Why do we need new roads?

[sgrizzle]

Our high maintenance mayor wants to indebt the city taxpayers into bonds and sales tax increases for years to fund road repairs.

She seems to like indebting Tulsa's citizens for multi year deals.

The financing of the move of the city hall to the OTC building is another: A multi year loan.

Deals that will be around long, long after Mayor Kathy Taylor is gone (but not forgotten as we'll still be paying for her long, long afterwards).

Really, Mrs. Kitty is a high maintenance woman.

Poor Mr. Lobeck.

Poor Tulsa.

Why don't some of the supporters of this new tax-and-spend scheme recite all the reasons why this is good for the citizens of Tulsa.

I'll list a few why it just ISN'T good:

1) The current roads are PAID FOR.

Debt-free. That is a wonderful, strategic position for a government infrastructure.

Paid for by the citizens of Tulsa.

We just need a better class of Oil Racketeer here in Oklahoma today.

Today's new energy buccaneers want taxpayer-financed Corporate Welfare for roads for their shiny cars.

2) The current roads are perfectly adequate.

They have lights.

They have good, reliable surfaces.

They are straight and are in the right place.

Every lane is used, exactly as planned.

3) The current roads can move thousands of cars and are rarely full. There are only a couple of times a day when the roads get full but most of the day, and all night long, they are almost completely empty..

4) Tulsa's citizens are gewtting around just fine. it's just the haughty midtown elite and wouth tulsa snobs who think they need new, smooth roads.






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[Gold]

Blah blah Lorton.

It's all a conspiracy.

Logrolling in 2025.

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[rwarn17588]

Fine satire, sir. []

[we vs us]

Heh.  Me likey.

Henceforth, you have earned the title Friendly Grizzle.