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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February 5, 2017 … 5.55 P.M. When the Shreveport City Council meets on February 14th, it may very well approve a taxpayer-funded bail-out for Tim Larkin, the man behind Southeast Shreveport’s ritzy Esplanade subdivision. Larkin knows a thing or a ...
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Friday, February 3, 2017 ….. 6:47 P.M. Almost a year ago – on February 14, 2016 – I wrote, and RealShreveport.com published, my article entitled, “The Undeclared State of Emergency in Caddo Public Schools.” No article I have written about ...
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Friday, January 27, 2017 … 9:55 A.M. Bia Roldan at KTBS-TV now reports that Lamar Goree – the one-time / sometime / when-he-wants-to-be Caddo Parish School Board superintendent of schools – is on the job again … for a while. ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 … 10:40 A.M. I write this piece in hopes of describing what is a “call to arms,” whether many here understand it yet or not. Very recently, two Caddo Parish Commissioners – Mario Chavez and Mike ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2017 … 7:03 P.M. Immediately upon learning of the surprise Caddo Parish School Board plan to merge Fair Park into Booker T. Washington, some Caddo residents – including me – doubted its legitimacy. For the first time ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 ….. 9:01 A.M. It isn’t often that a television reporter snags more than 8 minutes of air time for a broadcast news story. When they do – and if they are good at what they do ...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 …. 10:14 A.M. …. Yet again, we have been warned. One more time, the dishonesty and arrogance of Superintendent Lamar Goree, his top staff, and Caddo Parish School Board members are highlighted for all to see. ...
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 … 10:27 A.M. A primary source has alerted me that in a request to the Commission for resumes of all applicants for the interim appointment to Ken Epperson’s now-open seat, only the resume of his appointment ...
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Friday, January 13, 2017 … 10:35 A.M. My sources confirm that Janice “Kay” Proby-Waller, a retired parish employee, is ex-Caddo Commissioner Ken Epperson’s hand-picked successor. Epperson is one of the key architects of the Caddo Commission’s self-pay scandal which has ...
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January 12, 2017 … 7:20 A.M. (Updated: 8:26 A.M.) Our 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal was well and truly introduced to a scary community truth yesterday: the Caddo Parish Commission feels no need – much less pressure – to follow ...
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January 10, 2017 … 9:07 A.M. To the many in our community who have contacted me on this subject, thank you … very much. The work you have done in raising public awareness of this subject – leading to last ...
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January 7, 2017 … 10:34 P.M. A three-judge, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal panel will convene Wednesday to hear oral arguments in my March 2015 lawsuit against the Caddo Parish Commission. Its ruling will be issued later. This is an ...
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January 5, 2017 As some few of us know very well, our Shreveport / Caddo Parish community has its very own appointment with destiny next week. That statement is not overly dramatic. On Wednesday, January 11th, a three-judge panel of our 2nd ...
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NEW REPORTS FROM KTBS-TV: SHON GABLES: The Notable Back-Story on Shreveport City Councilman Jerry Bowman … AND JEFF BEIMFOHR: The Sadly Inept Louisiana “Ethics Administration” …. Tuesday, January 3, 2017 … 9:08 A.M. …. In her new – and again ...
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