(My thanks to local government-watcher Linda Talbert for her attendance at yesterday’s Caddo Parish Commission “work” session. I very much appreciate her willingness to report to us on such meetings.) Most who are reading this will never be surprised by ...
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June 5, 2016 It is certainly true that the Caddo Parish Commission self-pay scandal, more that two decades old, is the stuff of non-fiction books and documentary films. Now, a valued, primary source reveals more of its signature abuse of ...
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Matthew Linn took to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association meeting “forum” about public corruption. As this writer has detailed, Linn has often lied to people about his illegally benefitting from the CPERS scandal. Now, he has publicly stated for all to ...
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With little fanfare, John E. Atkins and his Community Foundation coalition stuck a dagger in the hearts of taxpayers who know that the CPERS scandal is our greatest test for the future of our parish. It is the decision to ...
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May 19, 2016 The U. S. Census Bureau Population Estimates data for American cities shows Shreveport falling below its 1990 population total. Between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015, Shreveport lost another -1,114 residents, dropping its total population to ...
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Caddo Parish is in decline due, in large part, to the economic impotence we suffer from our culture of corruption. No single man is more able to fix that, and more unwilling to do so, than Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. ...
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May 16, 2016 I am now a few days deeper into Caddo Parish School Board records about Rob Broussard’s employment there. It is research resulting from a Caddo Parish Commission handover of $70,000 in taxpayer money to him for tutoring public school ...
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May 12, 2016 Throughout my career, Shreveport’s Broadmoor Neighborhood Association – the “BNA” – has served a purpose extending far beyond its geographical corner of our parish. During those decades, the organization’s meetings, held at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, have done ...
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Two nights ago, The Broadmoor Neighborhood Association, held an alleged forum about public corruption. What witnesses got to behold was a massive amount of guns and hand wringing. We’ll be displaying the entire tape of the meeting, as well as ...
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May 8, 2016 Not since the mid-1970s has Caddo Parish stared down a like wave of public corruption. Corruption in our parish school system and Caddo Parish Commission is systemic. That some self-anointed community “leaders” provide cover for it is ...
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For well over 5 (FIVE) weeks, Caddo Parish has largely and conspicuously not noticed that corruption is protected and served here by every single law enforcement agency of local import, at least as it pertains to the explosive charges leveled ...
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April 24, 2016 [NOTE: Our Caddo Parish sheriff and district attorney are key in the subject discussion, prompting me to share these notes of disclosure. In 1990, on behalf of incoming Mayor Hazel Beard, I vetted and worked for Steve ...
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April 17, 2016 Just after the recent tax vote for our collapsing Caddo Parish school system, a new friend shared with me her exchange with a local guy about corruption in that system. This man pooh-poohed any such, dismissing as ...
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April 13, 2016 Many questions remain unanswered about the theft of public funds at Woodlawn High School in Shreveport. Such is no surprise, though, given the attempted cover-up, now evident, by top Caddo Parish School Board officials. My original articles ...
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April 9, 2016 As the discussion about the Caddo Parish election today ensues, there will be all manner of celebrations, claims, charges, scapegoating, and the rest of the full range of chat and chatter. Given my upcoming enforced “vacation,” I ...
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