, the money for streets will not be spent equally around the City of Tulsa. In fact, Council District 4 is slated to get more than double what will be spent in Districts 3, 5, 6 and 9 (see related…
The biggest adventure awaiting Tulsans headed to Downtown is how to get there. Apart from side streets, there are three basic routes to get to Downtown from South Tulsa. Those are Riverside Drive, the Broken Arrow Expressway and the Crosstown Expressway (I-244). For several years, the city completely blocked Riverside Drive to build a park…
Mayor G.T. Bynum and the nine city councilors are relentless in their quest to grow municipal government. The latest boondoggle is the effort by the city to pour millions into a BMX complex in Downtown Tulsa. The first step was to talk voters into approving a $15 million tax increase in 2016. This was a…
After convincing voters in 2016 to raise $15 million for BMX, now city officials are raising another $8 million for the private project. All except a $1.5 million grant from the Hardesty Foundation will come from government funds. “The citizens of Tulsa are making a significant investment in this facility…” said Tulsa Mayor G. T….
Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan, Mayor G.T. Bynum and Downtown Coordinating Council Executive Director Brian Kurtz announced the Tulsa Police Department (TPD) would expand the number of police in Downtown Tulsa due to the increased growth and fear of crime.. The Downtown Impact Team was created in 2014 and serves as a dedicated police unit…
Crime and the prospect of crime has gotten so bad in Downtown Tulsa that the Police Department is expanding the special task force that is assigned there. Anyone who has attended a baseball game or a concert downtown knows that if you park several blocks from your destination, the possibility of danger lurks in the…
Mayor G. T. Bynum has ordered the City of Tulsa to accept proposals to develop a comprehensive housing market demand study and recommend a strategy to spend more money downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. It will update the 2010 Downtown Housing Study. Bynum, city councilors and the chamber are actively promoting housing in Downtown. In the…
Mayor G.T. Bynum and the Tulsa City Council can raise taxes or fees without any measurable response from the public. A recent example is the raising of the hotel tax by 3 percent for hotels with more than 110 rooms. There seems to be two criteria for these tax increases: they have to be approved…
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…