Posted: Friday, February 8, 2019 … 11:28 AM The list of reasons Shreveport City Council members should scrap Mayor Perkins’ so-called “Clean City User Fee” grows longer by the day. Why? Because our mayor proposes it in (very) bad faith. ...
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Monday, February 4, 2019 … 3:49 PM Even some cult-like devotees of Mayor Adrian Perkins may be taken aback. Well within his first month in office, the 100%-new-to-government mayor has slapped Shreveporters with two numbing acts: proposing a less-than-honest $18-per-month ...
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UPDATE: Posted Monday, January 28, 2019 … 11:09 A.M. In a screaming contradiction to his pledge made to the Shreveport daily newspaper just weeks ago, Mayor Adrian Perkins did, in fact, funnel campaign funds of at least $24,950 to companies ...
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Saturday, January 26, 2019 … 1:53 P.M. On Thursday, January 24, 2019, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins filed his “40-G” – forty days after the general election – Campaign Finance Report with the Louisiana Ethics Administration. Perkins filed his report late, ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019 … 9:13 A.M. No, and sadly, the honest among us in Shreveport are in no way surprised. What fledgling Mayor Adrian Perkins is now set to do, before he even knows his way around City Hall, ...
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Saturday, January 12, 2019 … 12:42 P.M. You won’t hear him mention it, of course, but during Governor John Bel Edwards’ first year in office, Louisiana’s official, Census Bureau-reported population peaked at 4,678,215. It then rolled-over, dropping to 4,670,818 by ...
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Saturday, January 5, 2019 … 3:08 P.M. Throughout my career, I have written and publicly spoken about the corrosive, often outright illegal, election-day “street money” in our solidly black communities. In my related November 17th article (SEE Link #1, below), ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2018 … 5:15 P.M. As politics, time and money put a wrap on the election of now-Mayor Adrian Perkins, all may tip our hats to him for an inaugural address warmly welcomed by his devotees. In fact, ...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018 … 8:14 A.M. In two weeks, Adrian Perkins will take the Oath of Office as Shreveport mayor. He will then become the city’s fifty-ninth mayor, a roster of greats, goods, not-so-goods and awfuls which began with ...
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Saturday, December 8, 2018 … 11:08 P.M. It will be difficult to find anyone surprised by the fact that a smattering of Shreveport voters today picked Adrian Perkins to be mayor, by a good margin. It will be difficult, too, ...
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Friday, November 30, 2018 … 10:37 A.M. Campaign finance reports (SEE below) for the crucial campaign period October 18th and November 18th show challenger Adrian Perkins taking in a stunning four-times the contribution total of Mayor Ollie Tyler. Including in-kind ...
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Saturday, November 17, 2018 … 4:00 P.M. As I have recently detailed, candidates for election to local and state offices must file a series of campaign finance reports, including those on “Election Day Expenditures.” For decades, Louisiana “election day” practices ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 … 9:24 A.M. As I have taken time to learn, very, very few Shreveporters actually know Adrian Perkins, the man presumed by many to be our next mayor. Unfortunately, the notably inexperienced-in-politics young man believes the ...
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ELECTION NIGHT: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 … 10:55 P.M. In the best spirit of Shreveport political “arranging,” Democrat Adrian Perkins led the mayoral voting today, followed by incumbent Democrat Mayor Ollie Tyler. Complete but unofficial vote totals by the Louisiana ...
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Saturday, November 3, 2018 … 3:20 P.M. Almost regardless of Tuesday’s Shreveport mayoral vote result, two related questions will be heard from many who care … … who honestly believes Adrian Perkins is qualified to be mayor in any 200,000-ish ...
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