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Tulsa’s $135 Million Slush Fund

The cat has slipped out of the bag much to the dismay of supporters of two ballot initiatives that would generate $450 million in taxes to fix Tulsa’s crumbling streets and bridges.
And “the cat” is the existence of $135.2 million dollars in unspent tax revenues collected over the past 20 to 30 years through various [...]

You Can’t Find City Hall

Before Tulsans can fight City Hall they have to find it and for some finding City Hall has recently become a major problem.
It used to be that City Hall was very easy to find.
It was located in what is called the Civic Center, a place where one also finds the Tulsa County [...]

More Of The Same At Tulsa Fairgrounds

With the Tulsa State Fair set to start tomorrow some might be looking forward to seeing the “big cats” of Great Cat Adventures, a company that displays leopards, tigers and other large cats at fairs all over the country.
If so, they are in for a disappointment as Tulsa State Fair officials have canceled the $11,000 [...]

Tulsa Gets Motivated

And it was a fiasco.
On Monday morning the shiny new BOK Center hosted the Get Motivated Seminar featuring among its speakers General Colin Powell, Zig Ziglar, and Joe Montana.
In some media reports the attendance was reported at 16,000 while in others it was reported as 18,000.
In any case it was way too many if you [...]

An Old Fashion Butt Kickin’

Sally Bell has handed Tulsa County Commissioner Randi Miller an old fashion butt kickin’ in the Tulsa County District 2 County Commission Republican primary.
That Bell defeated Miller is no surprise although the margin of victory for Bell was pleasantly surprising.
Sally Bell received 81.4% of the vote to Miller’s 18.6%, leaving no doubt as to how [...]