WHO GETS TO APPOINT A SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR --THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY ATTORNEY?

Hopefully, the city council will appoint a special investigator to review the city's "Pay Gate"--the pay raises granted to all the employees of the council clerk’s office ranging from $2500+ to $10,000+.The Shreveport City Charter, Sec. 4.29, authorizes the Council to "investigate the official...

COUNCIL CLERK CHANGES PUBLIC NOTICE OF TOMORROW'S SPECIAL MEETING TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING REPAYMENT OF ILLEGAL PAYRAISES

Shreveport City Council Clerk Shanerika Fleming sent out a notice of tomorrow special meeting of the city council at 8:30 a.m. today.The agenda included rescission of pay raises for all employees in the council clerk's office, repayment by the employees of the unauthorized pay raises, and a special...

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Shreveport City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Government PlazaChamber, 505 Travis Street, Shreveport, Louisiana.

COUNCILWOMAN BOWMAN ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING SALARY INCREASES

Councilwoman Ursula Bowman has issued the following statement concerning the council staff salary increases: “I was totally unaware of the recent salary increases unilaterally given to members of the city council staff.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT TOP 10 SALARIES

From KTBS-TV, February 22, 2022Raises approved in January by the Shreveport City Council were reflected in employees’ paychecks last week.Across-the-board pay raises of 13% were approved for all 2,400 workers through a series of budget amendments.Here’s the top 10 salaries effective Feb. 15,...

CORRECTION ON SALARY OF RJ JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL AFFAIRS

RJ Johnson was hired at a salary of $81,500. He now has a salary of $87,204.

HERE ARE THE UNAUTHORIZED PAYRAISES FOR EVERYONE IN SHREVEPORT COUNCIL CLERK OFFICE

Everyone in the Shreveport City Council Clerk's office had an early visit from Santa.They all got big pay raises that were NOT authorized by the City Council.And that's on top of the 13% pay raise granted to all Shreveport employees in Jan. of last year.Here is how much each employee has benefited...

WHO AUTHORIZED BIG PAYRAISE FOR SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL CLERK?

If her name rings a distant bell, then think back to the very first days of the Adrian Perkins' administration as mayor.Actually a few days before Perkins was sworn in.Remember the switch of the city's insurance carrier to an unknown, unqualified agent?No culprit was publicly identified but...

FIRST LOOK AT LOCAL CANDIDATESWHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE OCT. PRIMARY  

By: John E. Settle Jr.EditorFocus SB NewsMany questions will be asked about all the local candidates who have qualified for the Oct. primary. Here is a first round of questions about the races: 1.

SHREVEPORT'S DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL AFFAIRS HAS PREPARED NEWSLETTERS FOR FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS

If you are a constituent of councilwoman Tabatha Taylor (District A), councilman Gary Brooks (District B), councilman Alan Jackson (District E) or councilwoman Ursula Bowman (District G), you may want to ask for a copy of your council person’s newsletter.Each of these newsletters are numbered...