|
Title: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Jitter Free on June 20, 2009, 08:02:48 am I was able to confirm (through someone who is actually working on his campaign) yesterday that Phil Lankin (who is the Executive Director of the Tulsa Community Foundation) will be seeking the Tulsa City Council District 8 seat. http://www.tulsacf.org/index.cfm?id=12
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 20, 2009, 08:05:20 am Phil Lakin, not Lankin.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: ILUVTulsa on June 20, 2009, 03:53:18 pm He's also on T-Transit Board. Maybe he'll be da dude who brings in transit to D8? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on June 21, 2009, 12:55:44 pm What a great person for council.
Good news for our city. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Limabean on June 21, 2009, 01:08:43 pm Does Phil Lakin live in District 8 or have any experience in city politics? Is he a Republican or a Democrat?
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on June 21, 2009, 01:13:30 pm Does Phil Lakin live in District 8 or have any experience in city politics? Is he a Republican or a Democrat? He can't run there if he does not live there. What's experience in city politics got to do with it? what's party got to do with representing neighborhoods? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 21, 2009, 02:12:50 pm I believe he is a registered republican. Most people who live in the district are registered that way.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Jitter Free on June 22, 2009, 06:55:09 am Lakin is a registered Republican and lives in District 8.
I don't know Lakin and have never met him. I look forward to hearing his platform. My only concern would be that he might be conflicted out of voting on a number of issues that come before the council given his position with the Tulsa Community Foundation and the entities that are represented on his board. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Jitter Free on June 22, 2009, 06:56:33 am Has anyone heard of anyone else running for this seat?
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: sgrizzle on June 22, 2009, 07:03:44 am Has anyone heard of anyone else running for this seat? Not sure anyone will. Community involvement amongst District 8 residents is a foreign concept, generally limited to screaming "get off my lawn" at passers by. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 22, 2009, 07:46:10 am I have worked with him on some beautification issues. I hope they are part of his platform. I don't know him well, but am impressed with his grasp on the city and solutions.
I know he has an MBA from Baylor, is married with three kids and is a deacon at his church. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on June 22, 2009, 07:58:53 am I have worked with him on some beautification issues. I hope they are part of his platform. I don't know him well, but am impressed with his grasp on the city and solutions. I know he has an MBA from Baylor, is married with three kids and is a deacon at his church. BFD....could be a mark against him if he's a republican claiming to be a bible thumper.... The conflict is a good point. But Lakin would still be a tremendous facilitator of public/private cooperation. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 22, 2009, 10:46:54 am BFD....could be a mark against him if he's a republican claiming to be a bible thumper.... Why would you go there? Do you automatically label people as zealots? Why would you write such a sentence using innuendo words like "claiming to be"? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on June 22, 2009, 11:03:02 am Why would you go there? Do you automatically label people as zealots? Why would you write such a sentence using innuendo words like "claiming to be"? Because. Many Americans are tired of "going to church" being part of the resume. Like it matters? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: sgrizzle on June 22, 2009, 11:21:58 am Many people (including myself, a Christian) aren't fans of people using their faith to advertise but I don't remember seeing ANYWHERE where he is "claiming to be a bible thumper." He hasn't even announced his candidacy, much less give a list of qualifications.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Double A on June 22, 2009, 11:26:49 am The Tulsa Stadium Trust received only one bid to construct a nearly $40 million downtown baseball stadium.
Phil Lakin, the construction company's manager, submitted the bid. With all the controversy surrounding the ballpark, I'd say this involvement doesn't bode well for his chances to get elected in D8. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on June 22, 2009, 11:47:18 am Many people (including myself, a Christian) aren't fans of people using their faith to advertise but I don't remember seeing ANYWHERE where he is "claiming to be a bible thumper." He hasn't even announced his candidacy, much less give a list of qualifications. RM commented on PL's being a "deacon" which has various meanings but does not imply he attended Wake Forest during his under grad work. It does imply a candidate is purer which is suspect even if republican. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Wilbur on June 22, 2009, 12:04:12 pm The Tulsa Stadium Trust received only one bid to construct a nearly $40 million downtown baseball stadium. Phil Lakin, the construction company's manager, submitted the bid. With all the controversy surrounding the ballpark, I'd say this involvement doesn't bode well for his chances to get elected in D8. Are we sure we're talking about the same Phil Lakin? The Phil Lakin I was thinking about is the CEO at the Tulsa Community Foundation. This dude: (http://www.gtrnews.com/images/1647.jpg) Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: sgrizzle on June 22, 2009, 12:05:06 pm The Tulsa Stadium Trust received only one bid to construct a nearly $40 million downtown baseball stadium. Phil Lakin, the construction company's manager, submitted the bid. With all the controversy surrounding the ballpark, I'd say this involvement doesn't bode well for his chances to get elected in D8. D8 residents are as far from Ballpark dealings as you can get. Both physically and as in whether they care. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Bat Bat on June 22, 2009, 12:59:34 pm Phil Lakin is the manager of the construction company building the stadium. Phil Lakin is also the head of Tulsa Community Foundation. Who is the largest contributor to this Foundation? George Kaiser!
IMO, Phil Lakin will be a puppet for the George Kaiser crowd. Every vote he casts will be for whatever the George Kaiser crowd wants it to be. Look at who is the Foundation's board. Look at the top contributors to the Foundation. Look at his relationship with the construction company building the ball park and the donors to the ballpark. Given all of these relationships, am I the only one who sees a complete and total conflict of interest with this guy serving as a city councilor? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Shely on June 22, 2009, 01:19:47 pm My friend is the head of a charity downtown that receives donations from TCF and she told me that TCF threatened to pull their funding if she protested the ONEOK Field downtown ball park assessment. Phil Lakin is the Executive Direct of TCF and anyone who would use such bullying tactics should not be a public offical in our city.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: sgrizzle on June 22, 2009, 01:23:58 pm My friend is the head of a charity downtown that receives donations from TCF and she told me that TCF threatened to pull their funding if she protested the ONEOK Field downtown ball park assessment. Phil Lakin is the Executive Direct of TCF and anyone who would use such bullying tactics should not be a public offical in our city. So if Mayfest protested against Midfirst Bank, you think Midfirst should still give them donations? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Shely on June 22, 2009, 01:55:05 pm I saw Tulsa Community Foundation and my first post was simply a reaction of what my friend had told me about TCF, but the more I think about this gentlemen serving as one of nine city councilors the more concerned I become given his position with TCF and the ball park construction company. I looked up the board members who serve on TCF and I looked at a couple of articles online where this gentlemen's name came up regarding the ball park and I must say that I agree with the other poster that it would be hard for this gentlemen to serve as a city council without a conflict of interest coming up quite often.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 22, 2009, 03:22:24 pm The current councilor for district 8 has a business on city property, yet votes on budgets that affect the operation of that airport. If that isn't a conflict of interest, I don't see how building a ballpark without using city funds is a conflict.
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Conan71 on June 22, 2009, 03:44:04 pm The current councilor for district 8 has a business on city property, yet votes on budgets that affect the operation of that airport. If that isn't a conflict of interest, I don't see how building a ballpark without using city funds is a conflict. Apples and oranges comparison. Lakin is backed by the oligarchy seems to be the real problem. Where's Friendly Bear when we need him? Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: sgrizzle on June 22, 2009, 08:38:36 pm Lakin has competition:
http://tulsad8.com/ Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: RecycleMichael on June 22, 2009, 09:27:12 pm Interesting guy...Paul Wizikowski...
Local filmmaker...fair tax proponent...member of Church on the Move (I don't care, but FOTD will have a cow), ORU graduate... Link to his facebook page...http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194498105023#/wizikowski?ref=sgm Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Conan71 on June 23, 2009, 12:44:58 am Would someone please step up and buy Cason a house around 91st & Yale?
Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Bat Bat on June 23, 2009, 06:18:08 am I think Phil Lakin would be a very similar council to former City Councilers Cason Carter and Susan Neal.
IMO Paul Wizikowski doesn't have a chance. Looking at his resume and website all I can think of is that this guy is a Medlock groupie. So, my choices are either a well connected establishment candidate who will represent the interestes of downtown or a Medlock nut who believes everything is a conspiracy. Great!!!! Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: Bat Bat on June 28, 2009, 08:25:19 pm At the Republican Rally this past Saturday, J. Bryan Osborne was telling people he was going to run for the District 8 seat. Here is a link to his bio: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanosborne
I don't know anything about him other than I think he ran to be the vice-chair of the Tulsa County GOP and lost. Title: Re: Who will replace Bill Christiansen? District 8 City Council Race Post by: FOTD on July 08, 2009, 11:46:55 pm This demon thinks Lakin would make a great Mayor....
|