TMAPC Commissioner, Elizabeth Wright: Public Hearing

[Liz Wright]

And thank you - to all of you who sent emails, called etc. I really appreciate your support!

Also - thanks to everyone who called or emailed the commissioners - However, not one phone call or email of support was mentioned. Instead Keith is being painted as courageous and brave for taking this step and responding to the calls she received asking for the removal of Liz Wright.

Night -

[rwarn17588]

Did you have to flood the forum with 11 posts in a row???

Paul Tay got kicked off this board for not much less. Jeez Louise.

[inteller]

go away.

[patric]

Did you have to flood the forum with 11 posts in a row???

I found them informative,
and dont really mind if they were divided into chapters   

[Breadburner]

I found them informative,
and dont really mind if they were divided into chapters   

She has more info in 11 post than he has in 4049.....

[rwarn17588]

She has more info in 11 post than he has in 4049.....

Glad to see that I have such a loyal reader. 

[Liz Wright]

I found them informative,
and dont really mind if they were divided into chapters   

Sorry about the postings - my computer is goofing up and I couldn't write any longer than this little box. I am trying to provide some comment (insight?) -  then again Leighty calls it "the dirty laundry of the TMAPC". Dirty, clean, white or colored - all of this affects the public.

Citizens should be able to ask questions and scrutinize anyone who represents them. And in turn - honest answers should be expected. I do not belong to the ruling class that feels they know whats better for the masses.  Inform - educate - illuminate. Messy business and well worth it. I stand by it.

[inteller]

if this forum really stood for anything it would post each meetings minutes and do a play by play.  In fact, the Tulsa World could get some good news out of the minutes by posting them and doing a play by play.  A weekly synopsis doesn't do the minutes justice.

when are all of you ridiculous idealists going to realize that this is the body that will proceed to destroy your precious  Planitulsa?  If you have any care about that you should be putting the TMAPC's feet to the fire and demand they get out of the way of any planitulsa hearing/approvals. 

[rwarn17588]

if this forum really stood for anything it would post each meetings minutes and do a play by play. 

I volunteer inteller to do the said play-by-play.

[inteller]

She has more info in 11 post than he has in 4049.....

that would be 4052 now.

[rwarn17588]

that would be 4052 now.

Oh, I'm so hurt. I will faint. 

The retort above is by the same poster who ripped into others for "smartass" comments and a "peanut gallery" ruining a thread a few days ago, but is guilty of the same offenses many times over on this board and is guilty now.

Physician, heal thyself.  Or you can simply disappear without a trace like you did, until very recently.

Oh. And Target is one of my favorite stores. 

[Tony C]

Unless you are looking for sports game scores, I wouldn't rely on the Tulsa Worlds' reporting on anything!

[inteller]

actually I've found the accuracy to have improved in recent weeks after getting rid of some loser copy editors back in October.

but they still have the bad habit of changing the tone of the story to suit their overlortons...as they have recently done with this story on Liz Wright.

[moonovrmia]

The Tulsa World reporting is definitely one-sided and elementary at best. Nothing original, the majority of stories are copied from other news sites and 2 days old.!
Forget their business section,, its embarrassing. And I've yet to see any real reporting on controversial topics in an unbias fashion... My highschool paper was better than what they put out.

[waterboy]

Aren't the TMAPC board meetings already televised? They're pretty sleepy stuff. Perhaps you're referring to different meetings?

A play by play might be helpful as long as there is someone doing "color". It's the context of some of these controversies that is elusive to those not following every zig and zag the players are making.

The World could be such a helpful element in Tulsa in that respect. Just imagine if they provided a few services within a separate section of their newspaper daily or weekly like:
         
         1. Print a pic of city councilors next to a map of the district and contact information.
         2. List the council agenda each week.
         3. Poll their own subscribers, thus at least representing their views on local issues
         4. Print the name, description of duties, agendas and location of powerful authorities responsible for critical background decisions that the city/county uses. (RPA, Airports, Industrial Authorities, INCOG, etc.)Then note the members names, occupations and contact info for them.
         5. Show voting precinct maps, school districts, bus routes, etc.

There is more they could do to unify, educate and inform their electorate so that small groups of insiders cannot manipulate public interests for their own purposes. They still have a substantial subscriber base, and though it may stun many of you , not everyone considers the internet as credible, as comfortable or as convenient as tucking a newspaper under your arm.

Though I understand Ms. Wright and others may be fighting a righteous battle, it seems to me they are fighting it one armed.