Incumbent Tulsa mayor Dewey Bartlett and city councilman G.T. Bynum, who’s challenging him for the post, squared off in a debate Wednesday night, and the forum’s conclusion turned contentious.
The candidates sparred over the jail, the education sales tax, and city mowing cycles, according to the Oklahoma Public Media Exchange’s John Durkee.
The end of the program was interrupted by perennial candidate Paul Tay, who took the stage and demanded time to speak.
"It is a platform. You are blocking other voices. We have other voices, sir,” Tay said, according to a video recorded by The Frontier. He also referred to an RSU cameraman as "Matt Damon."
Only candidates with 10 percent of the vote in a recent SoonerPoll were invited to the debate, and Tay only received 1.6 percent.
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