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Improve Our Tulsa 2 election today

I'm hearing from many people that they plan to vote against at least one of the three propositions, for a variety of reasons: Because it's daft to invest another $427 million in a financially unsustainable growth paradigm. Because, for the first time in the nearly 40-year-history of Tulsa's "Third Penny" sales tax for capital improvements, none of the money will go toward basic infrastructure.

Posted by Michael Bates on November 12, 2019 7:00 PM

Vision Tulsa squeezes out "Third Penny" for streets; Dollars for dams instead

If you take time to read the Vision Tulsa ballot resolutions and ordinances that define the new city sales tax rate and control how the new city sales taxes will be spent, the barrage of changing tax rates and effective dates may make your head swim. That's why I put...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 7, 2016 10:22 PM

Tulsa Election 2013: Proposition 2: The "Improve Our Tulsa" sales tax

In addition to voting for mayor next Tuesday, Tulsans will also decide whether to re-elect or replace the City Auditor, and will vote on three ballot propositions. Prop. 1 involves raising the city councilor salary to $24,000 per year. Prop. 2 and 3 are collectively called "Improve Our Tulsa" and...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 9, 2013 11:37 PM

The fiscal case: Why Vision 2025 is myopic

Urban Tulsa has published a lengthy interview with former City of Tulsa Street Commissioner Jim Hewgley, who is a co-chairman of the Tulsa County Coalition, the opposition to the billion-dollar sales tax proposal. The article lets Commissioner Hewgley lay out his case against the sales tax hike and to contrast...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 31, 2003 11:26 PM