Beautiful BOK Center

[BKDotCom]

It sure as heck is if "we the people" vote for it to be.

And considering this all started with "Believe it or not, there are people who, when they come to Tulsa, wish to see the Boston Ave Church,"

Which was interpreted as pro-Tourism..

Apparently Boston Ave Church is now government run?

[rwarn17588]

Right....keep telling yourself that.

How much investment have we made over the years trying to attract those outside dollars? What outlay does the city make each year to subsidize, maintain, and market tourism? What's our loss? Significant.
In light of the current budgetary nightmare (which will last for years), it's easy to see where the city has gone way overboard with municipal spending that will never have a decent return....BOK Center included.

They need to privatize everything from IT to property. Only education, law and order, and public werks should remain under city control.

There are so many holes in that argument, I don't know where to start.

First off, the City of Tulsa has no control over the area education system.

Second, you make an assumption that the city spends too much on tourism, without giving any hard facts on how much. It seems like you have no idea yourself, but even if you don't know, it's gotta be too much anyway. 

Then there's the real and robust multiplier effect of tourism, which you ignored.

Wasn't the BOK Center built with a separate, dedicated tax? Isn't it turning a healthy profit right now? What's the loss to the city with operating expense if it's making a profit?

FOTD, you're slipping, man.

[FOTD]

rewarn, FOTD was speaking towards city priorities be they delegated to boards or chambers or relegated to in house.... So funny that pols think government intervention is bad unless those pols and their elitist benefactors can siphon off the public to the detriment of education, infrastructure, law and order and public health. The city is broke. Why?

Slipping? Me? Is that like what's happened to our city? Maybe it's that environmental effect. It's dark out there....