http://www.batesline.com/ Tulsa straight ahead en Copyright 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:10:59 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Before coming to Tulsa, Fregonese Associates consulted on a new comprehensive plan for Denver, called Blueprint Denver. It's interesting to see that some of what the homebuilders want excised from PLANiTULSA was adopted in Denver. On the main Blueprint Denver page, the following is listed as the first of three... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-notebook-denver-small.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-notebook-denver-small.html Cities Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan Denver PLANiTULSA Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:10:59 -0600 Here is the text of my email to the TMAPC, submitted prior to the March 10, 2010, public hearing on PLANiTULSA. I also spoke to the TMAPC at that hearing, which you can view at TGOV Online. My remarks begin at 2:46:30.My list of five key qualities of an ideal... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-my-comments-to-the-tm.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-my-comments-to-the-tm.html Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan PLANiTULSA Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:40:46 -0600 In addition to the lovely winter storm we're enjoying on the first day of spring, there's a storm swirling around PLANiTULSA, Tulsa's first comprehensive plan since the late '70s. After almost two years of public input from thousands of Tulsans, the PLANiTULSA policy plan, vision document, and land use... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-notebook-protecting-t.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/planitulsa-notebook-protecting-t.html Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan PLANiTULSA Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:20:06 -0600 Yesterday, I took part of the afternoon off and took our three kids to the Tulsa Historical Society in Woodward Park. It was our first visit as a family, and we all enjoyed it immensely. The "carrot" to get us in the door was a special Spring Break promotion for... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/magical-history-tour-1.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/magical-history-tour-1.html Family Tulsa::History Tulsa Historical Society Woodward Park Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:41:17 -0600 Sen. Tom Coburn, at a news conference today of physician members of the House and Senate regarding Obamacare: I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/coburn-puts-potential-obamacare.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/coburn-puts-potential-obamacare.html Politics Obamacare Tom Coburn Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:42 -0600 Blair Humphreys posts an excellent comment on an excellent discussion at Steve Lackmeyer's OKC Central blog: I agree with the thesis that cities NEED to be designed. Of course, the rub comes when you decide things like: designed how, by whom, and to what end. In Oklahoma City we have... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/city-design-how-by-whom-and-to-w.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/city-design-how-by-whom-and-to-w.html Cities Oklahoma City urban planning Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:28:43 -0600 From an interesting article by an International Monetary Fund official, in the May 2009, Atlantic. Why does this paragraph make me think of Tulsa and Great Plains Airlines? Typically, these countries are in a desperate economic situation for one simple reason--the powerful elites within them overreached in good times and... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/imf-offical-the-quiet-coup-by-th.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/imf-offical-the-quiet-coup-by-th.html Tulsa::GreatPlainsAirlines Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:22:28 -0600 Flickr photo by Francisco Diez http://www.flickr.com/photos/22240293@N05/ / CC BY 2.0 Last Sunday was Pi Day, (3/14), and at 1:59 pm, MIT released its admission decisions for the class matriculating in 2010. ECs got to see the results Tuesday morning, and once again, some really bright, personable young men and... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/thoughts-on-mit-admissions.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/thoughts-on-mit-admissions.html Education Family college admissions MIT SAT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:43:52 -0600 Via KFAQ's Pat Campbell's blog, here are videos from YouTube user FreedomsLighthouse with the opening five minutes of the speeches of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck at the Take Our Country Back event at the Tulsa Convention Center.... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/sarah-palin-glenn-beck-in-tulsa.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/sarah-palin-glenn-beck-in-tulsa.html Politics Glenn Beck Sarah Palin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:44:43 -0600 I spoke at Wednesday's TMAPC public hearing on PLANiTULSA, Tulsa's first comprehensive plan in a generation. I haven't had time to write my thoughts on the event, but my friend Jamie Jamieson copied me on an email to a Pearl District neighborhood leader. He did a fine job describing yesterday's... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/tmapc-planitulsa.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/tmapc-planitulsa.html Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa PLANiTULSA TMAPC Tulsa Metro Chamber Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:20 -0600 Today is the final public hearing before the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for adoption of the PLANiTULSA vision and policy documents as Tulsa's first comprehensive plan in a generation. The hearing is in the City Council chambers today at 1:30, and I urge you either to attend and speak... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/dear-tmapc-please-dont-dismember.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/dear-tmapc-please-dont-dismember.html Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan PLANiTULSA Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:36:55 -0600 (Originally published 2010/02/26, bumped to the top for the benefit of my fellow guitar students.) In the fall of 1989, shortly after we were married, my wife, who had been playing violin since elementary school, decided she'd like to learn some fiddle techniques. She found a teacher in Inola named... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/oklahoma-swingin-country-1989.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/oklahoma-swingin-country-1989.html Family Western Swing Debbie Campbell Eldon Shamblin Rogers State University Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:04 -0600 URGENT UPDATE: I've heard that Ms. Cobb sent an email blast that's generating some panicked comments attacking PLANiTULSA. If her email is as misinformative as her remarks to the TMAPC (see below), her influence will need to be countered by those who have actually read the PLANiTULSA policy plan and... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/tulsa-realtor-martha-thomas-cobb.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/tulsa-realtor-martha-thomas-cobb.html Tulsa::Zoning comprehensive plan historic preservation PLANiTULSA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:43 -0600 The Tulsa Police Department could be making better use of the internet and social media tools to communicate with the public, particularly in emergency situations. TPD has a blog, a Facebook fan page, and a Twitter account -- you've probably received the ominous email: Tulsa Police is now following you...... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/improving-tpds-social-media-pres.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/improving-tpds-social-media-pres.html Tulsa::Crime Tulsa::Media Tulsa Police Department Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:14:42 -0600 It's March 6, 2010, Bob Wills's 105th birthday, and there's a celebration tonight at Cain's Ballroom, the legendary dance hall that was home to his daily radio show and twice-weekly dances. Headlining tonight's event are Bob's own Texas Playboys, led by Leon Rausch and Tommy Allsup, both of whom have... http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/texas-playboys-celebrate-bob-wil.html http://www.batesline.com/archives/2010/03/texas-playboys-celebrate-bob-wil.html Western Swing Bob Wills Cain's Ballroom Texas Playboys Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:06:04 -0600