Tuesday, April 11, 2017 … 9:59 A.M. A new online article by investigative journalist Victoria Shirley of KSLA TV News offers a not-surprising quote from Caddo Commission lawyer Tom Arceneaux. Commenting to the media about the decimation of American values ...
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Monday, April 10, 2017 ….. 8:16 A.M. I thank those here who have asked me to identify Caddo Commissioners receiving taxpayer funds barred by Louisiana law, the Louisiana Constitution and/or the Caddo Parish Home Rule Charter: There are at least ...
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Saturday, April 8, 2017 ….. 11:03 A.M. A ruling in my lawsuit against the Caddo Parish Commission was issued yesterday by the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport. Regardless that parts of the ruling favor the Commission / ...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017 … 9:05 A.M. …. KTBS News last night broadcast its new report in Shon Gables’ hardball investigation into Shreveport government corruption. This report adds the administration of former mayor Keith Hightower to the water and sewer ...
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April 2, 2017 … 12:49 P.M. … A question from a good friend recently triggered a search of my files. The question concerned Shreveport and Caddo Parish population “growth” which traced mainly to the mid-1960s construction and opening of the ...
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March 30, 2017 … 9:07 A.M. … (I wrote and first published this column upon the January 3, 2016, passing of my friend C.B. Forgotston. As Governor Edwards and Senate President John Alario now set about to raise our taxes ...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 ….. 12:57 P.M. The population of Caddo Parish dropped between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016, down to 248,851 residents from 251,405 … a one-year loss of -2,554 residents, or -1.0%. The data are from ...
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Monday, March 20, 2017 … 11:15 P.M. Of the hundreds of thousands living in Northwest Louisiana, a tiny few know the importance of what the KTBS Television News team, led by the reporting of Shon Gables, began airing tonight. What ...
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Monday, March 20, 2017 …. 9:35 A.M. Based on official public records of the Shreveport Police Department and Caddo Parish School Board / Queensborough Elementary School, a female employee of the CPSB was arrested for rape Saturday night. I have ...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 ….. 5:15 P.M. ….. It is merely the latest chapter in the sad saga of our Caddo Parish public school system fading away. This afternoon, the Caddo Parish School Board’s bossman, Superintendent Lamar Goree, joined in ...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017 ….. 9:14 A.M. The Caddo Parish School Board met Thursday night about closing schools. Not. The spotlight was on Superintendent Lamar Goree’s plan to close three failing – “F” graded – schools: Atkins and Queensborough Elementary, ...
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Monday, March 6, 2017 … 9:58 A.M. ….. The Shreveport Times announced late yesterday that its historical archive of Shreveport Times and Shreveport Journal newspapers has been transferred to the Shreve Memorial Library. The archive includes Times editions back to ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 … 9:32 A.M. ….. Shreveport and Caddo Parish voters, already notably abused by ultra-high property taxes, must now stomp-out yet another whipping by the Caddo Commission in an April 29th election. Even worse this time, the ...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017 … 10:55 A.M. ….. If nothing else, the Caddo Parish Commission is consistent in its abuse of taxpayers. Now, without public debate, the Commission has conjured a way to raise our property taxes AND perpetuate them ...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017 … 11:31 P.M. ….. In a 4-1 vote late today, the City Council rejected what may have become an effective bail-out of Shreveport residential developer – and Bossier City Councilman – Tim Larkin. I detailed Larkin’s ...
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