Sunday, April 15, 2018 … 9:43 A.M. As some readers are aware, a cabal of local corruption boosters accuse me of “never offering solutions” for Shreveport’s problems. It is an old and worn charge from “leaders” who have for decades ...
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Shreveport City government is an onion of corruption. You expose one layer only to find more lurking in the shadow. In my previous articles (here, here), I exposed the hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoff received as “co-bond counsel” for ...
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Part 1 – Original Report: HERE Part 2: Newly obtained documents from the State Bond Commission (https://www.treasury.state.la.us/state-bond-commission/) reveal an additional $45,200.00 in “Co-Bond Counsel” payouts to Alex Washington of the Washington & Wells law firm (PDF link) related to a ...
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 … 2:28 P.M. Unbelievably so, sources inside Shreveport City Hall say the partners in the Cross Bayou Point development are already lining up City Council votes for a key approval of their $1 billion scheme. (Other ...
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On March 13, 2018, the Shreveport City Council voted unanimously to pass Resolutions 22 and 23 of 2018 (see Minutes). These resolutions authorize the City to hire professionals and then issue up to $120 million in water and sewer revenue ...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018 … 2:10 P.M. Lest any reader wonder, NO … I am in no way surprised that Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler has confected another taxpayer abuse. Surprised or not, I am far beyond sick and tired of ...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 … 9:00 A.M. Nowadays in Shreveport, such pressure is unrelenting. Just as we face next month’s property tax hike vote from Mayor Ollie Tyler, we face another new scheme to grab a wagonload of our money. ...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 … 2:39 P.M. To Governor John Bel Edwards and his legislator buds and other enablers, the latest Census Bureau data are the equivalent of a five-alarm fire. Rather than respond, they feign deafness. Perhaps these “leaders” ...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 … 5:02 P.M. I plead guilty. I am no fan of former U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder. And now he wants to run for President. To me, Holder’s red-hot political activism for America’s hard political ...
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 … 7:57 A.M. In a White House announcement late yesterday, President Donald J. Trump nominated Lafayette attorney David C. Joseph to be the U. S. Attorney for our forty-two parish U. S. Western District of Louisiana. ...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018 … 11:43 A.M. For perhaps a significant number of Shreveport residents, our just-beginning campaign for mayor may well determine if they stay or join our city’s years-long exodus. In my experience, confidence in local government is ...
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“A growing hope for Shreveport’s future exists when the public is given the truth AND see accountability take action…” News came out around noontime on Friday Jan. 26th that Bridget Lee, formerly a Woodlawn High School bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to ...
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Saturday, January 20, 2018 … 2:15 P.M. As campaigns for Shreveport mayor and city council begin to take shape, let’s drill down and into why these articles are more and more strongly opposed. In fact, in Shreveport and Caddo Parish, ...
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“If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that holla is the one ya’ hit.” So the saying goes about the person that takes great exception to an insult not particularly even directly aimed at them. ...
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Real Shreveport was started as a way to provide more for our community. We have featured much of the work of Elliott Stonecipher, and now we are trying to add even more features to benefit our community. We have a ...
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