When a City Council should just say NO.
Monday, August 30th, 2010
It’s time to get picky.
That’s right I’m going to start off a new week being picky.
From Channel 6 in Tulsa we learn …
The Tulsa City Council will consider writing an ordinance that approves of the Mayor’s spouse having official city business cards.
The proposal is a response to an ethics complaint over the City of Tulsa issuing a $16 dollar box of business cards to Victoria Bartlett, the wife of Mayor Dewey Bartlett. The cards were paid for with taxpayer funds and display the City of Tulsa seal.
Councilors John Eagleton and GT Bynum are co-sponsoring the ordinance, which will be up for discussion for the first time next Tuesday. It would apply to any mayoral spouse, not just Mrs. Bartlett, who Mayor Bartlett frequently refers to as “The First Lady of Tulsa.”
Victoria Bartlett volunteers her time to work on several City initiatives and represents her husband occasionally at public appearances.
NO … NO … NO.
Sure when I was a Mayor I joked about my wife being a ‘First Lady” too. Who cares about that?
But official business cards?
Even if it is only $16.
NO .. NO … NO.
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