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Arena,Cross Bayou,News,Shreveport
WHAT?! “NO” TO POLICE & FIRE PAY, BUT “YES!” TO CROSS BAYOU?
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 … 11:08 A.M.
When oh when will it end? When oh when will Shreveport NOT be the place where taxpayer scams are given never-ending audiences of mayors and other public officials?
Here is how Merriam-Webster defines scam: “a
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Cross Bayou,News,Shreveport
WHAT THE DEFEAT OF THE SHREVEPORT BOND ISSUE MEANS TO ME
Sunday, November 17, 2019 … 3:48 P.M.
In my forty years of post-election musing, I have experienced nothing like today. This deserves special reflection.
I have learned in recent years that there is a group of us here who well remember a
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News,Shreveport
MAYOR PERKINS LOSES ON ALL THREE BOND PROPOSITIONS
Saturday, November 16, 2019 … 10:38 P.M.
Yes, Governor John Bel Edwards won re-election to a second term in office today.
Here at home in Caddo Parish, he did so with 58% of the vote to Eddie Rispone’s 42% … not even
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News,Shreveport
SHREVEPORT ATTACKED AGAIN BY PERKINS … NO SURPRISE
… Posted: Friday, November 15, 2019 … 9:47 A.M. …
SHREVEPORT ATTACKED AGAIN BY PERKINS … NO SURPRISE
Many who read this article have been as concerned as I about its subject.
I did the research and writing, but these many others joined
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News,Shreveport
MORE ENDORSEMENTS, AND ONE REJECTION, OF CITY BOND ISSUE
… Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 … 12:45 P.M. …
MORE ENDORSEMENTS, AND ONE REJECTION, OF CITY BOND ISSUE
Nope, there’s nothing new under the Shreveport sun … The relationship between Shreveport City Hall and the city’s downtown “leaders” is as tight
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News,Shreveport
USUAL SUSPECTS PUSH TO PASS SHREVEPORT BOND ISSUE
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 … 2:13 P.M. …
USUAL SUSPECTS PUSH TO PASS SHREVEPORT BOND ISSUE
Yes, this article is again and still about Shreveport taxes and corruption.
And, yes, for any who may wonder, I am as tired of banging this
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News,Shreveport
GOVERNOR’S RACE NEWS BEARS DOWN ON OUR BOND ISSUE VOTE
… Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 … 12:50 P.M. …
GOVERNOR’S RACE NEWS BEARS DOWN ON OUR BOND ISSUE VOTE
In three weeks plus a couple of days, Shreveporters who care will cast two critical votes: Louisiana governor and our $186,000,000 bond
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News,Shreveport,Water Scandal
MORE ON CITY’S OVERBILLING WATER-SEWER, PERKINS PUSH-BACK
… Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 … 10:20 A.M. …
MORE ON CITY’S OVERBILLING WATER-SEWER, PERKINS PUSH-BACK
As I shared in a post the day-before-yesterday, Caddo District Judge Michael Pitman has ruled that, yes, the city’s Water & Sewerage Department has long
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News,Shreveport
INDICTED CADDO COMMISSIONER CAWTHORNE RE-ELECTED
… Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 … 9:46 A.M. …
INDICTED CADDO COMMISSIONER CAWTHORNE RE-ELECTED
In Saturday’s election, a 54% majority of registered voters in Caddo Parish Commission District 6 re-elected Lynn Cawthorne to that scandal-infested body.
Cawthorne and his sister, Belena Turner,
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News,Shreveport
COURT RULES AGAINST CITY IN WATER-SEWER OVERBILLING SUIT
... Posted: Monday, October 14, 2019 ... 1:38 P.M.
COURT RULES AGAINST CITY IN WATER-SEWER OVERBILLING SUIT
In a news release today from their Shreveport office, attorneys Anne Wilkes and Jerry Harper confirmed this morning's court decision in the class action lawsuit
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