The part of the Vision 2025 Tulsa County tax that would be renewed in the city of Tulsa is a 0.6 percent sales tax. City officials have been working through public meetings for more than two years to gauge interest in its renewal.

Vision Tulsa campaign officials released a statement Monday night in response to the opposition, saying the original Vision 2025 is proof of how the tax package can benefit Tulsa.

“Tulsans agree — Vision 2025 has been a tremendous success,” according to the statement. “We’ve seen cranes in the air. We’ve seen the new jobs created. We’ve seen the BOK Center break records and exceed expectations.

“As of January 2016, Vision 2025 has generated sales tax receipts exceeding $667 million. Anyone who claims Vision 2025 has not benefited Tulsa is arguing against obvious facts and demonstrated results.”

McFarlin and others were often present at the town-hall discussions since the beginning, opposing the effort on several occasions and on several fronts.

A major issue for the opposition group is that individual projects, which some members of the opposition favor, are grouped with other projects that they oppose, McFarlin said.