BIG OUT OF TOWN DONORS TO CADDO COMMISSIONER STEVEN JACKSON

There is a good reason Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson is having a fundraiser in the Big Easy tomorrow, Wed. -- it’s called money.A review of Jackson's last campaign financial statement reflects big bucks from out-of-town business people, who no doubt get big bucks from the Louisiana Housing...

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE $2500 TO STEVEN JACKSON CAMPAIGN FOR UNANNOUNCED POSITION?

Here is your chance.Wed. April 26 in the Big Easy.Jacksons' record is obviously not known to NOLA crowd:- stalking charges by two different women in Shreveport.- a pending felony charge for impersonating a law enforcement officer in Bossier/- a pending battery charge against a member of the media...

CORRECTION: MAYOR ARCENEAUX DESERVES RIGHT TO PICK HIS OWN STAFF

By: Prentiss Smith • Contributing Columnist Elections have consequences, and that is certainly no more evident than what happened almost five months ago when Shreveport citizens decided to make a change of course.

[BETWEEN THE LINES] DECREE READY TO TAKE TOLL ON ARCENEAUX FORTUNES

By: Dr. Jeff Sadow The issue of which no Shreveport mayoral candidate would speak now threatens to exact its toll on the nascent Republican Mayor Tom Arceneaux Administration.Almost a decade after the city entered into a consent decree with the Environmental...

COUNCIL NEWBIES URSULA BOWMAN AND GARY BROOKS TO DECIDE FATE OF CAO CONFIRMATION?

The Shreveport city council is scheduled to vote on the confirmation of Tom Dark as Mayor Tom Arceneaux's permanent chief administrative officer (CAO) on Tues.

ON TOMORROW (SAT.) I AM VOTING TO RE-AUTHORIZE THE SIX TAX MILLAGES--AND FOR OUR NEXT CITY MARSHAL

Yes, you should go to the polls tomorrow, Saturday, if you are a Shreveport voter.The ballot will have six tax millages for re-authorization and the run-off election for Shreveport city marshal.The millages expired last year.

WILL COUNCILMAN JACKSON ANSWER QUESTIONS AT WED. TOWN HALL MEETING?

Shreveport city councilman Alan Jackson announced at the last Shreveport council meeting that he was holding a town hall meeting at the Southern Hills Community Center on Wed.

THE ONLY STINK FROM NEW BUSINESS AT GM PLANT IS FROM GREG ATOM'S BUTT

Yesterday Greg Atoms posted on the KEEL website a column titled "New Plan for Shreveport's GM Plant Has Elio Stink."As a member of the media, I respect the right of Atoms and any media person to post their opinions.

IS MARVIN "MUSHMOUTH" MOHAMMED THE MOUTHPIECE OF DISENCHNATED COUNCIL MEMBERS?

If one has never heard Marvin "Mushmouth" Mohammed waste three minutes (or more) in making comments to the Shreveport City Council, then consider yourself blessed.Mohammed, who reportedly has a criminal record from Texas, is a frequent flyer at council work sessions and/or meetings where he almost...

IS ALAN JACKSON NOW THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COUNCIL--OR JUST JACKSON FIVE?

Shreveport councilman Alan Jackson was interviewed on KEEL radio this a.m. on the Mike and McCarty radio show.The questions posed to him primarily dealt with the vote by five of the council members to delay any action on funding street repairs, blight remediation and addition street lighting in the...