Streets plan on ballot

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I'm really shocked that no one has mentioned that the city streets plan passed, and easily. It seems that Tulsans are not complete cheapskates.

Sally Bell was even on Medlocks show this afternoon and blamed her loss in part to her non-support of the streets plan hurting her with voters in the city of Tulsa.

[Conan71]

Sally was a single-issue candidate in my mind:

"No new taxes for any reason".  Refusing to even bring a vote in front of people for possible new projects was totally out of touch.  Fits the Mudschlock and Bates paradigm just fine but not the majority of the electorate, obviously.

I was pleased, if not rather surprised to see the ease with which it was passed.  If all goes well the first five years, I'd gladly vote for more street funding and projects in five years.

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quote:Originally posted by Conan71

Sally was a single-issue candidate in my mind:

"No new taxes for any reason".  Refusing to even bring a vote in front of people for possible new projects was totally out of touch.  Fits the Mudschlock and Bates paradigm just fine but not the majority of the electorate, obviously.

I was pleased, if not rather surprised to see the ease with which it was passed.  If all goes well the first five years, I'd gladly vote for more street funding and projects in five years.

I was pleased too. The $2 billion plan was just too much to pass at once. Break it into pieces. It would be great if the next $500 million chunk could be funded by a gas tax.