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2023 Tulsa sales tax and bond issues: Seven reasons to vote NO

Here are seven reasons to vote no on <a href="https://www.batesline.com/archives/2023/07/2023-tulsa-sales-tax-bond-issue.html">all four City of Tulsa ballot propositions at the special election next Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Posted by Michael Bates on August 8, 2023 6:41 PM

Improve Our Tulsa: Tulsa's Underpants Gnomes promise to fix homelessness

A dialogue pertinent to the August 8, 2023, City of Tulsa special election: "Homeless problem in Tulsa seems worse than ever and all over the city, not just downtown." "Don't worry, GT has a plan." "What's the plan?" "$75 million." "To do what?" "We don't know yet." "How do...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 8, 2023 7:40 AM

Tulsa GOP urges NO on Improve Our Tulsa 3

The Tulsa County Republican Party has officially come out in opposition to the four City of Tulsa propositions for sales tax and general obligation bonds on the August 8, 2023, ballot ("Improve Our Tulsa 3"): Republican Party of Tulsa County Takes Stance on Improve Our Tulsa 3 Bond Package Tulsa...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 7, 2023 1:01 AM

2023 Tulsa sales tax & bond issues

City of Tulsa residents will vote on a new sales tax on August 8, 2023. Why are city officials pushing for a new tax more than two years before the current tax expires? Click to read ballot language, ballot resolutions, and lists of "specific" projects.

Posted by Michael Bates on July 23, 2023 3:49 PM

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

Improve our Tulsa 2: Why You Should Vote Against the Street Package

Brent Isaacs, a native Tulsan and city planner active for many years in advocating for a better Tulsa, has has written a piece below about why you should to vote against the first item on the November 12, 2019, Tulsa ballot. Labeled on the first sheet of the ballot as...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 30, 2019 11:28 PM