March 29, 2016 It is all too easy these days to survey the wasteland of our local government and conclude its spiral-down is somehow inevitable. This calamity is written-off as a sign of the times, or the insanity of today’s ...
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March 27, 2016 This article is much different than any I have written about Caddo Parish government. It concerns our spiraling-down public school system, and given its weaving of unusual source materials, may read like a book chapter.I write here ...
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March 26, 2016 On February 14th, I wrote, and published online, an article entitled, “Undeclared State of Emergency In Caddo Public Schools” (article here). I detailed in the article the number of Caddo Parish public schools graded “D” and “F” ...
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March 24, 2016 In data released overnight, the 2015 Annual Population Estimates report by the U. S. Census Bureau shows a loss of yet another -1,242 Caddo Parish residents between June 30, 2014 and July 1, 2015. The loss drops Caddo’s population ...
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March 20, 2016 This is the first in a series of articles about extraordinarily high Caddo Parish property taxes, the result of which is an economy – a culture – aberrantly propped-up by our local governmental bodies. Here, our most ...
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March 18, 2016 – 9:15 PM There is more “news” this evening about the employee theft at Woodlawn High School. The theft was covered-up by the Caddo Parish School Board and Superintendent T. L. Goree for nearly two weeks, if not ...
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Such is classically Dickensian, we know. Today in Caddo Parish there is the awful loss uniquely born of natural disaster, and the feel-good of a supposed victory in a public corruption skirmish. The combination of forces nets, lopsidedly, damage of ...
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The local media is now reporting on the theft at Woodlawn High School which Elliott Stonecipher first exposed yesterday (here). The Shreveport Times KTBS Also, the Inquisitor has a report available to paid subscribers. What is worth noting: 1. These ...
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Information Requested: 9:25AM. Thursday, March 10, 2016. Theft at Woodlawn High School? I have received a report from a person who wishes to remain anonymous of a theft of $20,000 by unnamed employees in the administration of Shreveport’s Woodlawn High ...
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The Caddo Commission, led by President Matthew Linn, took an almost unanimous step on Thursday to protect themselves from the consequence of following the law, voting 11-1 to keep the hotly contested “allowance” of $15,000 per year in educational travel ...
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While it usually is not worth commenting on, tonight finds this video on KTBS (here). The subject, Caddo Commissioners considering amending the illegal ordinance concerning “education” travel reimbursement “allowances”, is one that is part of the lawsuit filed by Elliott ...
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February 27, 2016 As the new Caddo Parish Commissioners settle into their jobs, I offer this sobering article. I take no pleasure in writing it, just as I doubt any good and decent citizen will take any in reading it. ...
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February 25, 2016 Almost unbelievably, the Port of Caddo-Bossier plans to ask voters to re-up its 2.50-mill property tax – three years early – on April 9th. Approval would very likely kill any chance of completing the La. Hwy 3132 ...
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Before you read any further, pat yourself on the back just like the Caddo Parish School District did this week. You may not deserve it, but so what? The Caddo School System is back in full marketing mode (they have ...
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February 22, 2016 The first article in this series (here) detailed the bad news: almost two-thirds, 63%, of Caddo schools are failed or failing according to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). That number is higher now than ten years ...
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