Is it time for city leaders to get a pay raise?That was the topic at today’s city council meeting since some positions have been at the same pay rate for more
Tulsaâs Fraternal Order of Police had nothing to do with a dark money campaign that produced ads that distorted and misrepresented the positions of two Tulsa City Council candidates the union opposed, the organizationâs leader said.
Dark money refers to expenditures on behalf of campaigns without the original source of the funds being disclosed.
The Tulsa World reported in October that a Columbus, Ohio-based political action committee was behind a series of over-the-top mailers that portrayed District 7 City Councilor Lori Decter Wright as a carpetbagging liberal whose values donât align with Tulsaâs, and made District 5 candidate Mykey Arthrell out to be an extremist who supported defunding the police.
A second Tulsa city councilor in two weeks is in isolation due to the coronavirus.
Councilor Connie Dodson said she missed the councilâs Wednesday morning committee meeting because of a COVID-related issue. Dodson declined to say whether she had tested positive for the virus.
Dodson said she notified City Council staff Tuesday that she was in isolation and has already discussed her situation with city physician Dr. Phillip Berry. Two weeks ago, former Councilor Cass Fahler missed the council s Nov. 24 special meeting after testing positive for the virus earlier that day.
Berry won t reevaluate Dodson until the 17th, she said. âSo I will miss, basically, this weekâs meeting and next weekâs meeting, as well.â