Mayoral Election - Next Year

[Conan71]

Like her and her initiatives or not, she's effective and gets things done she sets her mind to.

I can't say that's necessarily a bad thing in a leader.

[shadows]

Tulsa, with all its educational entities, has not been able to produce anyone who is intelligent enough to be a leader and thus are forced to look outside of the city for leadership.  In fact near half of  the city employees live outside the city.

The upper class who feed off the lower class that is a burden to the children and elderly will spend millions of the taxpayers money in a search of an another outsider when this one is ready to move on.  

[Double A]

I heard Lafortune's been calling around a bit, testing the waters.[]

[tulsa1603]

Love her or hate her, Kathy Taylor has gotten things moving.  A breath of fresh air after years of do nothing Lafortune.

At this point, I'll vote for her again.

[Bat Bat]

It seems like the Dems have their lady.  Here are some names for the Reps:

Bob Sullivan.  Ran for governor.  Might be interesting to see what he can do with the city.

Terry Simonson.  Used to be the golden boy of the grass roots until his folly with Randi Miller.

Clay Bird.  Don't know what the bird man is doing these days.

Cason Carter. If he loses his senate race.  I don't get the feeling he really wants to practice law.

Others?

[cks511]

Seems like when I respond....it dies..so let me say that when I hear folks saying da mare has  been 'effective'(?)...pancakes?  hoping this dies!

[rwarn17588]

quote:Originally posted by Bat Bat

It seems like the Dems have their lady.  Here are some names for the Reps:

Bob Sullivan.  Ran for governor.  Might be interesting to see what he can do with the city.

Terry Simonson.  Used to be the golden boy of the grass roots until his folly with Randi Miller.

Clay Bird.  Don't know what the bird man is doing these days.

Cason Carter. If he loses his senate race.  I don't get the feeling he really wants to practice law.

Others?

G.T. Bynum.

I'm pretty sure he wants the job.

But if he's going to make a play for it, he'd better do something, anything, fairly quickly.

[RecycleMichael]

I think we should take turns being Mayor.

Sell lottery tickets...scratch and win the job for a day.

Either that or we work with a radio station and let the tenth caller do it.

[Bat Bat]

IMO if the Reps want KT out of office they are going to all need to get behind one candidate.  

The Reps can't afford to have another LaFortune scenario.  One Rep faction supporting him and another Rep faction slamming him day in and day out.  Then with a month or so to go in the race they all decide to sing a song together, kiss and make up and push LaFortune together.  That one faction beat up LaFortune too much for too many years to undo the damage that they did (or that LaForutne did to himself) in a month or two.

With the money KT has the Reps also can't afford a money battled primary.  IMO all of the Reps are going to have to get behind one candidate and run that candidate hard for a year or so.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Bat Bat

IMO if the Reps want KT out of office they are going to all need to get behind one candidate.  

The Reps can't afford to have another LaFortune scenario.  One Rep faction supporting him and another Rep faction slamming him day in and day out.  Then with a month or so to go in the race they all decide to sing a song together, kiss and make up and push LaFortune together.  That one faction beat up LaFortune too much for too many years to undo the damage that they did (or that LaForutne did to himself) in a month or two.

With the money KT has the Reps also can't afford a money battled primary.  IMO all of the Reps are going to have to get behind one candidate and run that candidate hard for a year or so.

We alreday suffer with a near two-year campaign cycle for President these days.  I don't think Tulsans will tolerate a year-long mayoral campaign.  All it will amount to is the GOP candidate sniping about the mayor for a year.  That's what we have Mudschlock for.

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

I heard Lafortune's been calling around a bit, testing the waters.[]

Could Bill be running Kathy??? .......(who might have been running Bill). Figure that pun out.

Kat fight?

[Double A]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD


Could Bill be running Kathy??? .......(who might have been running Bill). Figure that pun out.

Kat fight?

Kathy Taylor vs. Kathy LaFortune? That would be an interesting horse race for Mare, indeed.

[inteller]

Here will be the platform I will vote for:

Bring a charter change to vote within one year to change the form of government to a weak mayor and hire a city manager.  Becomes little more than a tie breaking vote on the council. (we'd need another district to even things up)

Move the chief of police job out from under the mayor's at will hires.

Establish a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to lobby Tulsa's interests in OKC and cease contributing to Tulsa Metro chamber.

Get a Tulsa planning commission established and stop funding INCOG/TMAPC. (this may happen anyways)

Sell OTC and move city hall to the geographic center of town.

Pledge to only run for one term.

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

Here will be the platform I will vote for:

Bring a charter change to vote within one year to change the form of government to a weak mayor and hire a city manager.  Becomes little more than a tie breaking vote on the council. (we'd need another district to even things up)

Move the chief of police job out from under the mayor's at will hires.

Establish a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to lobby Tulsa's interests in OKC and cease contributing to Tulsa Metro chamber.

Get a Tulsa planning commission established and stop funding INCOG/TMAPC. (this may happen anyways)

Sell OTC and move city hall to the geographic center of town.

Pledge to only run for one term.

Guess you won't be voting.....[]