Mr. Neal -I was against 4 to fix because I don’t believe that the County should levy a sales tax. However, even if I felt that a county sales tax was appropriate, I would have still voted against 4 to Fix because of the bridge. For the record, here are the reasons that STCC opposed 4 to Fix:* The County government should be able to perform its governmental functions by relying solely on its legitimate property tax revenue;
Thank you for your email. With regard to STCC's influence, STCC is very proud of what it was able to accomplish with only $2,000 and a handful of volunteers. With regard to STCC's motives for opposing 4-to-Fix, STCC is not aware of any official statement by STCC claiming that "if you don't do what we want in our neighborhood, then we are against everything in the county." Please visit www.thestcc.com for the reasons STCC opposed 4-to-Fix.
Mr. Neal, STCC believes that both STCC and you bestow great citizenship on the city, county and state. Both of us like to express our opinions on a wide range of topics and issues. While we may not agree all of the time or even most of the time, STCC believes that debate is good and that educated people can have differing opinions. Thanks again for your email.
South Tulsa Citizens Coalition
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Neal
To: movethatbridge@cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: STCC Declares Victory
Let's see now: After months of rhetoric and barrels of ink and who knows how much arm-twisting, you convinced 58 per cent to vote against. Even if you weren't there, the vote would have probably been about 50-50. So much for your influence.And let's don't forget: the motive for opposition to 4 to Fix was "if you don't do what we want in our neighborhood, then we are against everything in the county." Great citizenship, don't you think?
* Sales taxes are the lifeblood of every municipality and these municipalities, especially the City of Tulsa, cannot afford to keep giving this potential source of revenue away to the County;Only one of those reasons had to do with a failure to listen to the concerns of the citizens of South Tulsa. Politicians care about two things: re-election, and money. I do not see anything wrong with sending our elected representatives, the following message, “If you don't listen to us, then we won’t give you any more money!”
* The County's broken process of ignoring citizens' concerns and making bad financial decisions will not be fixed by giving the County more money in sales tax; and
* The County gave away over half a billion dollars in toll revenues to private investors to build a bridge, yet now the County wants to raise everyone's taxes for only $62 million.
Ken, opposition in this from is indeed great citizenship.
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5 comments:
Every time Mr. Neal puts pen to paper, I find myself laughing. I have followed his ramblings on the bridge issue and this is simply further proof that he lacks the ability (willingness) to engage in any type of positive discourse. Keep it up, Mr. Neal!!
Do you suppose ol' Ken will be laughing quite so hard if, say, the third penny goes down by eight percent more than he expected? Or if Medlock wins the race for mayor with only 58 percent of the vote?
Doin' my best to make it happen.
Appears Ken is still running around town in nothing but a cape.
Someone should try to keep him off of high places, though.
How does a fifth-grader rate such a high post at the World, anyway?
This is a very classy response from STCC. I don't think that I could have been as kind.
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