SHREVEPORT WILL NOT IMPROVE UNTIL WE DO THE WORK

By Colvin Roberson It is time to hold our elected officials accountable for representing the city they were elected to serve. When there is a problem in their district, they should be working publicly and visibly harder than anyone to address it. We chose them to do that job.

SHREVEPORT TIMES WRONG—COUNCILMAN BROOKS HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE

The moral of the story is not to rely on research or reporting by other media outlets, especially the Shreveport Times and Ian Robinson. The copy below, based on Ian’s Times article, says Brooks missed one meeting between August 2025 and August 2026.

CORRECTION—MAKE IT FIVE WEEKEND MURDERS IN SHREVEPORT

A local TV station has now posted that a man was found shot on Quilen Road late yesterday (Sunday). It was reported that his man has now died from a gunshot wound to the chest.

A BUSY WEEKEND FOR OUTLAW SIGN HUNTERS

Settle Talk readers are getting out and snapping pictures of OUTLAW SIGNS—those political yard signs posted the city’s neutral zone between the street and the sidewalk, rights of ways, and vacant lots.

DID KEEL’S CHICA AND BILL BROYLES KILL BOARDWALK/EAST BANK TAX PROPOSAL

That’s the scuttlebutt that many moles are reporting. Shreveport’s Bill Broyles is the founder/owner of the Louisiana Grandstand, which originally had concerts in the Women’s Department Club in Shreveport. The donation of this building to LSUS ousted Broyles from this venue.

WHAT WAS ATTENDANCE RECORD OF SHREVEPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS

Well, bless their little hearts. The Shreveport Times actually posted some “breaking news”, other than health citations for local restaurants, the deadliest snakes in the state, and the best restaurants in Louisiana cities, --with the notable exception of icon sports writer Jimmy Watson.

FOUR MURDERS IN SHREVEPORT THIS PAST WEEKEND--YES, FOUR

The Cedar Grove massacre of eight children by one deranged person on Sunday April 19 was Shreveport’s most heinous crime and unfortunately was record-setting in a bad way. But this past weekend was also a nadir in a different way.

IS WK SUIT AGAINST RED RIVER EXPRESS/TIM JAMES REALLY A DIVORCE

In late June Willis Knighton Medical Center (WK) filed a lawsuit against the City of Shreveport (City) and Red River Express (RRE) objecting to the servitude the Shreveport City Council granted to RRE in late May over the city-owned 15-acre tract (Tract), located on the south side of Flournoy Lucas...

IS MAYORAL CANDIDATE STORMY FIBBING ABOUT WHERE SHE “STAYS”

Goodness, is it too much to ask an elected official who wants to be the next Shreveport mayor to be honest when she lists her residence in qualifying for the mayor’s race?

HEY WAKE UP SHREVEPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS—YOU DON’T SET SALARIES

It makes for political theatre, but it makes NO practical sense, for the Shreveport City Council to have had extended discussions about the pay for CDL garbage truck drivers at their last Council meeting on Tuesday September 8.