I noticed that there are a couple people on the TMAPC board whose terms expired last month (January 2008): Wesley Harmon and Keith McArtor. Anybody know who might be replacing them? How does the process work?
DoubleA and Inteller
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
DoubleA and Inteller
Dang, I was hoping for John Bumgarner and Charles Norman[;)]
I think there's another thread on this subject, but an appointed TMAPC member continues to serve until a successor is appointed or he/she is reappointed.
TMAPC members (//%22http://www.tmapc.org/members/tmapcmembers.htm%22)
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
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Originally posted by booWorld
I think there's another thread on this subject, but an appointed TMAPC member continues to serve until a successor is appointed or he/she is reappointed.
TMAPC members (//%22http://www.tmapc.org/members/tmapcmembers.htm%22)
If the Mayor does not choose a candidate for appointment or reappointment within 60 days the Council can choose who to consider as a candidate for appointment or reappointment. Prop 6 on the 2006 ballot(passed)
^Yes, that was a significant improvement on the process for City appointments. I voted "FOR" that proposition.
Mayor Taylor will need to either re-appoint Keith McArtor or appoint a replacement by March 18. Otherwise, the City Council will have the authority to make an appointment.
Wesley Harmon was appointed by the County Commission.
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Originally posted by booWorld
^Yes, that was a significant improvement on the process for City appointments. I voted "FOR" that proposition.
Mayor Taylor will need to either re-appoint Keith McArtor or appoint a replacement by March 18. Otherwise, the City Council will have the authority to make an appointment.
Wesley Harmon was appointed by the County Commission.
I hope she is stupid enough to re-appoint McArtor, that will be one more nail in her coffin. Knowing Da Mare, she'll sacrifice him before she would jeopardize herself.
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Originally posted by booWorld
^Yes, that was a significant improvement on the process for City appointments. I voted "FOR" that proposition.
Mayor Taylor will need to either re-appoint Keith McArtor or appoint a replacement by March 18. Otherwise, the City Council will have the authority to make an appointment.
Wesley Harmon was appointed by the County Commission.
uh no, she doesn't need to reappoint Mr "I've not made up my mind I'm just leaning" McArtor. For some reason when he explains himself I think of wide stances and reaching for toilet paper.
I sent in my application, but I doubt I'll get picked by Krazy Kathy. But Krazier things have happened. I'd love to go toe to toe on the board with her lapdog Midgett.
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
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Originally posted by booWorld
^Yes, that was a significant improvement on the process for City appointments. I voted "FOR" that proposition.
Mayor Taylor will need to either re-appoint Keith McArtor or appoint a replacement by March 18. Otherwise, the City Council will have the authority to make an appointment.
Wesley Harmon was appointed by the County Commission.
Does the "Head of the Parks Department" fall into this category.
This office has been vacant for longer than sixty days when Mary Anne Summerfield retired....
She had been appointed by "Billy
the Big Bopper LaFortuna"
Would seem like a priority with all the Park Rehab. on the agenda.
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Originally posted by Rico
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Originally posted by booWorld
^Yes, that was a significant improvement on the process for City appointments. I voted "FOR" that proposition.
Mayor Taylor will need to either re-appoint Keith McArtor or appoint a replacement by March 18. Otherwise, the City Council will have the authority to make an appointment.
Wesley Harmon was appointed by the County Commission.
Does the "Head of the Parks Department" fall into this category.
This office has been vacant for longer than sixty days when Mary Anne Summerfield retired....
She had been appointed by "Billy the Big Bopper LaFortuna"
Would seem like a priority with all the Park Rehab. on the agenda.
It only pertains to the ABC's and trusts. If she was serving on any of those, resigned from those, and the deadline had passed, it would apply only to those.
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
Did you really expect queen Kathy to keep her empty campaign promises?
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
I've known Josh for ages, I think he'll be a good choice. I think it does make a certain amount of sense to have people on the board who actually know something about real estate.
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
I've known Josh for ages, I think he'll be a good choice. I think it does make a certain amount of sense to have people on the board who actually know something about real estate.
Of course having someone who is impartial would be much better.
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
I've known Josh for ages, I think he'll be a good choice. I think it does make a certain amount of sense to have people on the board who actually know something about real estate.
yeah well we already have enough developers and real estate agents on the board. the words 'conflict of interest' don't even do it justice.
and by in large I disagree with that statement. This board is not about figuring out how to cram 40 houses on a 10 acre lot. It is about making smart decisions about growth. I think we can see from the various development debacles around town that having a bunch of development and real estate buddies on there isn't exactly a good thing.
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by booWorld
BTW, Joshua A. Walker (//%22http://www.tulsacouncil.org:8080/SuperContainer/RawData//WU3EP4VV213200842949/08%2D1241%2D1.pdf?a=1%22) is being appointed to replace Stephanie Cantees, who resigned.
oh great....ANOTHER ****ing developer.
Didn't he develop "The Colonial" on Cherry St, previously The 15th Street Wok? They did a really nice job of fixing that up...and I remember reading positive comments about the development on this forum.
There are good developers and bad developers. Tulsa's future rests on our ability to distinguish between the two. If you want revitalization of our urban core--and smart growth in all areas of town--(which I do), we need the help of good developers. Vilifying all developers is ridiculous.
Developers are people with the skills and private money to transform our city. (If I had the money and the tolerance for risk, I would be a developer. I would buy surface parking lots downtown, and build cool, environmentally friendly, mixed-use developments in their place.)
I agree, that many developers are short-sighted, and want the whole world to look like 71st and Memorial. But that doesn't mean all developers do. Jamie Jameson built the Village at Central Park...he's passionate about downtown, historic preservation, smart growth, creating a walkable, transit-oriented Tulsa...oh, yeah...and he's a developer.
I don't know what Mr. Walker's views are...but I'm not going to make assumptions based only on his job title. I like what he did on Cherry St. And I'd like to know more. But I get really tired of people sh_tting a brick every time they hear the "D" word.
A developer may or may not build something great. Most of us will never build anything at all.