I agree with all of your comments, BDP.

As for Tulsa city leaders, they also have suburbs to actually compete with. I mean - really, not in the way Edmond "competes," with OKC. The Tulsa burbs are pro-active in so many ways that force Tulsa into making tough choices and sometimes without the backing of the public because of the, "it's all Tulsa," attitude. The many Tulsans I know don't care whether it's in Broken Arrow or Jenks or wherever -- it's "all Tulsa." But unfortunately, when it comes to financing Tulsa proper that attitude backfires.

Tulsa is a great city in many ways. So is Oklahoma City. Tulsa is a better city in some ways - Oklahoma City is better in others. We should all feel good to have two great cities in our state.