Saturday, February 24, 2007

Tulsa County Municipal Tax Rates

The City Councils of Glenpool and Bixby made major shows this week of supporting the County on the issue of Tulsa annexing the land upon which the Fairgrounds sits. Was that neighborly?

How long ago was it that I and some of my fellow Tulsa city councilors were ripped apart by the Tulsa World opinionistas for questioning Tulsa's water policy that benefits the suburbs to the detriment of the city?

However, before I begin to waller in bitterness of the lack of consistency in the World's editorial policy, let simply point out that Glenpool and Bixby, have very little standing as the "tax payer's friend." Below, I present to you, the various sales tax rates of the various municipalities in Tulsa County. Judge for yourself which city council's are kindest to their citizens when it comes to taxation.
Glenpool...........(4.0 cents)
Sapulpa.............(4.0 cents)
Bixby.................(3.5 cents)
Sand Springs....(3.5 cents)
Tulsa.................(3.0 cents)
Owasso.............(3.0 cents)
Sperry..............(3.0 cents)
Broken Arrow..(3.0 cents)
Skiatook............(3.0 cents)

Makes one wonder how these communities, with their exploding tax bases, can attempt to begrudge Tulsa, with its shrinking tax base, what little incremental tax revenue Tulsa would realize from annexation.

As for those residents of Bixby and Glenpool who are opposed to higher sales taxes, maybe you should look for new representation on your respective city councils.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr. Medlock seems to omit that all sales taxes are approved via a vote by their respective taxpayers when they feel these increases are justified. I'm sure this was just an oversight on his part.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Medlock needs to also research his blog comments before he puts them out there. If he had, he would have found out that four of the five Glenpool City Councilors were not seated on the Council when “Will of the People” implemented the last City Tax increase, which was a VOTE by the people. To insinuate that the residents of Glenpool need to look for new representation really makes me wonder where he is coming from, since these councilors were not there when the taxes passed by the people. I’m also starting to understand why the residents of Tulsa, didn’t elect him as their Mayor. The Councilors of the Glenpool City Council that are seated now, are very much aware of the tax situation that Glenpool is in and spend each cent collected wisely and with each citizen in mind.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Medlock needs to also research his blog comments before he puts them out there. If he had, he would have found out that four of the five Glenpool City Councilors were not seated on the Council when “Will of the People” implemented the last City Tax increase, which was a VOTE by the people. To insinuate that the residents of Glenpool need to look for new representation really makes me wonder where he is coming from, since these councilors were not there when the taxes passed by the people. I’m also starting to understand why the residents of Tulsa, didn’t elect him as their Mayor. The Councilors of the Glenpool City Council that are seated now, are very much aware of the tax situation that Glenpool is in and spend each cent collected wisely and with each citizen in mind.