BOSSIER CITY ATTORNEY JACOBS THREATENS SETTLE WITH ZAMBONI

JOHN E. SETTLE Jr. “There’s going to be a time when I will run over that son of a bitch with a Zamboni.”This is a direct quote from Bossier City attorney Charles Jacobs at the Bossier City council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7, on an open mike during the meeting.

TRUANCY CENTER/LOWER PROPERTY VALUES OR HIGH END DEVELOPMENT/INCREASED TAX BASE FOR ARTHUR CIRCLE SCHOOL? 

Arthur Circle School Elementary School was closed by the Caddo Parish School Board in 2020. The school was built in 1955 and additions were added in 1967 and 2003. The property comprises 12.7 acres. The school is a fixture in a well established Broadmoor neighborhood.

To build or to stay: What’s next for the State Building?

LIZ SWAINE Executive DirectorSHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPEMENT In 2012, the state of Louisiana hired a company named Jones Lang LaSalle to research the answer to a question that was becoming more and more important: What was the feasibility of consolidating state office buildings in Shreveport into...

DEVELOPMENT PLAN OFFERED FOR VACANT ARTHUR CIRCLE PROPERTY

Truancy Center Also on the Table Thursday, 16 September 2021, Shreveport Possible use of the vacant Arthur Circle Elementary School campus for a truancy center will be discussed at the September 21 meeting the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association of Shreveport. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Should Bossier City have a city engineer?

No, it’s not a trick question, but it could be elaborated upon.How about this: “Should Bossier City hire its own city engineer versus a company as in the Manchac Group?”Section 9 of the Bossier City charter addresses the city Engineering Department (ED).

SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR OUR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

KEN KREFFTContributing ColumnistI invite Caddo citizens who are interested in juvenile justice to watch for the formation of a citizens’ committee that shall (hopefully) have its initial meeting soon.The Caddo Parish Commission voted recently to establish such a group.

THE TIME IS NOW TO TRULY PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION

JON GLOVERContributing ColumnistWhat will it take?A half-billion dollar business, failing! Why? For how many decades have boys and girls here in Caddo Parish not been met with fair, equal and little to no opportunity to obtain a high-quality education? How many?

 IS BOSSIER CITY ATTORNEY JACOBS STONEWALLING PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST?

Manchac and the city of Bossier have formed a public-private partnership for the management of the city's water and sewage department and the city's streets and drainage department. Manchac has also taken over on a temporary/interim basis the duties of the city engineer.

IT’S 10 P.M.; DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR GUNS ARE?

JOHN PERKINSContributing Columnist“Mama put my guns in the ground,I can’t shoot them anymore,That cold, black cloud is comin’ down,Feels like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door.

VIOLENCE IN SHREVEPORT IS A RESULT OF BREAKDOWN OF BLACK FAMILY STRUCTURE 

PRENTISS SMITH Contributing ColumnistWhether people understand it or not, parents have to be parents, and being “friends” or “buddies” with your children is the worst thing a parent can do.

SHORT HONEYMOON FOR INTERIM SHREVEPORT POLICE CHIEF SMITH

Mark it down. The honeymoon ended in less than two short weeks.Wayne Smith was named as the interim Shreveport Police Chief at a late afternoon press conference on Aug. 26. For a few days Smith was the toast of the town, with interviews, congratulations and good cheer from all.

COUNCILMAN DARBY NEEDS TO FOLLOW HIS OWN LECTURE ON "SECONDS"

 No, this is not a lecture from Emily Post on how to hold your napkin, to hold your fork or when to go back for more food. Nor does it have anything to do with a clock and time. It’s about parliamentary procedure, in what was defined by Bossier Councilman Jeff Darby as a “learning moment.

PROPOSED DONATION BY CITY OF OLD LIBRARY BUILDING TO SHREVEPORT CHAMBER MAY BE ILLEGAL

The Shreveport City Council will consider a donation of the old downtown library building to the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce at its next meeting on Sept. 14.

ARE CADDO COMMISSIONERS COVID COWARDS?

Here we go again--the Caddo Commission is opting to have committee meetings and the Tues. work session by zoom. This despite the fact the chambers at Government Plaza is known as the plexiglass palace.

WILL CHANDLER'S NOMINATION OF NOTTINGHAM FOR INTERIM CAO FLY?

Bossier mayor Tommy Chandler has been spectacularly unsuccessful in getting the Bossier City Council to confirm his nominations. In fact all four made by Chandler failed to get approval the first time around. He was successful with two of these at a subsequent council meeting.