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Pearl District, Crosbie Heights still waiting for answers on eminent domain

Tonight at 5:30 pm, Tulsa District 4 City Councilor Kara Joy McKee is hosting a"2020 Priorities Visioning and Pie Party" at Will Rogers High School. This is an opportunity to support the preservation of the Pearl District and oppose eminent domain abuse, not only in the Central Park Place subdivision,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 27, 2020 12:25 PM

Pearl District detention pond public meeting, Monday, October 14, 2019

Tulsa District 4 City Councilor Kara Joy McKee is hosting a public meeting on Monday, October 14, 2019, at the Central Center at Centennial Park, 1028 E 6th St, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120, from 6 pm to 8 pm, to discuss the planned Elm Creek West stormwater detention pond. The City...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2019 11:12 PM

Saving Paul Harvey's neighborhood: Next steps

I had to be downtown last night, and I decided to go for a walk. On a whim, I walked under the east leg of the IDL to Paul Harvey's old neighborhood, which the City of Tulsa is acquiring, lot by lot, house by house, to convert to a...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 27, 2019 12:29 PM

Tulsa detention pond threatens Paul Harvey's neighborhood

A stormwater detention pond planned by the City of Tulsa is displacing owners of historic homes, affecting Paul Harvey's childhood neighborhood.

Posted by Michael Bates on September 24, 2019 10:46 PM

Tulsa City Council District 4: No endorsement

"I shall show my contempt by going down to the polling booth, taking my form, crossing both their names out and writing 'GET KNOTTED' in." -- Tony Hancock, Hancock's Half Hour, "The Election Candidate" I share The Lad's sentiments about many of the races on the August 28, 2018, runoff...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 24, 2018 12:28 AM