VOTE BY CADDO COMMISSION AND DECISION BY CADDO SHERIFF ON OFFICIAL JOURNAL CLOSES DOWN ONE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, MAYBE THREE, LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

For definition purposes, "local print/online media newspapers" refers to the Shreveport Times, the Bossier Press Tribune, the Shreveport Sun, the Caddo Citizens, the Shreveport Bossier Advocate, and The inquisitor/FOCUS SB.

WHO AUTHORIZED HIRE OF PRIVATE ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT CADDO COMMISSIONERS?

The Caddo Commission has hired Shreveport Jerry Harper to represent the seven Caddo Democrat Commissioners who signed the Sanders resolution before a vote of the Commission.Shreveport attorney John Nickelson has been hired to represent the five Caddo Republican Commissioners.

ANOTHER CADDO COMMISSION RESOLUTION PRESENTED WITH NO PRIOR APPROVAL OF COMMISSION

Now it’s two. They are a bit different, but fundamentally the same.A resolution was presented to former Shreveport Mayor John Hussey at a ceremony at the Strand Theatre yesterday (Wed). See two pictures below.

HOW MUCH TRASH PICKED UP IN INGLESIDE & HIGHLAND?

It’s two down, and ten to go.In the past two weeks, Shreveport Property Standards and Public Works crews conducted sweeps in designated areas of Ingleside and Highland. This effort, along with volunteers, is part of Mayor Arceneaux's Block by Block Initiative to attack Shreveport blight.

PARISH OF CADDO: "Proposed Pickleball Project" Questions and Answers

Overview: The Caddo Parish Commission will consider ordinance #6548 to appropriate $10 million to build a 19-court pickleball facility in partnership with the YMCA. The pickleball facility will be a tournament-level facility behind the Lash Family YMCA at 9440 Ellerbe Road.

CADDO COMMISSION HIRES DUELING ATTORNEYS ON LEGALITY OF SANDERS RESOLUTION

At the Caddo Commission meeting yesterday, Commission president Stormy Gage-Watts read a statement regarding the dispute on the legality of the special resolution presented to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in his recent visit to Shreveport.The statement read:"To welcome a sitting U.S.

SHREVEPORT TIMES POST FALSE STORY ON CADDO COMMISSION AND SANDERS RESOLUTION

The article is titled "Caddo Commission Ratifies Special Resolution for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders." It was posted online  by Ian Robinson at 8:56 a.m. today, July 1.The first paragraph reads as follows:"The Caddo Commission voted 7-5 Monday, June 30, to ratify the special resolution welcoming  U.

JOHN— IT'S PROPOSED "PICKLEBALL" COMPLEX--DAA!

The phrase "if you build it, they will come" is a famous line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. It suggests that if you create something valuable or desirable, people will be drawn to it.

AFTER BLOCK BY BLOCK SWEEPS HOW LONG WILL SHREVEPORT NEIGHBORHOODS STAY CLEAN?

It’s two down, and ten to go.In the past two weeks, Shreveport Property Standards and Public Works crews conducted sweeps in designated areas of Ingleside and Highland. This effort, along with volunteers, is part of Mayor Arceneaux's Block by Block Initiative to attack Shreveport blight.

QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED $10 MILLION CADDO PARISH INVESTMENT IN PICKLEBALL COURTS

The Caddo Commission meeting is may vote this Thursday (July 3) on the proposed $10 million investment by Caddo Parish in a pickleball complex. This facility will be constructed on land currently owned by the Shreveport YMCA at the Forbing YMCA location.

CORRECTION: FIREWORKS, ARE LEGAL BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS

Love them or hate them--but fireworks can now be legally discharged in both Shreveport and Bossier now through July 5.BUT...both cities prohibit lighting the fireworks between AFTER 10 p.m.In Shreveport  and Caddo revelers can start shooting fireworks at 8 a.m.  In Bossier the starting time is 10 a.

NEW BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER A ‘TAX REDUCTION’ AUDIT AND LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO ‘OFF THE BOOKS’ SPENDING

By: Bossier NowThe newly seated Bossier City Council will hit the ground running Tuesday with at least three measures meant to increase efficiencies, look for ways to reduce taxes, keep an eye on the Chandler administration’s legal settlements, and launch an investigation into ‘off the books’...

WILL MONDAY'S CADDO COMMISSION MEETING PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE BERNIE SANDERS RESOLUTION

Monday's meeting of the Caddo Commission will no doubt be historic--in a bad way. And it will likely be a bad media circus.Seven Caddo Commissioners, all Democrats,  signed a resolution recognizing Bernie Sanders before his Shreveport visit last Saturday.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS LINK IS SUPER IMPRESSIVE

It was a bit hard to find for me --a computer challenged nerd. But once I did, VIOLA!   To find the link: 1. Go to the City of Shreveport homepage. 2. Skip the first block entitled Capital Projects 3. Scroll down past the pictures of the council members 4.

SADOW: Bossier City Worse Off than Exiting Councilors Found It

By: Jeff SadowWhile they may have gone out with varying degrees of class, the four departing Bossier City Council members leave with a legacy of managing not to break the city, but of having blown an incredible opportunity to make the city much more than what it is – America’s biggest small town –...