Tag: Mayor

Bynum’s budget includes $100k for a mass graves’ investigation

May 2, 2019 Tulsa Beacon

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…

Letter: Oversight board is not necessary

February 21, 2019 Duane Collins Tulsa Beacon

Tulsa Mayor G. T. Bynum is considering the establishment of a citizen’s advisory board to provide oversight of the Tulsa Police Department (TPD).  The mayor says staffing for this board will cost the city about $500,000 per year. This proposal is being driven by activist groups who believe Tulsa law enforcement personnel have not acted…