Whose the captain of this ship?

The mayor and the city counsel are supposed to be an asset tp the city, not collective &^*!#&. They are the executive and legislative branches of the city government. They are nine men and a woman who have authority. They can lead Tulsa in everything from trash to economic development (spelled JOBS). Look at these samples of commeraderie.

June 16, 2010 -

"Attorneys for a majority of city councilors filed on Friday a motion in Tulsa County District Court to dismiss a civil lawsuit alleging the council violated the Open Meetings Act.

The motion states that the three citizens, who filed the lawsuit, do not have the right to do so because the cause is of criminal nature."

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20100723_11_0_Attorn343696&rss_lnk=11

July 27, 2010 -

But potential charges against Bartlett and Simonson or the lawsuit against the council should be separate discussions, they said.
Councilor John Eagleton, with whom Bullock did not meet, agreed.
“I don’t know how you repair a toxic relationship like what we have,” he said.
Bynum has suggested that the council and mayor meet to resolve their issues, and Christiansen said he met with Bartlett weeks ago for the same reason.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20100727_11_0_LusBlo626547&rss_lnk=11

"Toxic"?, "potential charges against Barlett and Simonson"?, citizens suing the counsel?, "attorneys for a majority of city councilors"?

Let's ask this question. Would any company thinking about coming to Tulsa, while doing the normal due diligance locate in Tulsa? Certainly they would think twice about walking in to a city that has leadership that works against itself, even to the extent of employing lawyers against each other. Who coes that hurt?

Everone in the city looking for a job. Not only will this mitigate against jobs for residents of Tulsa, it will cause everyone to think about moving to greener employment pastures. How does that sound Mr. sales tax base>