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Tell me, how do you know what funds would go to what project if Vision2 is to be passed? The proposals on the ballot have no projects listed but is a blank check for Tulsa County. All these projects that have been thrown about are nothing but suggestions to lure people into voting in favor of. In fact no monies would be allocated until after the vote, if it were to pass, by a panel of 7 individuals in secret meetings closed to public oversight. Vision2 is not the way to go. Vision2 is too rushed, too much, too vague, and too soon. We need to take our time and have contracts in place before just throwing all this money around. Tulsa can do better. Vote NO on prop 1 & 2! www.facebook.com/StopVision2
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@Golden_Ace21 We do own the property but if we were good landlords we would be charging the private corporations who occupy the buildings adequate rent that reflects the market value. Besides the fact that these private companies pay little (as low as $1 Dollar a year!!) to NO rent for the space, the lease they signed clearly states that the tenant, not Tulsa County taxpayers, are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the buildings. Furthermore, something like $135 MILLION would go towards equipment and training for American Airlines.
Now we have Don Walker, vice-chair for the pro-Vision2 folks, saying things like - "Were it not for the potential of job loss, I would never recommend that we borrow this money to renovate and repair the facilities, but we have to do it now," Sure sounds like a bailout to me. Even using the same type of emotional blackmail used to pass the bailouts on the federal level. Vision2 is too rushed. We don't know enough about these proposals to allow them to pass. Vote NO. www.Facebook.com/StopVision2
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Vision2 is nothing more than a bailout/ bribery fund for American Airlines (prop 1) wrapped in the guise of community improvement (prop 2).
The airport does needs repairs, but who is responsible for those repairs? According to the lease signed by IC Bus, American Airlines, Spirit, and others... they are, and not the taxpayers of Tulsa County as Dewey Bartlett would have you believe.
If Tulsa County and Mayor Bartlett cannot be trusted to hold to the contracts or to hold these private corporations accountable to the leases they have signed, how are we to believe they will hold to promises of grand projects that are not tied by contractual obligation to monies in prop 2? Every project that anyone has advocated for or that you have heard of in the news is nothing more than an idea. The money in prop 2 is not tied to ANY project and would not be tied to any project until AFTER the vote and then only when decided upon by a panel of 7 in secret meetings not open to public record. If that doesn't send up a red flag I don't know what will.
This may be a Vision, but a vision for whom? These proposals do not have Tulsa or Tulsa County citizen’s best interests in mind. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the projects suggested getting done, but to hand a blank check over to Tulsa County with very little to no oversight is not the way to do it.
If you are a conservative you cannot support these proposals as they encourage and condone crony capitalism, corporatism, and the government picking winners and losers. If you are a democrat you cannot support these proposals simply because they encourage and condone taking from the 99% to give to the 1%.
Vision2 is too rushed, too much, too sloppy, and too soon. Vote NO on Vision2, Prop 1 & 2. www.facebook.com/StopVision2
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