Friday Happenings

Two things of note today.

1. A few people gathered in front of Kathy Taylor's mansion to protest the layoff of 21 Tulsa Police Officers. I was there to take some pictures.






2.  Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith is attempting to remove District 2 Appointee Elizabeth Wright from the TMAPC. (full agenda here.)

AGENDA
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Monday, November 2, 2009
Tulsa County Administration Building
500 S. Denver, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Room 119, 9:30 A.M.

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VI. NEW BUSINESS

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D. Request for Public Hearing - (Board of County Commissioners) - to Consider the Removal of Elizabeth Wright as the District 2 Appointee, from the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, to be held

11/23/09 at 9:30 a.m.

Over at the Tulsa Now Forum Michael Bates had this to say.

Karen Keith has been lobbying Wright to resign, claiming that she wants to appoint someone for geographic balance. Wright has refused; her term expires in January 2011. Now, evidently, Keith is going to try to remove Wright for cause.

I have heard that developers don't like Wright because she asks questions they'd rather not answer.

Geographic balance is important, but I would hate to lose a planning commissioner who brings a neighborhood perspective to the table, understands zoning, and is able to stand up under pressure.