Just some observations

[dbacksfan 2.0]

  PSO routinely supressed any ideas of reforming our horrible streetlight system with excuses like "Do you know what that would involve?" and "how much that would cost?" etc.

Now that we are actually doing just that, we are squandering this opportunity by doing it completely wrong and we have ample evidence of that from cities across the planet.
Is there a reason we have to be so obtuse?

Red Arrow summed it up best. That's just the way Tulsa, and most of Oklahoma has been, and it doesn't matter which side of the isle leadership is on, it's always been the same.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Is there a reason we have to be so obtuse?

Yes.  Many reasons.  All related to regressive Republican policies.

[tulsabug]

Being obtuse seems to be an Oklahoma tradition. Perhaps we should change our state motto from "Labor omnia vicit" to "nos vere obtusis".