I sincerely hope..

[Vashta Nerada]

Don't hate the playa, hate the game?

TPD trying to paint themselves as some sort of "victim" in this, is a major fail.

[AquaMan]

It may be a fail in accuracy, but what makes you think it isn't a success in the general public, which isn't represented on this forum?

It was powerful to read the letter to the editor in this week's World, Thursday I think, from a former restauranteur who was present at the inspection at Joe Momma's and whose account differs from the TPD, but not enough to counter the bad PR that Blake got from the local tv stations.

I'm sure Blake knows that this is part of the cycle the press follows of building up people, events, and organizations till they peak in positive acceptance....then studiously tearing them down with the same tactics. The press is like bookies. They make money from the process. They don't care who wins.

[Vashta Nerada]

It was powerful to read the letter to the editor in this week's World, Thursday I think, from a former restauranteur who was present at the inspection at Joe Momma's and whose account differs from the TPD, but not enough to counter the bad PR that Blake got from the local tv stations.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=62&articleid=20130222_62_A14_Idonot955780&r=1060#3346868
Based on recent events, in Tulsa and across the country, it is very startling to see nine officers enter an establishment. And to do this "compliance inspection" at peak business hours when the owner is knowingly not present reflects an attitude of arrogance that is hard to comprehend.

[Hoss]

It may be a fail in accuracy, but what makes you think it isn't a success in the general public, which isn't represented on this forum?

It was powerful to read the letter to the editor in this week's World, Thursday I think, from a former restauranteur who was present at the inspection at Joe Momma's and whose account differs from the TPD, but not enough to counter the bad PR that Blake got from the local tv stations.

I'm sure Blake knows that this is part of the cycle the press follows of building up people, events, and organizations till they peak in positive acceptance....then studiously tearing them down with the same tactics. The press is like bookies. They make money from the process. They don't care who wins.

There's no such thing as 'bad' PR.  The Police handled this poorly.  Blake probably could have handled it better, but in this instance, after this and listening to the radio interview he did, I tend to side with him.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Still wondering....why Bartlett hasn't started an "investigation"....?

Oh, wait...I almost forgot...


This is the stuff people from outside see way too often when they look at Tulsa...from the IOC to Micron to .......!  Small town politics played in a medium sized metropolitan area that should have outgrown this particular kind of nonsense at least by the late 60's! 

[BKDotCom]

There's no such thing as 'bad' PR.

http://www.newson6.com/story/21436380/three-arrested-after-shot-fired-in-downtown-tulsa

[Hoss]

http://www.newson6.com/story/21436380/three-arrested-after-shot-fired-in-downtown-tulsa

Were these guys arrested of expired gaming stickers?

Given that Ch6 can't even spell the name of the business correctly (given that it's in huge script out front of the scene) I'm not going to worry too much about it.  Considering that there are about 6 other businesses on that block.

[rdj]

Were these guys plants by TPD to scare off potential customers of the Blue Dome?  

EDIT:  Fixed grammar.

[Teatownclown]

There goes the neighborhood....

[Vashta Nerada]

ABLE's Smoot held a press conference to deny rumors he's a heavy handed bureaucrat justifying his job:

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Law-enforcement-team-up-for-Mayfest/8ARQ_x9kBk6poEIOIRkgCQ.cspx

[patric]

This seems to be a lucrative area for stopping people coming from restaurants and bars.
Last night the ABLE/OHP/TPD trio targeted the area with another roadblock; of the 275 stops only 12 were for DUI, the rest were for "other."