Isaac Rocha's Top Ten Tulsa Ordinances Hit List

A recent Tulsa World article reported Tulsa Young Professionals Chairman Isaac Rocha had quite an "ah-ha" moment regarding Tulsa's laundry list of local ordinances.

Ever since I refused to pay the $15 fine or perform community service, and insisted on going to jail for waving the American flag, while bicycling, 37 TRO 1007, I have been compiling a laundry list of ridiculous city ordinances which really do nothing, except appoint Tulsa Police as nothing more than tax collectors.

If Isaac and TyPros are really serious about making changes, here's the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Tulsa City Ordinances that have overstayed their welcome:

10.  37 TRO 1007 Waving the American flag, while bicycling, criminalized.

9.   37 TRO 622 Bicycling on city streets, criminalized.

8.  27 TRO 1213 Spitting on streets, criminalized.

7.  27 TRO 1205 Dancing on streets, criminalized.

6.  27 TRO 1405 Cussing, criminalized.

5.  37 TRO 1104 Walking on the wrong side of the streets, criminalized.

4.  37 TRO 1102 Jaywalking, criminalized.

3.  27 TRO 500  Catch-all criminalizing the First Amendment.

2.  37 TRO 606 Disobedience to arbitrary dangerous traffic control devices, criminalized.

1.  42 TRO 1300 Not enough off-street parking, criminalized.  

Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer

City Councilors and the Mayor love to blame internet sales as the culprit to the City's never-ending financial woes.

Here's the Times article and the Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer with the real reasons why City transportation and land use policies are the real problems.

Who does G.T. Bynum really work for?

According to Title 12, Tulsa Revised Ordinances, Section 600, elected city officials "shall not use their public positions for personal gain nor should they act in such a way as to give an appearance of impropriety."

Good grief, if it looks like a duck, quack like a duck, ya think maybe it IS a duck?  Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.  NOT a chance.  NOT in a million years.  Can't possibly be true!

The Shannon Fallout for OK GOP

While going through all the rumblings flying all over the Net about the Shannon loss, it occurred to me that national GOP needed Shannon more than he needed them.  National GOP seems to be grasping at straws to put up some black guy, just about any random black guy, in a huge sea of white guys to put the lipstick on the pig.

Unfortunately, OK GOP wouldn't/couldn't deliver.  I suspect Steve Fair and crew are probably gonna get the back seat treatment at the next RNC.  It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, who out-walks any G.T. Bynum within spitting distance.

Citizen Tay Endorses Denis Palmer for Tulsa City Council District 1

Lost in the bruising battle between incumbent Jack Henderson and Vanessa Hall-Harper, is Denis L. Palmer.  He's made no public appearances.  He doesn't speak to media.  What's going on?  Who is he or she?

Who cares?  He can't possibly do any worse than either Henderson or Hall-Harper.  It turns out VH-H has very close ties to Victoria Bartlett, the brains behind the last Dewey win over Queen Kathy.  VH-H is also married to a TPD detective Marcus Harper.

Henderson's reaction to challengers is somewhat disconcerting.  He really didn't have to come across as the high and mighty something on a stick.

So, what say you, Denis Palmer?

UPDATE (25 JUN 14):  From Vanessa Hall-Harper..."I have absolutely NO connections to either Dewey or Victoria Bartlett.  It's all lies."   So, there you have it, people.  Citizen Tay stands to be corrected.  B.A.M.

Palmer lands 217 votes, 5%!  Take dat, Jim Rogers!

The first Air Force One

Citizen Tay Endorses Ewing for D4

After the TulsaNOW D4 candidate forum, my money's on Blake Ewing for D4 City Council.

Ewing said what was really on everyone's minds about Dan Patten, Dewey ringer.  B.A.M.

Patten doesn't seem to have a solid grasp of D4 issues, was spotty, and grasping at straws.  If he wins, it would because of NRA money.

Elissa Kay Harvill turned out to be the brightest bulb on the hot seat.  But, she will need to run at least a couple of more times, like John Eagleton, before she's ready for prime time to clearly articulate polished responses to the issues.

A few times, from the burning issues on everyone's minds, she came across as having no clue.  It would have highly entertaining if she had a better grasp of the issues to really put the stink up Ewing's butt.  But, dang it, it was not to be tonight or this primary.

Kudos to TulsaNOW for doing it.