 image credit: FortySix News | Within just a couple years, GT Bynum could have Tulsa feeling like a taxpayer's hell. It's the only way to sustain the legalized bribery of buying public unions' endorsement in exchange for massive pay raises at the private sector's great expense. This is looking like a dreary replay of the demise of California, when Republican governors George Deukmejian & Pete Wilson were followed by Liberal Democrat Gray Davis and his massive bribes (albeit a legal form of bribes) of the massive public sector unions. After just a handful of years, California voters overwhelmingly voted Davis out of office via a recall election. California is still suffering from the bloated government Davis left them and Republicans have been unable to get a foothold in the state ever since. |
The Tulsa mayoral race is a discouraging reality show for fiscal conservatives to observe. The voter base of conservatives has been depleted through the enticement of quieter life in the suburbs.
The great leadership of past mayors like Jim Inhofe and Bob LaFortune, are but a distant memory.
The great leadership of past mayors like Jim Inhofe and Bob LaFortune, are but a distant memory.
GT Bynum has shamelessly and openly promised the Tulsa firefighters and Fraternal Order of Police, massive and irresponsible pay raises while showing the voters no credible way to pay for the budget-busting bribes.
Bynum never met a tax idea that he didn't like. He has never been a friend of the Tulsa taxpayer or even the utility customer. These are all very dangerous issues which will exacerbate the flight of conservatives to the surrounding suburbs and turn Tulsa into a solid blue liberal Democrat hell.
It leaves us wondering how, just 3 decades ago, Tulsa could have been declared;
'America's Most Livable City'
 In the early 80s, Mayor Jim Inhofe led a far smaller city government with a total sales tax of just 5% (state, county, & city tax). We had great neighborhood parks with dozens of swimming pools open all summer long. We had all our street lights turned on. And we had new businesses relocating their headquarters to Tulsa. America's most livable was made possible by keeping the government footprint small, and the tax burden light. |  Tulsa'a new City Hall drains millions from the city's yearly budget. Whole floors of office space sit empty. |
Tulsa Parks lost their swimming pools to city hall waste. The collective stupidity of several administrations, along with a pathetic city council which fails in comparison to the former city commission; has resulted in decisions which have robbed our children of a brighter future.
The current city hall was among the stupidest decisions Tulsa government could ever have made. It alone is a reason why our parks are largely boarded up.
Tulsa needs real leaders. But GT Bynum's vision for Tulsa is a nightmare.
The current city hall was among the stupidest decisions Tulsa government could ever have made. It alone is a reason why our parks are largely boarded up.
Tulsa needs real leaders. But GT Bynum's vision for Tulsa is a nightmare.
