On Friday I did a lot of running around. Starting at the end of my trip and working my way toward the beginning, I discovered that Tulsa will be the proud recipient of a Dave and Busters! It's next to the Best Buy on 71st. The best I can tell it will be the first one in Oklahoma Isn't it nice to get something before OKC? (I'm still bitter that they got their Krispy Kreme first) Dave and Busters is basically an arcade for adults. Eat, Drink, Play is their motto, It should be a nice sales tax revenue source for Tulsa.
Earlier in the day, I went to Doubleshot Coffee Company to purchase some green coffee beans for my roaster. Apparently the owner's father restores antique carousel animals, and is displaying a lion in the front of his store, it is pretty cool.
Doubleshot is where I headed after I toured the new Tulsa City Hall building. I arrived downtown, at 2nd and Cincinnati, primarily to obtain the ID badge that I would need for future Sales Tax Overview committee meetings. While I was there, I did receive a limited tour.
There is do doubt that this is an extremely nice building; it has scores of conference rooms, small meeting areas, internet cafes, and what a view! It may look like an ice cube on the outside, but on the inside it really is a beautiful building. I think I actually like it. However, what I do not like is all the security. It remains to be seen what the final security arrangements will be for the general public. I know that there will be a public entrance, with access to the conference rooms that will be used for public meetings, however, it looks like we will be losing the some of the access to our elected officials that we enjoyed at the old city hall. It is ironic that city hall is now basically a glass house but we will be able to see our elected officials even less than we could before.
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