What was going on around the time Mr. Gail Carnes was appointed? Some pretty heady times for T-town....
Williams Center Forum shopping mall complete with ice rink"The Only Thing Missing Is U' Ads Trying to Lure Workers to TulsaPublished: February 23, 1982
http://newsok.com/the-only-thing-missing-is-u-ads-trying-to-lure-workers-to-tulsa/article/1974769(AP) "T_LSA. The only thing missing is U." So read newspaper advertisements that appeared in Buffalo newspapers as Tulsa , OK, began a drive to attract nurses and other skilled workers from this area.
A team of recruiters from 10 of Tulsa's top companies and hospitals will be in Buffalo March 12-14 to interview people interested in making a move to Tulsa, a city of about 400,000.
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”―
George Orwell, 1984 ... I remember driving home from OKC for Memorial Day weekend in 1984.... horrible flood hit the entire city, not just Mingo Creek -- cars piled on top of each other off I-44--- finally forced the city (under Mayor Terry Young) to take action...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuj0EMEqun0[/youtube]
Tulsa's world-class flood control system, and how it saves you moneyhttp://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/tulsas-world-class-flood-control-system-and-how-it/nPLsy/By 1984, Tulsa led the nation in disaster declarations, and not because of tornadoes -- because of flooding, the deadliest form of natural disaster.
Now, Tulsa is a model to the nation, and indeed the world, on how to handle flood plain management, a fact that many Tulsans who don't remember how things used to be taken for granted.
...the summer of 1984... after my freshman year at OCU, I coaxed my college roommate into going to see the Tulsa Roughnecks versus the New York Cosmos... the only reason he went? To see the Beach Boys concert after the game...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5BystnkpjA[/youtube]
...then came the oil bust, the S&L debacle, etc... I dunno, seems like there should be at least a few city and county officials who can offer some sobering, realistic insight on what has been tried before... Mark Andrus at Expo Square comes to mind...
Here's the list with dates of first appointment and date the current term expires...
Gail Carnes 12/28/1984 1/18/2015 County
Michael Covey, Jr. 4/05/2012 1/18/2015 City
John Dix 5/18/2009 1/18/2013 County
--Secretary
Gene Edwards 7/15/2010 1/18/2013 City
Bill Leighty 2/05/2009 1/18/2014 City
Brandon Perkins, 4/11/2011 1/18/2014 City
--1st Vice Chair
John Shivel, 10/26/2006 1/18/2015 City
Ryon Stirling 1/18/2011 1/18/2014 County
--2nd Vice Chair
Joshua Walker 3/06/2008 1/18/2013 City
--Chair