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Tuesday, November 10 is municipal election day in Tulsa. Polls will be open 7 a.m-7 p.m. Locate your precinct here: Precinct Locator.

This is what you’ll see on the ballot:

All Ballotts will include:

Mayor – 4 candidates

• Tom Adelson–Democrat
• Dewey Bartlett–Republican
• Lawrence Kirkpatrick–Independent
• Mark Perkins–Independent)

City Auditor – 2 candidates

• Preston Doerflinger–Republican
• Phil Wood (incumbent)–Democrat

Proposed changes to City Charter (vote for or against each of the following 3)

1. Person holding the office of City Auditor must be a certified public accountant or certified internal auditor 
2. City Councilors will serve 3 terms with councilor terms staggered so that no more than 3 districts will have an election in any given year.
3. Require that before any claim or lawsuit where the settlement is equal to or greater than $1,000,000 can be settled the Mayor and City Council must agree to the settlement.

For those living in Council District 3, 4, 6 or 9, you’re ballots will also have candidates for your district city councilor. Unsure which district you’re in. Click here: District Finder.

District 3

• Karl William Hutcher–Republican
• David Patrick (incumbent)–Independent
• Roscoe Turner–Democrat

District 4

• Maria Barnes–Democrat
• Eric Gomez (incumbent)–Republican

District 6

• Jim Mautino–Republican
• Dennis Troyer (incumbent)–Democrat

District 9

• G.T. Bynum (incumbent)–Republican
• Roger Lowry–Democrat

For more on the candidates, visit the Tulsa World Elections page.

Tulsa is a week away from choosing it’s next mayor, don’t go to the polls uninformed. Election day is Tuesday, November 10.

Here are a few places to help you get to know the candidates

• The race is on (Tulsa People Magazine)
• Tulsa Elections (Tulsa World)
• Decision 2009 (KJRH Channel 2)

Also read the candidates positions on their websites:

• Tom Adelson
• Dewey Bartlett
• Lawrence Kirkpatrick (no website available)
• Mark Perkins

If you’re looking for information about Tulsa’ mayoral candidates, links to their websites are below. Each contains biographical information, candidate’s view of the issues facing Tulsa and more. 

Adelson for Mayor

Bartlett for Mayor

Mark Perkins for Mayor

The general election to decide our next will happen Tuesday, November 8, 2009. Here are a few dates to remember in the meantime.

Friday, Oct 16. – Registration Deadline Nov. 10
General Election

Sunday, Oct 25 – Mayoral Forum, OK
Equality
Center, 5 pm

Monday, Oct 26 – Mayoral Forum, Clinton Middle
School, 6:30 pm

Also of note, on October 13, 2009 Owasso and Sand Springs will hold special school bond elections. For more information on each, here are links to the ballots

Owasso

Sand Springs

The Tulsa City Council and Mayor Kathy Taylor will host a series of town hall meetings to discuss street improvments that will be included in a summer election, the date of which is yet to be decided.

The meetings will all begin at 6:30 p.m. The Schedule is as follows:

The Tulsa City Council will consider the package during its Thursday evening Council meetings, and discuss the details of the package at Tuesday morning committee meetings. Council meeting schedules are available online.

The weather in Oklahoma is anything but predictible, and this weekend proved no different. Saturday and Sunday ushered in storms with heavy rain, fierce winds and in some cases hail. Along with the wind and rain came a shower of tree limbs and powerlines.

The City of Tulsa has already announced, beginning June 15, there will be a city wide pick up of fallen limbs and debris. The City asks that limbs be left curbside bundled in 4 foot bundles, weighing no more than 50 pounds. Or, if you prefer to do on your own, the City’s Greenwaste site is open everyday, except holidays, to accept your green waste. They also make available to you, free of charge, fire wood and wood chips for your garden.

As of this posting some 22,000 Tulsa residents are still without power. Fear not though, just as the power company set busy to work after the ice storm, they have done the same in response to the weekend’s mishaps. If you need to report an outage or have questions about your service, phone 888-218-3919.