If Hurricane Katrina caused the arena to go more than $50 million over budget, how come it didn have a similar effect on the cost of any other project?
The Tulsa County Vision Trust decided to allocate extra funding to the arena, because the estimated cost was wrong. Couldn’t they have done the same thing for the low-water dams and Zink Dam work promised in Vision 2025? And couldn’t they have decided to allocate less of the surplus receipts for the arena and hold some surplus back for the dams? Some of my fellow Tulsa bloggers are wondering about the river tax, too. First, let’s hear from some bloggers that are new to me Jason Kearney writes that “[n]o one was a bigger supporter of Vision 2025” than he was, but he’s voting no on the October 9th sales tax increase. Among some of his many reasons: For example, developers do not REQUIRE tax dollars to move forward with these projects, they just WANT them. Who wouldn’t? I can understand the county giving them a tax break for a few years, but they do not need tax dollars. County Commissioner Randi Miller has proven by her actions that she has much to gain with all of her maneuvering in thi
