Jessica Moore Tullis, of the Caddo Alliance for Freedom, is reporting from the Louisiana State Senate that H.B. 697 has just been approved in Committee. Ms. Tullis reports that the bill was passed by a unanimous vote in the Senate ...
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As the Caddo Alliance for Freedom (CAF) now heads to Baton Rouge to secure the protection of its “rural” area property rights, members continue a battle another group of Caddoans faced decades ago. It is a battle I well know. ...
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The state House and Governmental Affairs committee voted 9-5 yesterday to kill House Bill 419 which would have added Louisiana to the list of states moving toward vote-by-mail. The nine legislators voting against the attempt are Republicans, and the five ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 … 2:42 P.M. In a specially called meeting to name an interim District “A” City Council member to replace Willie Bradford, the choice of members is Tabatha H. Taylor. Ms. Taylor will serve at least until ...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 … 1:45 P.M. My headline for this article was very deliberately chosen. America’s internal, ideological war of words, laws and core beliefs is worsening. Many of us find that we must work more and more diligently ...
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Thursday, May 7, 2020 … 4:04 P.M. The buzz and media reporting this week about Shreveport’s alleged $25,000,000 budget / spending shortfall has certainly been intense … and in at least one key aspect, stupefying. Yes, you likely know by ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 … 6:29 P.M. Before another word, let me state the case of which many of us now seem certain: this COVID-19 pandemic is a political matter first … then a matter of public health. Be that ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 … 6:44 P.M. Owing to some unspecified disgust with being a Shreveport City Councilman, District “A” member Willie Bradford confirmed at today’s Council meeting that he will be gone from that position effective day-after-tomorrow. With today’s ...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 … 6:14 P.M. As the Shreveport City Council and Mayor Adrian Perkins prepare for Tuesday’s virtual council meeting, one piece of very interesting and important business isn’t likely to be brought up … … slackers among ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 … 3:20 P.M. For any who have not seen or heard the latest from United States Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, you missed a doozy. AOC, as many of you may know, just decided it was a good ...
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Monday, April 20, 2020 … 9:10 P.M. As I age, it is increasingly the case that this fact – this rule – damns America: what we call “politics” is driving our nation further and further apart … no matter that ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 … 9:00 P.M. As if COVID-19 and cleaning-up after a tornado outbreak are not enough, the Shreveport City Council gathered late today for a “virtual reality” meeting. ‘Truly harrowing time. City Hall had missed one regularly ...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020 … 4:07 P.M. I have not written about this subject – the years of City of Shreveport (“COS”) water/sewer service over-billing – since five days before last Christmas. The events leading up to that article notably ...
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 … 1:05 P.M. In the article I wrote and posted yesterday about reported salary cuts for top Shreveport City Hall staffers, I mentioned that there was no official source which had publicly reported Mayor Adrian Perkins’ ...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 … 1:48 P.M. While managing to keep a very low profile to this point in the city’s COVID-19 experience, Perkins has now surfaced as Shreveport mayor. By way of a news release, Perkins says he and ...
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