More good news electorally.
That’s odd. When did they start changing some of the Mayoral election schedules of these cities ? That’s the second one I’ve learned of today (the other being Camden, NJ, which on my list I thought wasn’t up until next year). Tulsa’s wasn’t supposed to be until next year as well. I try to keep meticulous track of that...
Anyway, although Tulsa is GOP-leaning, since then-Mayor Jim Inhofe left office in ‘84, we’ve only won twice, once in ‘88 (for a two-year term) and again in ‘02 (Bill LaFortune lost reelection in ‘06). Dewey Bartlett, Jr. is the namesake son of the former Governor and Senator.
Well, I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but Dewey is no prize. The Republicans in Tulsa tend to be the country club variety. There are a handful of families who run the city, and they are the ones who are always thinking up new ways to spend taxpayer money. They hand a lot of it over to a group called the Metro Chamber which is always dreaming up ridiculous, expensive projects that they try to foist on the city and county. Meanwhile, the streets are horrible and the street lights are often turned off to save $. Don’t expect great things from Dewey and his pals.
This is AWESOME. Tulsa has suffered some losses with some major oil people moving out of state. Hopefully Bartlett can get it back on track.
Now we will have a Republican Mayor of Tulsa as we head into the 2010 statewide elections where most of the seats are up for election.