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"This sham survey should be met with skepticism, given the controversial relationship between the Mayor's office and the Tulsa Community Foundation, who are funding this survey in order to promote the 1,100 recommendations made in the KPMG efficiency study of Tulsa's government, which also was funded by the foundation. Remember that during the KPMG study, the private funders were given first access to revise and edit an early version of the report, will that be the case with this survey? If this quote from Mayor Bartlett is any indication, you can almost certainly count on it.
"Obviously, since they are footing the bill, they are wanting to put their two cents worth in,"
Dewey Bartlett Jr.
Tulsa World 08/25/10
"Draft of City of Tulsa efficiency report shown to private donors"
Furthermore, the lack of Council input into developing this survey should certainly raise eyebrows. The exclusion of the Council in this process casts doubt about the legitimacy and credibility of this survey that Mayoral Chief of Staff Terry Simonson, has been closely involved with developing. The Mayor seems to be operating under the assumption that the branches of Tulsa's government consist of the Tulsa Community Foundation and his office. Mayor Bartlett is sorely mistaken.
There is very little evidence this "survey" will amount to anything more than plutocratic, push/pull polling. If the Tulsa Community Foundation and the Mayor expect to claim this process has any transparency, at the very least, they should disclose the text of the surveys now and agree that these survey results won't be released to anyone until they are released to the general public.
Until this happens, Tulsans should boycott this sham survey for the B.S. it is."
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