There is no doubt that Bartlett backed Taylor in 2009 before she dropped out of the Mayor's race. But did he support her back in 2006? Based on what I thought I remembered, what others were saying, and a 2009 Tulsa World article, I had reported that he did, but after digging a little more, I'm not so sure.
One of my fiends received a communication from the Bartlett campaign categorically denying that he supported her in 2006. Finding that rather shocking, I decided to dig a little deeper.
I looked through the Tulsa World Archives, and I could find no 2006 reference of Bartlet's support of Taylor.
I checked the web archive of Taylor's website from the 2006 election and did not find his name on her site. (http://web.archive.org/web/20060507224121/www.taylorfortulsa.com/supporters.php) (by the way web.archive.org is a great resource for this kind of thing)
I checked several blogs, including my own, for any reference to Bartlett's suport of Taylor, and came up empty.
I thought perhaps he supported her with his money. So I went to the City Clerk's office and asked for all the C1 forms from 2006, but could find no donation to her campaign in his name or from any PAC that he might have been associated with. It allso doesn't look like he donated to LaFortune either.
The only reference I can find, in print, that Bartlett Supported Taylor in 2006 is a 2009 Tulsa Wolrd article about his entrance into the Mayoral Race. (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090626_11_A14_DeweyB599762&archive=yes)
Even though Taylor — who has decided not to seek re-election — is a Democrat, Bartlett backed her 2006 mayoral campaign, and she asked him to co-lead an analysis and gather public input before last fall's Fix the Streets package was assembled. He said he would not have run if she had campaigned for a second term.If Bartlett supported Taylor in 2006, I can find no hard evidence for it. My guess is that Bartlett must have said something about the race, off the record, to enough people that it must have resonated into the belief that he publicly supported her, or perhaps we are all just wrong.
For some voters it is a moot point as there is no denying that he backed her in 2009. The obvious concern to people that find this upsetting is the concern that a Bartlett administration might mirror the Taylor Administration.
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For some voters it is a moot point as there is no denying that he backed her in 2009.
Exactly.
I'm getting tired of these awful choices. With Adelson, we all know he's about as flaming a liberal as you can get. No surprises. He'll stab us in the fron. With Bartlett, we have excellent reason to believe he'll stab us in the back once in office. Either way, we're likely to get ventilated.
On the whole, I've about made up my mind to cast my vote for Bartlett. Even if he doesn't govern as a conservative, all the "conservative" comments he's made lately might at least make him feel guilty when he governs like a Democrat, and there's a perverse sense of satisfaction in that.
The important part for me is that Bartlett(R) supported Taylor(D) in 2009 before any Republicans had put their hat in the ring.
He hasn't denied supporting her in 2006. And she did appoint him to a Board(?) position.
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