Glenpool wooing the fairgrounds?

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

You are such an easy mark. This Arabian Horse show thing is a bluff, just like the Glenpool move. Let me ask you this, if the County proceeds with some sort of river development tax, don't you think it would be collected at the fairgrounds? They sure would , IMO. I haven't heard anything but hysterical doomsday scenarios that can't be backed up from the people against annexation.

I suppose a river tax would be collected. So then it would be 3cents plus the river tax.  I have no idea of whether that amount would make the horse shows and such not come. I doubt it actually, surely the price or whatever could be lowered and the benefit the city got from having the show in town would make up for that. Just still gathering opinions and info, and asking questions. Trying to weed through the hysteria. []

[shadows]

I get lost in these discussions on collecting sales taxes which was installed with a 1mill coin and on it's flip side was printed that ½ of the mill went for "Old Age Assistance."

Course that was a time when the fair was a rural event where the farmer displayed his products and manufacturers displayed theirs new farm equipment.    

I have heard of county fairs but this new concept of a city fair seem to be lacking in the purpose except for the pop and hotdog venders to double their prices.  

The county might make an agreement with the Bell's to move the county structures back to the country so the rural folks could show and be judged on their hand work.

The city could arrange for WalMart to build a super, super store in the middle of that 230 acres and use the rest of the ground for customer parking.   That way they there would  be no need for a super store downtown and we could remain on the road maps as Tulsa and not be known as WalMart Tulsa.

[Double A]

Here's a thought, we get our state Legislators to pass legislation to exempt County Fairgrounds from the 4 cent state sales tax. The city annexes the fairgrounds and taxes are lowered 1 cent at the fairgrounds.

[TurismoDreamin]

Just my personal opinion. I've lived in Glenpool since I was 3 and I remember when almost every road around here was still that pebble rock that when you ran over it, it sounded like you were driving through a mob riot. Today, all these roads have been resurfaced and widened. Today, Glenpool is or has developed well over 10 new neighborhoods (and still growing) throughout its area and grown considerably. Businesses are starting to find the threshold of how far south they can move and discovering Glenpool and some "future home of" signs are popping up every now and then in the city. I remember when 151st Street (the proposed street for Bell's) use to be completely vacant between its two lane stretch from Kiefer to Bixby. Now, although still somewhat vacant, things are being built around that area as well. I knew from the minute they widened that road that it was going to be the endpoint of the Tulsa metropolis. I thought one day that 151st street would be where development stops but would be completely filled up and down because of how much potential that land has. And there is plenty of open land down there. Mind you they do the annual "Day in the Country" on 151st. And as someone here already stated, if it does move in this area, they better start getting serious about the Yale bridge.

I think I would like to take the time to note that starting from the Creek Turnpike bridge going north to Highway 75 bridge into Downtown...there is no more than 4 miles of open space without a bridge. Yet, the distance between the Creek Turnpike and the Bixby (memorial) bridge is over 7 miles. Both the Jenks and Bixby bridges receive way too much traffic...