September 25, 2016 As questions about the proposed Planet Aqua aquarium on the Shreveport riverfront mount, some about the closing of the Barnwell Center have been answered. Our R. S. Barnwell Memorial Garden & Art Center was not beyond ...
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September 21 , 2016 The theft of taxpayer money by Caddo Parish Commissioners in their CPERS (Caddo Parish Employee Retirement System) scam is again at full and awful boil. The culprits are led by local lawyer Tom Arceneaux. Along with ...
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September 11, 2016 Anytime a politician / public official says, “It’s time for a conversation,” I instinctively roll my eyes. I mean, really … when did a pol ever want to “converse” with you, especially when their side is an opinion piece in ...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016 I won’t waste anyone’s time with explanations for why Cedric Glover does such things … our time is truly worth far, far more than that. For now, we can put out the fire he has set ...
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September 4, 2016 I recently wrote to spotlight journalism excellence in the reporting on South Louisiana floods by Gordon Russell of The Advocate newspaper, and Mark Schleifstein of the Times Picayune / NOLA.com. In their likewise excellent reporting this week, ...
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August 13, 2016 As our work against Caddo Parish Commission corruption broadens and deepens, one of its untold stories is ripe for telling. It is Whitney Pesnell’s story, the Shreveport attorney volunteering his services while lawyers on the other side ...
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August 6, 2016 The following definition is included in an article I recently read by Michael J. Hutter for the American Bar Association, “Prosecuting Public Officials / Figures for Corruption: The Approach in the United States“… “Public corruption is any ...
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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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