my view, Sand Springs (10/3/2009 9:38:09 AM)

With the donations made by Tom Adelson, it shows him to be a very liberal. Oh by the way the donation to Hillary Clinton by his wife Julie coming from a joint account was his also.

Bartlett donation to Lucky Lamons and Mary Easley does show that he is somewhat bipartisan. Though I have a problem with the Easley donation but can understand the Lamon's donation.

I don't have a dog in this fight and really don't care who gets elected Mayor of Tulsa. But any story with P.J. Lassek's byline attact to it I be careful. P.J. has proven to me over the years to be a partisan hack.

justiceawaits, Claremore (10/3/2009 7:47:50 AM)

The vote is still over a month away, but I`m leaning toward Adelson.
Trying to raise taxes or increasing the size of government are my two biggest no-nos.

Nuff, (10/3/2009 6:02:49 PM)

I'm voting for Adelson. He's the only one with any 'real' political experience. Bartlett wants to drill for oil in our parks. That's a conflict of interest.

ProTulsa, (10/3/2009 2:34:30 PM)

Perkins

CWG, Tulsa (10/3/2009 10:08:04 AM)

The R evil is lesser than the D evil. Check on the I's.

BetterorWorse, (10/4/2009 9:25:06 AM)

Mark Perkins gets my vote so far. He has remained on point addressing issues, has not entered this completely negative campaign program run by Adelson and Bartlett, has asked for specific, issue focued debates to no avail from Adelson or Bartlett yet.

All this fighting among the R & D camp does nothing more than distract from the true issues facing Tulsa. Neither R or D candidate has offered any real solutions or even ventures to truly quantify Tulsa's issues to let us know they even understand what the everyman/woman faces day to day. I also think either Adelson or Bartlett will just be more of the same that we got from Kathy Taylor...increased spending and increased taxes or legal fees to cover. You have only to look at Bartlett's and Adelson's campaign contributors to see the similarity to Taylor.

If Adelson is elected, the Tulsa Community Foundation which has supported many now scrutinized ventures such as the ballpark and its associated assessment will have more influence with his bother on the TCF. Bartlett will pander to the same Oil & Gas companies such as Oneok and Nadal Gussman, also partners with TCF. There needs to be someone to say Tulsa needs to try and do it on its own, that we're grateful for the efforts thus far but to re-establish faith and trust in city government, there needs to be some distance put between city politics and this local favored establishment.

bill m, (10/5/2009 1:30:35 AM)

BetterorWorse, Nadel & Gussman is run by none other that James F. Adelson, Tom Adelson's brother. Tom used to work for N&G too. Are you saying that Bartlett is in bed with the Adelsons?

Also, for the people saying vote for Mark Perkins, what exactly does he stand for and what is his experience? Why vote for him, other than the fact he isn't Tom or Dewey?

Finally, for those who say they are voting for Adelson because they don't want their taxes raised (such as justiceawaits)...look at the people who Adelson supported at the National Level with his campaign contributions. Obama, Kerry and Daschle. Some of the most liberal people to roam the halls of the US Capitol. I don't see how someone could vote for those people, and at the same time be against raising taxes. One has to question Adelson's beliefs when it comes to taxes if he is supporting people like that.

Tom and Julie are great people. But I obviously don't share their politcal views.

vermejojoe, (10/3/2009 10:18:33 AM)

Vote for Adelson....he looks just like Steve Martin. That will give us 10 comedians in elected positions.

MSLGW, Tulsa (10/3/2009 8:40:07 AM)

I`m leaning toward Adelson also, He is open minded and fair. My real pet peeve is the narrow mindedness and constant bashing by Republicans.

I changed from Republican to Independent because of the hostility and bigotry of the so called moral party. Enough is enough.