G.T. Bynum: A Republican mayor's plan to replace partisanship with policy
G.T. Bynum: El plan de un alcalde republicano para reemplazar el partidismo con políticas
G.T. Bynum is using data-driven outcomes and trackable goals to break down historic lines of division. Full bio
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of my hometown, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
de mi ciudad: Tulsa, Oklahoma.
los dos periodos anteriores
a two-term incumbent,
the classic partisan playbook.
clásicamente partidista.
of Donald Trump.
al presidente Obama
that he sent to President Obama
por los refugiados sirios,
were coming to Tulsa.
iba a venir a Tulsa.
made me look like Voldemort,
me hacía ver como Voldemort
in the mail, like this.
pequeñas joyas como esta:
labor union has endorsed]
de EE. UU. ha apoyado a:]
most liberal labor union,"
"El sindicato más liberal",
the Tulsa Firefighters Union,
fuera el Sindicato de Bomberos de Tulsa,
como un bastión del liberalismo.
running for president
él ocupaba el cargo en su último año,
in his final year in that office,
never find the time to get together
encontramos el momento de reunirnos
the Tulsa mayor's race.
municipales de Tulsa.
al igual que mi oponente,
hits you in a campaign,
how you're going to respond,
with partisanship,
en el logro de resultados?
against someone,
tras una visión común?
behind a common vision?
to respond not with a negative ad
con propaganda negativa,
aún más sexy a la gente...
find even sexier --
increasing per capita income in our city,
el ingreso per cápita de nuestra ciudad
durante la campaña, sin tregua.
throughout the campaign,
a través de las cuáles nuestros votantes
in a very transparent way,
cómo nos estaba yendo
resultados, de ser yo elegido.
when we did that.
de profesionales jóvenes
populations in the country,
prestaron atención a este enfoque.
no solo manejan las compañías,
don't just run companies,
filantrópicas y sin fines de lucro.
institutions and nonprofits,
a hacer sacrificios hoy
to sacrifice today
can have a better future,
yo, G.T. Bynum,
en un promotor de circo,
of a circus promoter ...
de un Orville Redenbacher joven
of a young Orville Redenbacher ...
of Republicans and Democrats.
y ese enfoque son tan originales?
and that approach so novel?
recaer en desacuerdos filosóficos
philosophical disagreements
llevan a la división?
the red meat out to the base
a sus seguidores, que innovar.
dice que para ganar una elección
is that to win an election,
basest, divisive instincts.
y divisivos de tus votantes.
una elección de esa manera,
wins an election like that,
cómo podemos cambiar esa dinámica,
about how can we change that dynamic.
sea reemplazado por políticas.
is replaced with policy?
bipartisan movement across this country
que incluye a los dos partidos
is a guy named Mitch Daniels.
como director de presupuesto
as George W. Bush's budget director,
un amplio rango de programas federales
a broad range of federal programs
y resultados del proyecto.
and project results.
over a thousand federal programs.
más de mil programas federales.
vieron sus fondos recortados
had their funding reduced
demonstrate success.
no hizo buena publicidad
a well-publicized increase in funding
de los programas exitosos.
that did demonstrate success,
fue realmente popular en el Congreso
was never really popular with Congress,
se postuló para gobernador, fue elegido
to state programs,
a los programas estatales:
que no demostraban ser exitosos.
that could not demonstrate success,
increased funding for those programs
de manera muy pública,
demostraban ser exitosos.
the number of state troopers
el número de patrulleros estatales,
en las instituciones burocráticas
is the president of Purdue University,
de Pardue University
esta vez a la educación superior.
tuition levels for students there flat
el costo de la educación
a nivel federal, estatal y educacional,
applied this at the federal level,
en cuanto a las ciudades
the code for cities
empezó su periodo
able to do in New York City
en Nueva York en cuanto al crimen.
fue elegido alcalde de Nueva York
Mayor of New York,
mensual o, incluso, anualmente,
on a monthly, even an annual basis,
y repartían con base en esas estadísticas.
allocated based on those statistics.
so that crime statistics
para que las estadísticas de crímenes
even hourly basis,
o, incluso, cada hora.
would be allocated
podían desplegarse rápidamente
were occurring today
estaban ocurriendo hoy,
they were occurring last quarter.
el trimestre pasado.
y lo aplicó en Baltimore.
and he applied it in Baltimore.
that were most problematic for Baltimore
las más problemáticas para Baltimore
when you apply data in real time
los datos en tiempo real
los crímenes violentos de Baltimore
violent crime in Baltimore
lo que otra ciudad estaba haciendo,
what some other city was doing.
could be used to all of the problems
los problemas de su ciudad.
tras problema en Baltimore.
to issue after issue in Baltimore,
by mayors across the country
por alcaldes de todo el país
of our greatest challenges.
de nuestros mayores retos.
is a very simple one --
que se quiere alcanzar,
that you want to achieve;
el progreso hacia esa meta,
by which you can track progress
cheaply and quickly;
para probar esa medición
que se cree funcionarán,
you think would work,
de las estrategias que no funcionan
that don't work,
into those strategies that do.
to address housing issues
de su población indigente.
su tasa de criminalidad
to reduce their crime rates
desde los años sesenta.
not just for their city
bringing resources together
comunitario para reunir recursos
vacantes y abandonadas.
and abandoned properties.
en una ciudad de primer nivel
cuáles son nuestras metas
if we aren't clear in what our goals are
y las evaluaciones para alcanzarlas.
and evaluation to accomplish them.
notamos que mucha gente piensa
and we've found in implementing this,
con la creatividad.
as a contrast to creativity.
is actually quite the opposite.
for creative problem-solving,
soluciones creativas
estrategias rápidamente,
different strategies quickly,
al número de ideas que puedes probar.
things that you can test out.
usarlas y evaluarlas
that you can come up with
y entonces la refuerzas.
and then you double down on that.
that it lends itself to creativity
patrones de posesión
those old silos of ownership
encontramos en el gobierno.
los segmentos de tu comunidad
all the stakeholders in your community
or crime-fighting or education
el crimen o la educación
vacantes o abandonadas.
a la mesa de discusión
to address your common goal.
en una meta común.
common city initiatives,
habituales de las ciudades,
en reiteradas ocasiones:
now repeatedly,
de los empleados municipales,
morale at the city --
necesitamos empleados felices;
unless you've got happy employees;
en toda la comunidad.
throughout our community.
a cosas que no son tan tradicionales.
to things that are not so traditional
what cities are responsible for,
per cápita y nuestra población,
de graduados de secundaria
graduation rates,
that we face as a city.
que enfrentamos como ciudad.
comunidad afroamericana de EE. UU.
African American community in the country.
was known as Black Wall Street.
era conocida como el Wall Street Negro.
in American history.
en la historia de EE. UU.
fue quemado hasta los cimientos.
was burned to the ground,
afroamericana de nuestra ciudad
African American part of our city
than a kid that's born elsewhere in Tulsa.
que si naciera en otro lado de Tulsa.
esto es un tema unificador.
los 100 años de ese horrible evento.
of that awful event,
every tool that we can
todas las herramientas disponibles
en la expectativa de vida.
party registration cards
a la entrada de las reuniones.
votaste para presidente
you voted for for president
the decade of life
esa década de vida
from these kids right now.
ahora a esos niños.
and black folks,
y nativos americanos.
members of the city council,
y del Concejo Municipal,
gente de Trump y gente de Hillary
de que cada niño
an equal shot at a good life in our city,
para una buena vida en nuestra ciudad
they happen to be born in.
lo hubiera hecho.
done it before us.
el tipo de ciudad que quieran.
they're willing to build,
to build a city
construir una ciudad
y demócratas usen evidencia,
use evidence, data and evaluation
resolver nuestros mayores retos.
dejar a un lado el partidismo
where Barack Obama never carried
en que Barack Obama
pueden hacerlo en sus poblaciones.
o desperdiciadas en una generación.
our philosophical disagreements
nuestros desacuerdos filosóficos
esas aspiraciones que nos unen.
that unite us.
that is presented by innovation
que nos presenta la innovación
para nuestros vecinos.
for our neighbors.
y enfoquémonos en obtener resultados.
para todos nosotros.
to a better future for us all.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
G.T. Bynum - Mayor of Tulsa, OklahomaG.T. Bynum is using data-driven outcomes and trackable goals to break down historic lines of division.
Why you should listen
G.T. Bynum the 40th Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prior to his election as Mayor, Bynum served for eight years on the Tulsa City Council. During that time, he was elected as the youngest City Council Chairman in Tulsa history.
Throughout his time in Tulsa city government, Bynum has focused on fiscal restraint, public safety and infrastructure. He led the successful effort to enact the largest streets improvement package in the city's history, authored the first city sales tax cut in Tulsa history, doubled the number of police academies to increase manpower, authored legislation creating the first municipal rainy day fund in Oklahoma and coordinated efforts to establish the first municipal veterans treatment court in the United States.
In 2011, Bynum was selected as an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow, a program which seeks to bring together 24 of the nation's most promising young elected leaders on a bipartisan basis, explore the responsibilities of public leadership and assist them in achieving their fullest potential in public service.
In 2014, Bynum was selected as the only city councilor in the nation to participate in the Moneyball for Government Fellowship Program, which aims to assist local governments in achieving better results with limited budgets through increasing the use of data, evidence and evaluation when spending taxpayer money.
Bynum is a proud graduate of two institutions operated by the Augustinian Order of the Catholic Church: Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa and Villanova University, where he served as Student Body President. He previously worked as the managing partner of Capitol Ventures, and before that in the United States Senate for Senators Don Nickles and Tom Coburn.
Mayor Bynum comes from a family dedicated to public service and he and his wife, Susan, are the proud parents of Robert and Annabel --the sixth generation of Bynums to call Tulsa home.
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