Sunday, August 20, 2017 … 1:20 P.M. … Even I do not believe what I now know about the outrageous plan of Mayor Ollie Tyler and our so-called “Sports Commission” to build a sports arena on Cross Bayou. Straight from ...
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Friday, August 18, 2017 … 7:33 A.M. In mere hours last evening, Shreveport residents began reacting to a KSLA-TV news story many of us find almost unbelievable. Here is the link to that report: http://www.ksla.com/clip/13606015/awkward-mayor-stops-crime-stoppers-executive-dir-from-speaking-at-news-conference Tyler and others on her ...
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Ollie Tyler continues to embarrass hardworking Caddo taxpayers. Today’s press conference, designed to give the appearance that Shreveport’s rising violent crime rates are somehow under control, only proved the ineptitude of the administration. The press conference about crime featured several ...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017 … 7:41 P.M. Not since the worst-of-the-worst days of Shreveport crime in the late 1980s have I heard as much worry about it as now. My research finds a good reason: positive crime facts and news ...
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Sunday … August 6, 2017 … 10:32 A.M. … I hereby set aside my research into our local crime statistics to react to an editorial in today’s Shreveport Times, one which opens the door to a broader and increasingly important ...
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This time last year, Caddo Superintendent Lamar Goree was busy attempting to cover up yet another molestation scandal within his administration’s watch as Cleodis Bell Sr. was charged with molesting a mentally disabled female student from his classroom and beyond. ...
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Monday, July 31, 2017 … 7:35 A.M. I thank all who have contacted me about the shooting of Juan Zuniga at El Compadre Restaurant on East Kings Highway in Shreveport, just before midnight Saturday night. This morning’s updates provide new ...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 … 11:40 A.M. (I sincerely thank the members of our Metropolitan Planning Commission – “MPC” – and Shreveport City Council who have assisted me.) Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler is said to be well along in her ...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 … 10:35 A.M. I encourage all Shreveporters to take the time to read or watch two KTBS Television News stories – by reporters Shon Gables and Melody Brumble – about a new proposal to privatize the ...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017 … 11:59 A.M. This morning, after a discussion in a legally required public hearing, Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator announced he would not raise parish property taxes … at least for now. The possible hike which ...
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Saturday, July 22, 2017 … 12:10 P.M. Yesterday, from KTBS Television News reporter T. W. Starr, we learned how Caddo Parish Tax Assessor Charles Henington, Jr., has recovered $1 million and counting by finding property owners who claim undue homestead ...
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Sunday, July 16, 2017 … 2:17 P.M. As Shreveport and Caddo Parish citizens now stand a sort of Elio Motors death watch, more and more attention is focused on the deal’s original doers, notably including public officials. Given that the ...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 KSLA Television has nailed down Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler’s continuing pursuit – in secret – of a minor league basketball team and new $25,000,000 sports arena for they city. Tyler would not confirm the meetings without ...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 … 2:20 P.M. No doubt, it was yesterday’s notable news from Baton Rouge. Our Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission (LMVC) fined Elio Motors $545,000 for its mishandling of customer deposits on its supposed (imaginary?) three-wheeled, car-buggie-cart-motorcycle thingies. ...
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 … 8:25 A.M. In Part 1 of this series, I detailed a possible increase in the tax Caddo Parish property owners now pay our Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO). (SEE link below for the June 25th ...
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