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Senator Inhofe endorses Bartlett

By Staff Report

Senator Jim Inhofe

Senator Jim Inhofe

Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced this morning an endorsement from fellow Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, also a former mayor of Tulsa.

“Senator Inhofe is not only a former Tulsa mayor, he is the senior member of Oklahoma’s Republican congressional delegation.

“Senator Inhofe is the ideal leader to kick-off our campaign to bring Republicans and conservative Democrats together so can keep a fiscal conservative in charge of City Hall, balance our budget and stay focused on priorities like public safety and street maintenance.”
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Election Preview: The race for mayor

By David Arnett, Publisher

TulsaTodayLogoPicAnalysis:  Tuesday the City of Tulsa will vote to decide who will lead the city as mayor.  The three top contenders are incumbent Mayor Dewey Bartlett, former-Mayor Kathy Taylor and former-City Councilor Bill Christiansen.  All are well known and, from internal polls provided to Tulsa Today from multiple sources, voter support of each candidate is not moving much despite a barrage of direct mail and broadcast advertising.

Bartlett and Christiansen both interviewed with Tulsa Today and you may read those interviews for detail on their positions, click here for Mayor Dewey Bartlett and click here for former-Councilor Bill Christiansen.

Former-mayor Kathy Taylor, despite claims of transparency and openness, failed to respond to repeated requests for an interview.  Taylor has focused on limited interviews, glittering generalities and paid public pronouncements.  The joke during her term was a question of how many lawyers does a lawyer need to serve as Mayor of Tulsa?  The answer for Taylor didn’t matter as the Oklahoma Supreme Court set aside Taylor’s payback of tax money to the Bank of Oklahoma for the Great Plains Airline debacle – so much for competent council.
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