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Tulsa Election 2011: Blake Ewing in District 4

Blake Ewing, Joe Bates, and Rocky Frisco, September 9, 2011. Photo by Trish Molina. Copyright 2011 Aithne Studios. Used by permission. Of the seven City Council races on today's ballot, the District 4 race, the only one in which I'm allowed to vote, is the only one in which...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2011 1:12 AM

Karl Ahlgren, "Working Tulsans" back Brune over Ewing

Smear merchant Karl Ahlgren, the campaign consultant behind the current Money Belt effort to seize total control of Tulsa city government, is advocating for the defeat of Blake Ewing, the Republican nominee for Tulsa City Council District 4. Ahlgren is nominally a Republican, but he seems to support any cause...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 6, 2011 10:27 PM

Old, rich Republican lawyers and developers for Ken Brune

Democrat Ken Brune sent out a mailer to Republican voters in Tulsa District 4 with a list of 74 "Republicans for Ken Brune (1 MB PDF)." Ken Brune seems to be liked only by an elite and elderly class of Republicans. A BatesLine analysis of the 74 names, using voter...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 5, 2011 1:12 AM

Tulsa's Swan Lake one of "America's Great Neighborhoods"

The American Planning Association has named Tulsa's historic Swan Lake neighborhood one of ten Great Neighborhoods for 2011, part of the APA's annual recognition of "Great Places In America." (Hat tip to KRMG News for the story.) From the APA's citation: What dominates this attractive and popular neighborhood are...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 5, 2011 12:12 AM

Clarification

In my entry, "Tulsa District 4: Blake Ewing on historic preservation and infill," I wrote "Here's some infill development by one of Democrat nominee Ken Brune's political contributors." The sentence accompanied photographs of the development, or lack thereof, between Troost Ave. and Utica Ave. south of the Broken Arrow Expressway...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 27, 2011 8:38 PM

Tulsa District 4: Blake Ewing on historic preservation and infill

I'm sad to say that Democrat voters in Tulsa's District 4 made my choice in the general election an easy one. Friends and supporters of incumbent Councilor Maria Barnes appreciate her commitment to defending neighborhoods against inappropriate encroachment, a problem in District 4 where modern-day commercial development (and its accompanying...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 18, 2011 1:26 AM