Tulsa looks to tackle $10 million budget shortfall

By Justin Jouzapavicius

Published March 17, 2014 4:00am ET

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Tulsa looks to tackle $10 million budget shortfall — FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 file photo, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Tulsa, Okla. Kathy Taylor is challenging incumbent Bartlett, Jr. in Tulsa's mayor's race, which will be decided Tuesday.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) | Sue Ogrocki

TULSA, Okla. — The day after Dewey Bartlett Jr. won a second term as Tulsa mayor last year, he was asked about the estimated $6.4 million budget shortfall the city was dealing with at the time. Bartlett replied then that he thought Oklahoma’s second-largest city could manage its way out of the deficit hole through shrewd budgeting, a hiring freeze and consolidating various city-owned properties.

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