By ZACK STOYCOFF Staff Writer on Aug 26, 2013, at 12:12 PM Updated on 8/26 at 12:20 PM
CITY HALL
We asked you to send in your suggestions for naming the city’s $918.7 million capital improvements package in honor of the ...
Anything but Vision2.
That tends to be the only preference among city officials in naming the coming $919.9 million ...
I'm ashamed that today’s story about Tuesday’s capital improvements town hall meeting failed to mention perhaps the most ...
Tulsa City Councilors Karen Gilbert (from left), David Patrick, Blake Ewing, Jeannie Cue and Jack Henderson at a previous City Council meeting. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World file
Now that Tulsa City Councilors have finalized plans to send their $918.7 million capital improvements proposal to voters Nov. 12, it’s finally time to name the thing.
After all, voters wouldn’t go simply for “2013 capital improvements package,” would they?
Barrett Waller of Waller & Co. Public Relations, a group developing marketing strategies for the package, told the council last week that polling and discussions with residents have led his company to suggest three names for the proposal: "Improve Our Tulsa," "Invest in Tulsa" and "Fix Our Streets and City."
Councilors decided to mull them over the weekend and possibly pick a name in a formal vote Tuesday.
But here's the problem: They didn't appear to jump at any of the name suggestions. Several councilors even suggested their own alternative: "The 918 Initiative" — owing to Tulsa’s area code as well as the size of the proposal.
Should the name really reflect the size?
Should it reflect its contents? More than 70 percent is devoted to streets and other transportation projects. (
You can learn more about it here.)
I don’t have the answers, but I’m hoping you do.
Post your suggestions in the comment section or tweet your ideas to me
@ZackStoycoffTW using the hash tag
#NametheCIP.
I’ll pick the best suggestions and post them in a blog along with your name or Twitter handle before councilors vote.
Maybe you’ll get their attention.
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