Last minute slime
In District 2, Paul Prather's last minute campaign postcard, which hit mailboxes today, features misleading personal attacks against his opponent, Rick Westcott. On his website, Westcott responds to the attacks with specificity. If you live in District 2, or know someone who does, please read his response. Rick is a good man, he'll be a great councilor, and he deserves better than Prather's slime tactics.
In District 6, Theresa Buchert sent out a letter distorting Jim Mautino's record to portray him as anti-growth, when the reality is that Mautino has worked hard to encourage growth and development in District 6. Larry Wilson of Citizens for Fair and Clean Government posted a response which is pretty harsh in tone, but he rebuts the attacks on Mautino.
On his own website, Jim Mautino has posted his flyer and a letter from his wife. Both pieces talk about what he has done to encourage quality development in east Tulsa. His biggest obstacle has been the Public Works Department, which seems more interested in encouraging development in the suburbs than developing the rest of Tulsa. Theresa Buchert's husband Mike is assistant director of the Public Works Department.
Jim Burdge is the campaign consultant by appointment to the Cockroach Caucus. He led the failed recall attempt against Jim Mautino and Chris Medlock, and he is renowned in Republican circles for his last minute slime attacks. He has been connected with campaigns for Prather, Buchert, Zarley in District 7, Stava in District 9, Martinson in District 5, and Christiansen in District 8. There's a certain style to the postcards he designs -- almost always a yard sign image covering the whole of one side -- and he consistently uses a mail house with bulk rate permit number 2146. (Other consultants use the same mail house.) The "vote no" postcards, regarding the zoning petition charter change, look very much like his handiwork.
If you don't like these slimy tactics, the best way to deter them in the future is to defeat the candidates who use them.
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!!! ATTENTION DISTRICT 2 VOTERS !!! Paul Prather has stooped to the lowest of lows in an 11th Hour mudslinging fest. In a page directly out of "Burdge's" campaign playbook, the person that handled the Recall campaign, Prather has sent... Read More
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Disgusting! My prayer for today is that God will be glorified by the obedience of His people performing our civic duty in great numbers. If this occurs, righteous public servants will win, and open, fair and transparent local government will be possible. If not, the Good Old Boys will continue to hold Tulsa in their greedy grip.
buchert hit my house with a flyer on saturday. the flyer said little of substance and she did not seem to want to stay and talk about issues. all i can say is, she's no mautino.
as to the public works department, they can't seem to accomplish anywhere near what broken arrow public works does. maybe we can hire their guy for tulsa.