As some readers know, I have been promising myself a long vacation – a sabbatical, I call it – for years. Somehow, I never managed to do it. It was eight years ago that I began writing / posting these ...
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Late last evening, a person posing as a new FB “Friend” used his moments on my page to chastise me for my recent use of the term “the Shreveport exodus” in one of these articles. As many readers know, I ...
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I hope everyone in Louisiana (and elsewhere) fully understands this. If not, we’d better educate ourselves and others. Our friend U. S. Senator John Kennedy is all over this, especially including his new U. S. Senate bill filed yesterday. There ...
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To open, let me (very) quickly acknowledge the no-news announcement by Caddo Commissioner Jim Taliaferro that he will yet again run for Mayor of Shreveport … yep, in two years … by which time many who are reading this piece ...
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I want to thank everyone who has contacted me about the “sudden” decision by City of Shreveport officials to withdraw consideration of the $207,000,000 bond issue. For those who do not know, Mayor Perkins made that decision “official” earlier today. ...
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It was just over a year ago – November 16, 2019 – when Shreveporters went to the polls to say “NO” to Mayor Adrian Perkins’ attempted, whopping $188,000,000 bond issue. It was, after all, unthinkable for any city in Shreveport’s ...
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It is a not-at-all funny fact that in yesterday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Adrian Perkins tried to sneak through a vote on his proposed – and whopping! – $207,000,000 bond issue. Instead, his stinking attempt was exposed. Regardless, there is ...
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In its subject article over the weekend, The Epoch Times details the outrageous actions of various Big Tech bad actors (think Amazon, Google, Apple, etc.) in doing their best to kill a competitor, social networking alternative Parler. I am not ...
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As might be expected – and as some regrettable messages to me confirm – some FB Friends do not know the facts surrounding this page … who I am … who it is that does this work. I am a ...
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In the fullness of time, I may find within me the words, and in the correct order, to express what I now feel. Unless and until then, I offer only these. For we who have long wondered where our once ...
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For those keeping up with key developments in President Trump’s work to hold onto his office, Forbes.com has posted a useful article. The previously announced group of eleven Republican Senators who have decided to fight this fight are pushing for ...
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Yes, I certainly could write an assortment of “Happy New Year!” salutes. Such is, after all, what we do up in the daytime on New Year’s Eve, correct? But, not this year. Not this writer. More to the point, not ...
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I admit to being a sort of junkie about the origins and beliefs underlying (our) Christmas … the Biblical story of Christ’s birth. But, now competing for attention in such matters is a disturbing swoon among American Christians. A Pew ...
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There is no doubt about it: Shreveport property tax payers have succeeded in holding back local government’s drug-like addiction to higher property and other taxes. I know the facts very well. Keeping Shreveport mayors / City Councils, the Caddo Parish ...
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Over the six weeks since Joe Biden’s “election,” I have worked to factually satisfy the most basic question now facing America: was he legally elected? Dogging me in the process has been the lesson I learned to my complete and ...
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