Press - Consensus Sought on Streets Plan
Posted on: August 8, 2008
This summer, the Mayor has heard it all.
"Tulsans are clearly passionate about our streets," said Taylor, citing recent town hall meetings and Neighborfest gatherings. In the town hall meetings and in one-on-one conversations, people are making themselves heard on a fall ballot issue on street improvement. "Hundreds of people took the time to attend the meetings and give us input on their priorities. And everywhere I go, people come up to me to share their thoughts on this issue."
According to Taylor, the message from residents has been loud and clear. "Fix the streets and fix them now."
Taylor says the final plan forwarded to voters should do the following:
1) be sensitive to working families facing economic challenges
2) ensure a continued committment to public safety personnel
3) safeguard the City's financial flexibility to deal with emergency situations such as last winter's ice storm
4) dedicate all funding from the streets plan only to the streets and not other projects
"I will support a plan from the Council that has broad consensus, but we must respect the fact that right now, people in the city are having a hard time." Read the Tulsa World story here.