CADDO MASK ORDINANCE NEEDS FURTHER CLARIFICATION BEFORE ENACTED

The amended mask  ordinance approved fo the Commission vote on Thurs. July 9  needs more clarification.Initially it does NOT have an effective date. The original draft had an "effective on passage" language which is clearly impractical if not illegal.

REVISED MASK ORDINANCE FOR VOTE BY CADDO COMMISSION ON JULY 9

REVISED MASK ORDINANCE FOR VOTE BY CADDO COMMISSION ON JULY 9 Below please find the ordinance on masks that will be the agenda. It is expected to pass on a 7-5 vote.This ordinance does NOT have an effective date.

MAYOR PERKINS EMERGENCY ORDER MANDATING MASKS

STATE OF LOUISIANA         DOCKET NO:_________PARISH OF CADDO            FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTSECOND RENEWAL OF CITY OF SHREVEPORT STATE OF EMERGENCYWHEREAS La. R.S.

WEDNESDAY SPECIAL CADDO COMMISSION MASK ORDINANCE MEETING

A special meeting of the Caddo Commission has been set for Wed. July 8 at 12:30 p.m.The purpose of the meeting is to put on the Thurs, July 9  commission agenda an ordinance requiring masks in businesses and establishments.

30 SECOND READ - READER DISCRETION ADVISED

That headline got your attention. Good. Today’s essay is like those mangled cars shown to high-school students to warn them off drinking and driving.The topic: Poison ivy.As I write, I’m suffering.And, no, not phony melodrama. Full-on, piercing, misery-every-minute discomfort.

$100K DONATED FOR PURCHASE OF BODY CAMS

BY: KERRY M. KIRSPEL       In an effort to increase transparency in the Shreveport Police Department, a group of local business leaders presented a check to the agency for $100,000 for the purchase of body cameras for police officers.

HOW TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SPD BODY CAMERAS

Roy Griggs and other local business people have joined together as  the CONCERNED BUSINESS PEOPLE OF SHREVEPORT.This group made a donation of $100,000 to the Shreveport Police Department to help fund the purchase of body cameras for Shreveport police officers.

LA. OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND CITIZEN COMMENTS AT  SHREVEPORT COUNCIL MEETINGS

Citizens who have witnessed city council meetings since January of 2019---either in person or by streaming--have been subject to a non-productive trend that has been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR PERKINS

 “The nation is going through a reckoning because, in the past, officers were too infrequently held accountable for bad policing. While it isn’t pretty, this is the change citizens are demanding.

WHERE TO FIND CADDO SHERIFF SALE NOTICES

Starting this Friday, July 3, Caddo Sheriff sale notices will be published in The Inquisitor.There are over 300 retail locations in Caddo and Bossier parishes that sell The Inquisitor.

WAS SHREVEPORT COUNCIL VOTE ON NO SMOKE CASINO BAN ILLEGAL?

On May 26  an ordinance was introduced at the Shreveport city council to ban smoking in Shreveport bars. This ordinance  was a two-reader; it could not be adopted until the June 9  council meeting.

I WANT THE ‘MOST BEAUTIFUL LAWN’ AWARD

JIM’S WIFEDriving through a neighborhood the other day, I noticed one house had a sign proudly displaying that it won the “Most Beautiful Lawn” award. And it was a beautiful yard, green grass, an assortment of hedges in many pretty colors of green and colorful flowers.

WHAT RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY?

I will stay in town this upcoming holiday weekend.And three days of not going to the office—hopefully.I want to list all the local restaurants that will be open on Friday—which is a holiday for many.And open on Saturday the 4th.Send in names and dates open, please.

SUMMER AND THE KIDS / GRANDKIDS

JON GLOVER CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTWhen I sat down to write this article, I thought, wow! Something different, yet encouraging in spite of the coronavirus that could put our children, grandchildren at ease, even parents.We all know that the coronavirus has upset many a life and lifestyle.It’s summer.

SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS PROBLEMATIC

By JOHN E. SETTLE JR.The advent of ZOOM council meetings has birthed a new phenomenon. Citizens desiring to make public comments to the council can email them to the council clerk office. In other words, comments can be sent from anywhere with a cell phone or computer.