United States District Judge Honorable S. Maurice Hicks, Jr: I write you today because I was thoroughly impressed at your words during your judgement of the former Caddo Commissioner Michael Williams criminal case. In your ruling, you went out of ...
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July 24, 2016 The response to my recently reposted article about Jim Leslie’s death has been very positive. That so many readers would remember so well, much less share their personal reactions to his heart-rending story, was a fine surprise. (Article ...
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Former Caddo Parish Commissioner, Michael Williams, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his wanton theft of $8,584.68 from a non-profit company he controlled called SWAG Nation. Williams now owes $19,684.68 in fines and restitution for the money he ...
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June 30, 2016 (* Readers interested in my earliest articles on this subject need only follow the directions in the footnote, below.) From the first of my reports, in January 2015, about Caddo Parish Commission corruption – most notably in ...
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June 26, 2016 It isn’t every morning that I smile more or less all the way through my cereal, and I write to gladly credit The Advocate for thus kicking-off my day. In fairness, though, I stipulate that those now in charge ...
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(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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