Charles G. Hill has brought together two interesting items about cul-de-sacs, those dead end streets often hailed as the acme of suburban living. One is a Washington Post report that Virginia is requiring all new subdivisions to have streets that connect to other subdivisions, rather than dumping all traffic out...
Posted by Michael Bates on March 26, 2009 7:12 AM
This came in the mail recently, urging a vote for the two City of Tulsa streets propositions on Tuesday's ballot. Click the image to see a bigger version....
Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2008 1:38 AM
An open letter from Tulsa District 5 City Councilor Bill Martinson, explaining his decision to vote against the two streets propositions on Tuesday's ballot: Dear Tulsa Voter, November 4th is just around the corner, and the citizens of Tulsa will be voting on two street propositions. Councilors Henderson, Christiansen, Bynum,...
Posted by Michael Bates on October 31, 2008 7:32 PM
Today I received via GT Bynum some responses from the Tulsa Public Works Department to the questions I asked in my October 15 column on the street sales tax and bond issue vote. It will take me some time to process all this, but in the meantime I wanted you...
Posted by Michael Bates on October 24, 2008 5:30 PM
This week in Urban Tulsa Weekly, I return to the topic of the November 4 City of Tulsa street sales tax and bond issue vote, raising some questions I hope can be convincingly answered between now and election day. In an extra op-ed, I explain why voters of all political...
Posted by Michael Bates on October 18, 2008 10:01 PM
This afternoon at 2, City of Tulsa Finance Director Mike Kier, Assistant Public Works Director Paul Zachary, and City Councilor G. T. Bynum will be on the Chris Medlock show on 1170 KFAQ to talk about the sales tax and bond issue for street funding that will be on November's...
Posted by Michael Bates on October 9, 2008 12:12 PM
I had been planning on writing a column about the various streets proposals -- Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear -- but each week a bigger and more urgent issue cropped up. I've got worries about all the packages, but especially about the big one -- a 12 year,...
Posted by Michael Bates on August 13, 2008 12:11 AM
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