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Kathy & Dewey's budget roller coaster

Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett Jr has released his proposed budget for the upcoming 2013-2014 fiscal year, which begins July 1. (That's an 8 GB PDF.) The budget is slightly lower than last year, reflecting the drop in revenues that caught Bartlett Jr and his administration by surprise, leading to...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 1, 2013 9:35 PM

Time to outsource Tulsa's IT department?

Tulsa District 7 City Councilor John Eagleton has posted a lengthy e-mail from an employee in the City of Tulsa's Information Technology Department responding to the concerns of several councilors that the department is overpaid and overstaffed. Click the link to read the whole thing, but here's the heart of...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 12, 2010 6:38 AM

Martinson responds to FOP

Tulsa City Councilor Bill Martinson has issued a response to Saturday's press release from Tulsa FOP president Philip Evans. Evans attacked Martinson's budget presentation from last Thursday night, a presentation that highlighted the growth and size of the Police and Fire departments' portion of the city's general fund revenues, characterizing...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2009 5:42 PM

FOP responds to Martinson

On Saturday, I received the following press release from Philip Evans, president of the Tulsa Lodge #93 of Fraternal Order of Police, in response to Tulsa City Councilor Bill Martinson's presentation during the Council's debate on Thursday, June 18, 2009, about the budget. Here is Evans's statement, verbatim: The Fraternal...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 22, 2009 7:59 AM

Mayor's budget approved 5-4

Tonight the Tulsa City Council approved Mayor Kathy Taylor's budget by a vote of 5-4. The budget reflects deep cuts due to falling revenues and includes mandatory unpaid furloughs for city employees. The four councilors who voted against Taylor's budget supported an alternative by Councilor Bill Martinson. Before your knee...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 19, 2009 1:20 AM