SCI-PORT AND AQUARIUM-A MARRIAGE DESTINED FOR DISASTER??

The rumblings on how the Sci-Port Board of Directors and particularly its Executive Committee (Dare Johnson, Nancy Alexander, Joe Badt, Linda Biernacki, Robert Manriquez and Robert Stroud) sat by and let the crown jewel of the riverfront take on red ink to the point that the center will close on...

SOOOO.....WHY HAS UBER/LYFT NOT COME TO SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER?

It’s a good question that Shreveport and Bossier residents have been asking since the Shreveport City Council voted in February of this year to approve an ordinance that would allow for ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate in the city.

PROPOSED PELICAN SPORTS COMPLEX-PIPEDREAM OR POT OF GOLD?

The only thing missing during the Tyler administration’s sports complex presentation at the Shreveport City Council on Tuesday was a marching band,majorettes, and Shriner’s minicars.

SCIPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS DROP THE BALL BIG TIME ON THE CENTER'S CLOSING

In case a reader has been out of town for the last few weeks, its old news that Shreveport’s crown jewel on the Riverfront—the Sciport Discovery Center-- will be shuttered on Labor Day and 72 workers sent home with pink slips.

ARE RECENT RALLIES, VIGILS AND OTHER GATHERINGS AT CADDO COURTHOUSE ILLEGAL?

Last Saturday (August 12) a group of 25 (or more) supporters of the Confederate Memorial were on the Caddo Courthouse grounds gathered around the memorial; most of the crowd carried a Confederate flag.

CLAIMS OF "POLITICS" OVER INTERNAL PLANNING OFFICE STUDY-AN OVER REACTION

Goodness, a simple resolution of the Shreveport City Council requesting that the Shreveport City Attorney conduct an internal study on the feasibility  of a city internal planning office has suddenly resulted in unfounded protestations of “politics”.

SHOULD THE CADDO COURTHOUSE BE FENCED IN??

If you ask this question to Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator , he says a fence is long overdue, like in six years overdue. Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Liz Swaine says a fence around the 500 block of Texas Street would make the courthouse look like a jail.

THE BROUHAHA AT SHREVEPORT CADDO MPC CONTINUES

The Shreveport Bossier Metropolitan Planning Commission office has been under fire for closing down completely its office from noon until 1 pm; this decision had been made by its executor director when hired in 2014.

SHREVEPORT CADDO METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE NOW OPEN DURING NOON HOUR

The Shreveport Bossier Metropolitan Planning Commission office has been under fire for closing down completely its office from noon until 1 pm; this decision had been made by its executor director when hired in 2014.

MPC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LISTS REASONS WHY OFFICE CLOSED FOR LUNCH

In a two page email to MPC Board members, MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney listed the reasons that the MPC office has a “Closed For Lunch” office policy. His reasons are as follows:1. Having a designated hour off for lunch increases productivity. 2.

SHREVEPORT WATER AND SEWER WORTH BIG BUCKS TO SUEZ

The City of Shreveport has the opportunity to realize big bucks and solve major civic headaches , all in one swoop, by negotiating with  SUEZ, N.A. to either sell or operate its Water and Sewage Department (DOWUS).

MPC MONEY CAN FUND SPD RAISES/MORE POLICE

It’s a poorly kept secret, which Mayor Tyler refuses to acknowledge, that Shreveport’s police are lowly paid in comparison to comparable cities. The continual shortage of police officers below the authorized number is due , no doubt, in part to the pay disparity.

IS IT TIME FOR SHREVEPORT TO HAVE AN INTERNAL PLANNING OFFICE?

The Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) is a separate governmental entity that is funded by the City of Shreveport and Caddo Parish. The MPC has jurisdiction over all of Shreveport and in the parish to five miles outside the city.

A PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO SHREVEPORT'S WATER BILLING MESS, EPA CONSENT DECREE AND SPD MONEY WOES

If Shreveport elected officials were to list the top 3 issues that need to be resolved, there is no doubt that these would be at the top of the list: water billing, EPA and SPD.

SHREVEPORT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS REAL PROMISE FOR CITY'S EMPTY LOTS

Its rare, as in real rare, that New Orleans is looked to as a model for progressive government. But such is the case with the New Orleans Redevelopment Agency (NORA), which will serve as a model for the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Agency (SIRA).