WILL CADDO PARISH BE ABLE TO SELL REVENUE BONDS ON PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COMPLEX

Yes, Caddo Parish has an excellent bond rating.Yes, any revenue bonds for the proposed pickleball complex will be issued after review by bond authorities on the projected revenue stream from the complex.

QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED NEW SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN TIF DISTRICT

A close review of Ordinance 97, which will create a new economic district designed specifically to benefit Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, raises key questions that need to be answered at the today’s council session.Here is a non-exclusive list:1.

CLARIFICATION/CORRECTION ON THE DEEP DIVE INTO PROPOSED NEW SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN TIF

Ordinance 97 will be on the Shreveport City Council agenda for adoption next Tues. Sept. 23.Here are more particulars on this detailed ordinance:1.

Chillers, Terminal Reconstruction At Shreveport Regional Gets $1.75M

By Emilee Calametti | The Center Square(The Center Square) – Reconstructing existing terminal chillers and design of terminal reconstruction at Shreveport Regional Airport will be aided by $1.75 million from grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration.

Financial Report Details $22M In Salary Budgeted Expenses For Caddo Parish

By Emilee Calametti | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The Caddo Parish financial report details for August allocated budgets for salaries totaling over $22 million this year throughout all funds.

NOT TIT FOR TAT, BUT NEW TIF FOR OLD TIF--A DEEP DIVE INTO CURRENT TIF AND PROPOSED NEW DOWNTOWN TIF

A TIF district is a Tax Increment Financing tool utilized to fund  public improvements by capturing an increase in property tax or sales tax revenue in a defined geographic district. Local government establishes a baseline for property taxes or sales taxes.

CAN CADDO ADMINISTRATION/COMMISSION BE TRUSTED ON KEY COMPONENTS OF PROPOSED PICKLEBALL COMPLEX

This Thursday the Caddo Commission is scheduled to vote on the proposed $10 million pickleball complex. This decision will be made by  the 12 commissioners--7 Democrats and 5 Republicans.

Commissioner Burrell Reading Proclamation

ANOTHER UNAUTHORIZED CADDO COMMISSION PROCLAMATION RESOLUTION

Seemingly so. But what else is news.Check out the photo below.The big cowboy hat adorns the head of none other than MAGA hater Roy Burrell, Caddo Commissioner, former state legislator and former Shreveport City Councilman.

MASSIVE HAUL IN MOORETOWN BLOCK BY BLOCK SWEEP BY VOLUNTEERS, PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY STANDARDS

Goodness, Shreveport's Mooretown neighborhood should now be as clean as a whistle as far as trash, debris, junk, old tires, tree limbs and leaves, abandoned appliances and building materials, dead animal and you name it.

CADDO COMMISSION HAMMERS AMAZON ON TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL

The Caddo Commission met Friday Sept. 12 as the Tax Board of Review.The purpose of the meeting was to decide appeals by Caddo tax payers who objected to the assessment of their properties by the Caddo Parish Tax Assessor.The agenda listed nine  companies who had appealed their assessment.

CADDO COMMISSION EXPECTED TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT WITH LOUISIANA AG TODAY

The Caddo Commission meets today for its administrative conference. An agenda item is the pending litigation by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill against the Commission and the seven Democrat commissioners.

WILL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CADDO COMMISSION SETTLE PENDING LITIGATION

The pleadings filed in the Louisiana Attorney General's litigation against the Caddo Commission and the seven Democrat Commissioners by both sides read like a legal soap opera.For  legal eagles, its good drama to digest, discuss and debate.

TWO NEW "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT" PROJECTS TO BE VOTED ON IN NEXT TWO WEEKS

The term "economic development" is used to justify many governmental actions.In reality, economic development occurs every day that a business opens its doors or adds a new product line.  Projections of income to be generated by new economic development projects are just that--educated guesses.

Shreveport Leaders Consider 50 Cent Sales Tax District

Erin McCartyPublished: September 11, 2025 A major transformation could be on the way for a part of the downtown entertainment district.