Mayor Taylor won't run

[Breadburner]

I hope Eagleton runs...

[swake]

I hope Eagleton runs...

Why, so we can go back to having morons in charge?

[OurTulsa]

Freak!  While I didn't always agree with the way she ran things around here I believed that her vision for Tulsa was grand and it seemed she got it and was working hard to make Tulsa a more brandable and functional City.

What scares me most about this announcement is who will be running to replace her.  I can't imagine ANY of our current City Councilors filling the void.  I'm hopeful that she has someone tagged to endorse for her replacement.

On another note, I would definitely support her run for Congress!  

[tim huntzinger]

Why, so we can go back to having morons in charge?

Oh, are you running?

[FOTD]

Yeah, but what do I know?  According to FOTD and a few others, I hate women and am threatened by powerful women.  

I was an adamant opponent to her last campaign yet I gladly would have supported her this time around.  I think she could have garnered 65% of the vote.

What's the line now on Martinson running?  I'll vote for whomever is running against him if he does run.

Come on. She has been acting rather pissy lately.

[Hoss]

Oh, are you running?

How 'bout that rapier wit?  You ever considered a career change?

[FOTD]

Without an enemy for any councilor alliance to rail against, there is plenty of opportunity for a wild card here.

Agreed. Was the afternoon announcement linked to tonights council meeting and ballpark?

Higher office? Sully's seat just doesn't seem like her style but the seat would set her up for Inhoffe's departure.

It's a shame her time as mayor is coming to an end. She really did not need this job and her pay is in no way commencer it with the efforts.

[sgrizzle]

She could run for Governor...

[FOTD]

She could run for Governor...

Maybe. But that is a crowded field for governor and if she had trouble with a city council just think what working with that Oklahoma state legislature would be like. The horror.

More likely, she'll be headed to the Florida house home.

[Wilbur]

The word I'm getting is it's two fold:

1.  As I said a month or so ago, she is still up for an Obama appointment with the US Commerce Dept.
2.  Husband wants to buy the old city hall complex, which would be a conflict of interest if she were still in office.

[Chicken Little]

Why, so we can go back to having morons in charge?

That's morans to you, sir!

[sgrizzle]

Viewing the options we have so far for Mayoral candidates, I'm gonna go ahead and say it..

Tay in '10

[shadows]

With the city under the rule of the elitist; the constant practice of the conflict of interest; omnipotent of the family; the circumventing of general obligation bond; the whistle blower in the wings; and the possibility of a upcoming investigation at the federal level by persons who are not obligated to the city; creating debts for the great grand children to payoff; the movement of business to the suburbs who are collecting the needed operational sales taxes; one would not need a smog clearing device to see the sunny skies of another far off homestead.   As the clouds thicken and one hears the rumble of the approaching storm, there could be others that would seek such shelter.  The hole in the ground might be sold to the federal government as a detention pond in our nations proclaimed untested storm water management system that suddenly ends a half mile north of Pine street on the Mingo that drains 64 square miles of the city.  Mayor draws no salary but the assets of the great grand children have increased under the reign. 
Bon voyage alcalde.     

[MacGyver]

Possibly off-topic, but I noticed the City and the Qui-Tam group moved up the hearing to settle the Journal Entry of Judgment - a settlement proposed by the city? - two days ago.

http://www.oscn.net/applications/ocisweb/GetCaseInformation.asp?submitted=true&viewtype=caseGeneral&casemasterID=2115757&db=Tulsa

Has anyone looked in the file to see what's going on?

On topic: I never cared for how she got things done, but she did.  For better or worse.

MG

[Gaspar]

She could run for Governor...

Cmon Scott, she gave the standard "community commitment" speech last night. I like to call it the "Hillary Loves New York" speech. She will announce that she is running against John Sullivan when the time is right.  I will probably support her for that position.

It's unfortunate that the game of politics requires less than honest tactics in the advancement process, but it is what it is.  She will be a good representative for Oklahoma in that post, and I will vote for her unless a wild-card hits the field that I cannot resist.

It's the perfect storm for her.  Indicators show that the budget crunch will most likely be overcome, city revenue increased by the end of her term, the new ballpark will be complete, and the weak position of Sullivan makes a Taylor run a very winnable scenario.  With his shotty attendance record against her impeccable work ethic and dedication, she would be unwise not to take this opportunity.

I am sure that she is also being pressured to become a Washington voice by the very same supporters, and operatives that she would rely on for a Mayoral campaign.  They have tried, unsuccessfully, to get someone qualified to run against Sullivan for some time now.  I doubt that they would let her, or this opportunity for a massive flood of crossover votes to get away from them.

So get ready to act all shocked n' stuff when she announces that "the people have asked me to continue my passion for service as their representative in Washington."

I think I'd like to see her there.  Good luck Mrs. Mayor.