as the mayor of a city, why is it so important that people support small business? well, for our city, we really live and die off of sales tax revenue. that s for about 80% of our revenue comes from sales tax receipts. small business is the life blood of a community. there is so much of it around. if we promote small business, it brings local people, supports local people. we are not quite as tied to decisions that might be made outside of our community with the big box stores. locally, tulsa, our economy is doing very, very well. the rest of the country, unfortunately, is not doing that hot. we might have a different buying pattern and a more affordable buying pattern than other cities in our country. decisions that are made locally usually are in our best interest. are you and other city officials getting behind this? are you going to be out there on saturday buying stuff at stores? absolutely.