… Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 … 10:25 A.M. … Mayor Adrian Perkins’ “specially called” City Council meeting was summarily ended this morning thanks to the (planned) move of Council Chairman James Flurry, with a 2nd of the Motion by ...
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… Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 … 8:39 A.M. … To all who have contacted me about the special meeting Mayor Adrian Perkins has called for 10:00 this morning, I regret that my response may well be slow compared to ...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 … 9:48 A.M. MY TAKE-AWAYS FROM YESTERDAY’S CITY COUNCIL BLOW-UP (This article will require five minutes or less of your time. Please read.) It is safe to assume that many Shreveporters who have steadfastly ignored what’s ...
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… Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 … 11:25 A.M. … Now that Shreveporters know our mayor is working in / for Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to buy the United States Presidency, we are sharing our mayor with the zillionaire. Even I ...
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DEVELOPING … Post #2 … 11:51 AM, Friday, February 14, 2020 … PERKINS SPOKESPERSON SAYS MAYOR “NOT BEING PAID” BY BLOOMBERG In a phone call I just received, Mayoral spokesperson Ben Riggs says Mayor Perkins is “one of two sources” ...
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DEVELOPING … 11:39 AM … FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 … In a near-frenzy of Shreveport chatter, Mayor Adrian Perkins is said to be receiving $6,000 monthly from Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to become the Democrat Party’s nominee for President at its ...
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… Posted: Monday, February 3, 2020 … 4:17 P.M. … When I first heard the details of this report, they were difficult to believe, even here and now. Then, when I went to work to confirm or refute it, attempts ...
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… Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020 … 8:14 A.M. … Two days ago, before most Shreveporters had a chance to digest the City Council’s 4-3 decision to reject the Cross Bayou Point project, a spokesperson for that group publicly swore ...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 … 6:49 P.M. Within the hour, the Shreveport City Council voted to stop the Cross Bayou Point project in its tracks … ending negotiations with Mayor Perkins’ administration. Council members LeVette Fuller, James Flurry, Grayson Boucher ...
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… Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 … 10:37 A.M. … SOME DELAY IN CAWTHORNE CASE … SENTENCING OF QUARLES Developments this week raise expectations that recently re-elected Caddo Parish Commissioner Lynn Cawthorne will soon be held to account for his ...
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… Posted: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 … 3:28 P.M. … CROSS BAYOU PROJECT INSANITY KICKS OFF CITY HALL NEW YEAR It seems the Shreveport City Council is set to take up Cross Bayou Point at its next meeting. Again. That ...
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 … 9:15 A.M. Unknown to most readers of this work, I almost never mention blatantly personal attacks against me on this page. To be clear, “personal” does not include the typical hammering I take by pols ...
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Saturday, November 30, 2019 … 1:49 P.M. Just when Shreveporters likely figure there is nothing new to learn about the would-be $1.5 billion Cross Bayou Point shakedown, along comes new stuff … all of it always bad. Given that the ...
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… 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 ...
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… 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 ...
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