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Title: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on April 14, 2014, 07:44:40 pm
Y'all be nice. If you have questions of her, please PM me or contact her direct. This ain't the forum to run a campaign.

This is her website... It is sparse so far. As she walks the district and hears from the voters, she will add more content.
http://americaforcouncil.com/

Like her on facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/americaforcouncil


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on April 15, 2014, 02:37:31 pm
Broken Arrow trash system is unsustainable at the rates they charge. If they are going to continue to just give bags to citizens, they will have to raise rates to be far higher than what Tulsans pay.

Broken Arrow citizens have spoken that they like getting free bags from the city and especially like that they don't have ugly carts that the citizens have to haul back to their houses after servicing. What is not to like? They get free bags and get charged way less than the real cost of service.

But having city workers pick up bags from the curb causes many back injuries and the bags sometimes attract neighborhood dogs. There is a reason almost every city in the country has gone to cart-based collections.
 


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on April 15, 2014, 02:47:28 pm
Broken Arrow trash system is unsustainable at the rates they charge. If they are going to continue to just give bags to citizens, they will have to raise rates to be far higher than what Tulsans pay.

Broken Arrow citizens have spoken that they like getting free bags from the city and especially like that they don't have ugly carts that the citizens have to haul back to their houses after servicing. What is not to like? They get free bags and get charged way less than the real cost of service.

But having city workers pick up bags from the curb causes many back injuries and the bags sometimes attract neighborhood dogs. There is a reason almost every city in the country has gone to cart-based collections.
 


I am paying the bills at a location there, and the rates don't feel cheap...but that is the combined water/sewer/trash bill.

Dogs are an occasional issue - not very often, 'cause the city seems to be very good about correcting that kind of issue, but it's like making lemonades with lemons....a stray dog getting into the trash is an opportunity to hone one's marksmanship skills.... now, where did I put that Daisy BB gun?




Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: guido911 on April 15, 2014, 09:29:57 pm
It was terrific seeing RM at the TW Shannon meet and greet today. I am sure Shannon appreciated RM's cash donation, but I thought his starting the "wave" was a bit much...


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Red Arrow on April 15, 2014, 09:58:15 pm
It was terrific seeing RM at the TW Shannon meet and greet today. I am sure Shannon appreciated RM's cash donation, but I thought his starting the "wave" was a bit much...

It's lucky I wasn't eating or drinking anything or it would be all over the keyboard and screen.
 
 ;D


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: DolfanBob on April 16, 2014, 09:05:05 am
It was terrific seeing RM at the TW Shannon meet and greet today. I am sure Shannon appreciated RM's cash donation, but I thought his starting the "wave" was a bit much...

OK since you brought up his name. Who the heck is T.W. Shannon? And where is his vast amount of Ad Campaign money coming from?
I literally have seen him more than Kristin Glover the last few weeks during the News Broadcasts.
He has to be spending more money than that job pays. And it is not just one ad running all the time. This guy has several different ones running on every local Network Station.
I thought the one I saw last night about the Wife's Breast Cancer battle was a nice Political touch. His Campaign Manager is pulling out all the stops.
He should be a shoe in. Being the young conservative Black family man who will fight to end the dreaded "Obamacare"


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Hoss on April 16, 2014, 09:08:25 am
OK since you brought up his name. Who the heck is T.W. Shannon? And where is his vast amount of Ad Campaign money coming from?
I literally have seen him more than Kristin Glover the last few weeks during the News Broadcasts.
He has to be spending more money than that job pays. And it is not just one ad running all the time. This guy has several different ones running on every local Network Station.
I thought the one I saw last night about the Wife's Breast Cancer battle was a nice Political touch. His Campaign Manager is pulling out all the stops.
He should be a shoe in. Being the young conservative Black family man who will fight to end the dreaded "Obamacare"

In his defense, that ad (the one about fighting to end Obamacare) wasn't put out by him, but likely a PAC.  Notice he didn't approve the message?  Doesn't mean he won't try to, just means the ad doesn't necessarily represent him.

Not that I'd vote for him...


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: patric on April 16, 2014, 10:14:00 am
OK since you brought up his name. Who the heck is T.W. Shannon? And where is his vast amount of Ad Campaign money coming from?

To answer both your questions:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/private-prisons-contribute-thousands-to-oklahoma-political-campaigns/article_f5ddca24-72e5-5c81-849b-031ac6c7c978.html


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Townsend on April 16, 2014, 10:23:02 am
Maybe a T.W. Shannon thread can be started?


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Red Arrow on April 16, 2014, 11:01:05 am
Not that I'd vote for him...

You will be labeled as a racist if you don't vote for him.
 
 :o

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Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Hoss on April 16, 2014, 01:06:31 pm
You will be labeled as a racist if you don't vote for him.
 
 :o

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I'd likely be labeled as 'smart' if I don't.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on April 16, 2014, 02:14:37 pm
If you don't vote for my wife you would be anti-America.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on April 16, 2014, 03:10:01 pm
If you don't vote for my wife you would be anti-America.

Now THAT is cute!!   

But do you say stuff like that around her?  Mine would hit me....



Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on April 16, 2014, 03:11:38 pm
OK since you brought up his name. Who the heck is T.W. Shannon? And where is his vast amount of Ad Campaign money coming from?
I literally have seen him more than Kristin Glover the last few weeks during the News Broadcasts.
He has to be spending more money than that job pays. And it is not just one ad running all the time. This guy has several different ones running on every local Network Station.
I thought the one I saw last night about the Wife's Breast Cancer battle was a nice Political touch. His Campaign Manager is pulling out all the stops.
He should be a shoe in. Being the young conservative Black family man who will fight to end the dreaded "Obamacare"


He has been in state government and now wants a bigger piece of the pie...running for Coburn's Senate seat.  He is an idiot - good ole boy buddies with Failin'.



Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Gaspar on April 16, 2014, 03:38:32 pm

He has been in state government and now wants a bigger piece of the pie...running for Coburn's Senate seat.  He is an idiot - good ole boy buddies with Failin'.



He's a really nice young man who has achieved great things in a relatively short career.  I got to meet him, his wife, and kids at the capital last year.  Though his positions are far more Republican than Libertarian, he is most certainly not an idiot.  He just simply has not grown out of Republicanism yet and is not likely to.

To a liberal however he is indeed nefarious, in that he supports traditional Republican views with a slight libertarian bent towards individual liberty, responsibility and reduction in the size of government.  The good news for liberals is if he is elected, he will not be nearly as libertarian as his predecessor Coburn.  He will be far less of a lightning rod, and will mount far less resistance against government waste and expanded social spending.  In the long run, liberals will enjoy him far more then Coburn.



Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Red Arrow on April 16, 2014, 04:29:45 pm
If you don't vote for my wife you would be anti-America.

If I do vote for her, I'll be arrested for voter fraud.  I don't live in your precinct.

  :D


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: sgrizzle on April 16, 2014, 04:40:23 pm
A safe-for-work version of the theme song to Team America must be acquired for this campaign.

For anyone who doesn't know it and wants to (NSFW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R5A0pg4oN8

Second choice, 1970's Captain America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzE4Hv6Z-yk


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Red Arrow on April 16, 2014, 05:03:57 pm
I'd likely be labeled as 'smart' if I don't.

Whether you are smart or not is irrelevant in this case.  The label of "smart" is not likely to be used regardless of your vote.



Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: guido911 on April 16, 2014, 05:14:00 pm
Whether you are smart or not is irrelevant in this case.  The label of "smart" is not likely to be used regardless of your vote in any of Hoss's posts.



fixed that


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Red Arrow on April 16, 2014, 05:40:56 pm
fixed that

I am not presently in an antagonistic mode.
 
 ;D


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Hoss on April 16, 2014, 06:10:14 pm
fixed that

I see the internet stalker is afoot...got nothing better to do, counselor?  Maybe chase some ambulances?


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on June 25, 2014, 02:22:55 pm
She did pretty well and got 45% of the vote. She beat the incumbent by 17% and now faces her in a two way race on November 4th.

Every other incumbent got at least 60% of the vote and Moore got 28%. That means that 72% of the voters want change.

Anna ran a clean race while her opponents did not. In particular was a smear video attacking her that used the name Obama three times in the first eighteen words. Clearly, the opponent was unable to tout their own qualifications.

Anna also tried to not have any illegal yard signs (but some volunteers did put out a dozen or so), while her opponents had hundreds of signs in the rights-of-ways.

The campaign well be back in full swing late this summer. If anybody wants to help out as a volunteer, please let me know.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Conan71 on June 25, 2014, 02:35:23 pm
This was the cut-and-paste for every GOP campaign I saw or heard this year:

-Oponent is owned by Obama
-"I’m fighting (or will fight) to repeal Obamacare
-Keystone Pipeline
-“I’m the most deficit-cuttinist SOB you ever met”
-Pro-Life
-Pro-Gun
-Family man/woman

Of course none of that would be relevant to the corporation commission, city council, or insurance commissioner.  But hey, whatever it takes to get the minions out to vote.

And congratulations to Anna, I think she will be a credit to the city council.  I’d love to help out with the campaign.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: swake on June 25, 2014, 02:50:09 pm
This was the cut-and-paste for every GOP campaign I saw or heard this year:

-Oponent is owned by Obama
-"I’m fighting (or will fight) to repeal Obamacare
-Keystone Pipeline
-“I’m the most deficit-cuttinist SOB you ever met”
-Pro-Life
-Pro-Gun
-Family man/woman

Of course none of that would be relevant to the corporation commission, city council, or insurance commissioner.  But hey, whatever it takes to get the minions out to vote.

And congratulations to Anna, I think she will be a credit to the city council.  I’d love to help out with the campaign.

I think someone should trademark the phrase "Lifelong member of the NRA", you could make good money licencing it to Republican candidates.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on June 25, 2014, 02:54:33 pm
I think someone should trademark the phrase "Lifelong member of the NRA", you could make good money licencing it to Republican candidates.


I think it is already....


Regards,
Lifetime Member of the NRA.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Hoss on June 25, 2014, 03:16:15 pm

I think it is already....


Regards,
Lifetime Member of the NRA.


I'm pro 2A, but vehemently anti-NRA.  What a worthless organization it's become.  It's no more than a fundraising arm for gun manufacturers.  They don't give a squat about the regular gun owner.  If I were a lifetime member of them, I'd tear up my card and mail it back to them.


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on June 25, 2014, 05:55:45 pm
I'm pro 2A, but vehemently anti-NRA.  What a worthless organization it's become.  It's no more than a fundraising arm for gun manufacturers.  They don't give a squat about the regular gun owner.  If I were a lifetime member of them, I'd tear up my card and mail it back to them.


Actually more a cheerleader section for gun manufacturers - the makers have been willing to concede more than the NRA.  When you get past the political arm (ILA), they are all about hunting, shooting sports, gun handling safety, and training for people from kids to adults.  I get American Rifleman for a while, and then when I get too tired of the politics, I switch over to American Hunter - excellent shooting sports magazine.  Still some editorial content but very much mostly about hunting!   I guess I could pay a little and get both....!!

And that shows the whole point about the mainstream media that the RWRE rants about - no matter what, they are gonna blast the NRA, just about like the RWRE blasts Obama and all things Democratic.  It is only the last 40 or so years that they have become so polarized - in response to a huge threat to the 2nd.   Quid pro quo....

You must have noticed how many people are talking about "common sense" gun control, then talk about getting machine guns off the streets, et al.  Well, machine guns have been outlawed for general consumption since the 30's.  There are NO stores, gun shows, or mail order where you can just walk in and out with a machine gun - there are many hoops to jump through, plus large fees, plus the fact that you no longer have the protection of requiring a warrant to search your place.  ATF has the right to demand that you let them inspect the gun, and the place you keep it, any time, day or night - and you have to agree to that to get the permit.  

As for worthless, well, you still have the right to own a firearm.  Check out Canada, Australia, UK....

And if you have kids, or ever get them, and want them to have good training on gun handling and safety - realistically, NRA based materials and are the only reasonable solution.


George H W Bush did that - tore up his card and resigned his membership.  Showed a wishy-washy mentality with a lack of commitment to his ideals, in exchange for some political expediency.



Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on June 26, 2014, 06:33:55 am
And how did this topic turn into a discussion about guns?


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: Hoss on June 26, 2014, 06:39:44 am
And how did this topic turn into a discussion about guns?


Maybe because we were commenting on all the attack ads (in general) from the Republicans; one stated that he was 'a lifetime member of the NRA'.

Ok, so thread drift.  If we're drifting, here it is.

(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh169/sickb2200/MarshallArrowheadPaleAle_zps3c71857b.jpg)

Sue me.

 ;)


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on June 26, 2014, 08:10:36 am
And how did this topic turn into a discussion about guns?


swake was commenting on the main topics of discussion for the election - none of which have anything to do with local governance.

This thread just followed the path set down by years of election campaign history - we are staying true to the finest traditions of our country!!


And - Congratulations to your wife!  I hope she wins her election!!!  Would be nice to see some sanity in local government....  (trying to drift back in the right direction at least a little bit!)







Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: patric on June 26, 2014, 11:27:31 am
Maybe because we were commenting on all the attack ads (in general) from the Republicans; one stated that he was 'a lifetime member of the NRA'.

Here, have an AR-15 that fires baby eagles dressed like Jesus:
 
(http://rackjite.com/wp-content/uploads/rr61214aa.jpg)


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on July 20, 2014, 07:37:21 pm
My wife got 45% of the vote and now has a runoff against the incumbent in November.

The incumbent got 28% of the vote in a three way race.

The campaign will start back up again in September. If any of you would like to help knock on doors, deliver yard signs, or make some phone calls, please let me know. If any of you live in her district or know anyone who lives in the district, she would love to talk to you about what issues are important to you. 

Here is her website...http://americaforcouncil.com/


Title: Re: My wife is running for City Council
Post by: RecycleMichael on October 14, 2014, 12:29:43 pm
Anybody want a yard sign?