AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE.... OOPS, THE WORKERS

If you have not observed a “Help Wanted” or “We are Hiring” sign this week, then you must be sitting in a cave.From CPA firms to sandwich shops, area employers are desperate for staff.

IS IT TIME TO DISMANTLE THE SHREVEPORT AIRPORT AUTHORITY?

In the almost never-ending saga of major problems with the Shreveport Airport Authority (SAA), the sudden resignation of airport director Wade Davis for “personal reasons” should alarm even the most ardent supporters of the SAA Board of Directors.Davis was hired in January of last year.Mary...

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PIERRE BOSSIER MALL DEFAULTS ON MORTGAGE PAYMENTS

A recent lawsuit filed against Pierre Bossier Mall alleges that the mall owners have defaulted on a $48,500,000 loan.U.S. Bank National Association’s litigation states that the mall owners have not remitted the monthly debt service payments since March of last year.

JUDGEMENT COULD SINK LOCAL AQUARIUM

The operations of the Shreveport Aquarium have always been shaky.Further evidence of the aquarium’s fiscal problems is litigation filed by Vicki Warner of the Shreveport law firm Barham & Warner, L.L.C.Planet Aqua Group Foundation (PAG) is the operator of the aquarium.Namely Inc. obtained a...

SHOULD CITY OF SHREVEPORT, CADDO SCHOOL BOARD AND CADDO COMMISSION COORDINATE AMERICAN RESCUE FUND EXPENDITURES?

No, it’s not a rhetorical question.The common sense answer in today's slang is “Duh.”The city of Shreveport is slated to receive $48.2 million, the Caddo Commission $46.6 million and the Caddo School Board $66.3 million.Collectively, that's over $161 million to be spent in the next two...

ARE BOSSIER POLICE CHIEF-REQUESTED PROMOTIONS A GOOD THING?

Well, in the old days it was SOP, as in standard operating procedure, in Bossier City.The "old days" being before the election of Tommy Chandler as the next mayor of Bossier.Bossier Police Chief Shane McWilliams is trying to ram through the Bossier City Council some promotions before Chandler takes...

CAN COMMISSIONER JACKSON GET HIS PANDEMIC COMMITTEE BACK?

At the Caddo Commission's last meeting on Thursday, May 21, Commission President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) announced that he was dissolving the ad hoc Pandemic Committee that he had established earlier this year.Caddo commissioner Steven Jackson (Jack) vehemently objected to Johnson's actions, both on...

THE STRAND MAY BE GRAND, BUT IS IT STILL RELEVANT?

The pandemic has changed the "normal" for everyone, every business and every nonprofit organization.Getting butts in the seats for the Strand, the Shreveport Symphony, the Shreveport Opera, the Shreveport Little Theatre and, to some extent, Stage Center has always been a challenge.Ticket sales...