Our police officers and firefighters must know we support them and that they will have the resources they need to do their jobs. As Mayor, I will work to make Tulsa the employer of choice for police officers and firefighters in Oklahoma. I will seek and facilitate partnerships with our vibrant not-for-profit community to address crime in a comprehensive way.
Tulsa's Streets Good streets are more than a convenience — they are an economic necessity. I led the successful passage of the two largest street improvement programs in Tulsa history — without increasing the sales tax rate. If there is one thing people despise more than bad roads, its construction closing lanes when nobody is working. Because of this, I want to expand the hour-a-day street construction projects I worked to implement in Because we do not want to disturb families, this will remain only for targeted projects, but we must reduce the disruption to drivers.
As Mayor, I will vigilantly protect road funding from being used for other purposes. I will work with the county and the state to successfully partner on projects to help our citizens, and I will hold our vendors to the highest quality standards, deadlines, and budgets. We work hard, we care about our families, and we have a strong desire to do what is right.
Too often, however, we are segmented into our own silos. This has to stop. When I first joined the council, all too often divisiveness dominated City Hall. We all remember the headlines. There were lawsuits, ouster attempts, recall petitions, and many elected leaders simply did not speak to each other.
My first priority when joining the council was to promote a unifying approach. Fortunately, through perseverance and a lot of listening, I was successful. I developed the practice of holding an annual Mayor-Council retreat, reducing bickering at City Hall and focusing the city on a more proactive agenda.
It is this same approach I will take to continue to unite Tulsa toward our common goals. Our city and county simply must do a better job of working together.
We serve the same people. It is not a competition, but should be a partnership. My experience working with the County Commissioners on our Improve Our Tulsa and the current Vision proposal has given me the relationships and the insight to grow this collaboration. We must continue to talk and find ways to reduce duplication, save taxpayer resources, and improve the quality of the services we provide for Tulsa families.
I have already begun working with our local school districts to find the right way for our city to partner with them. I advocated for the current Vision proposal to include partnering with our school districts to address their teacher shortage crisis, and I led the effort to improve the relationship between our city police department and Tulsa Public Schools because we all want our children to be safer.
As mayor, I will have regular dialogue with Jenks, Union, and Tulsa Public Schools to find the appropriate way for the city to aid all of us in reaching our goals. Together, I know we can accomplish the high expectation of establishing Tulsa as the premier place in Oklahoma to receive an education.
It means engaging every neighborhood and, while maintaining unique identities, working together for the common good. For example: no Tulsan should sit idly by while a child born in one part of town has a life expectancy of 12 years less than someone born in another part of our city. Together, we can tackle this and other problems. We cannot let artificial divisions, partisan labels, geography or cultural differences divide us. It must be together. Together, we can build the kind of city we will be proud to pass on to the next generation.
Bynum was mayor of Tulsa during the weekend of May , , when events and activity took place in cities across the U. Events in Tulsa, Oklahoma , began on Saturday, May 30, The national guard was not deployed. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process.
Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.
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