SHREVEPORT SPORTS COMPLEX: DEFEATED BY DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The City Council’s vote on Tuesday to defeat a proposal by Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler to hire, at no cost to the city, bond counsel for the issuance of $30 million in revenue bonds to underwrite the construction of a sports complex on Cross Bayou took most of the packed house in the Council...

WILL THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL BE PLAYED THIS YEAR?

Who knows?Missy Setters, the long time executive director of the bowl, has refused to answer a public records request concerning the bowl emailed on August 28. The public records request was very basic:    “ Missy        1. What is required payout for both teams for bowl this year        2.

SHOULD CADDO BOSSIER PORT ENDORSE SPORTS COMPLEX AT CROSS BAYOU?

It’s a good question,--and one that the Port Commissioners as well as the Shreveport voters are asking.

MOODY'S DOWNGRADE OF SHREVEPORT BOND RATING REFLECTS MAJOR ECONOMY CHALLENGES

In all the continuing hubbub over the pros and cons of issuing bonds for a sports complex on Cross Bayou the stark reality that Shreveport’s general obligation bond rating was recently lowered by Moody’s Investors Service should not be overlooked.

SIMPLE ANSWERS NEEDED ON SPORTS COMPLEX AND MIXED-USED DEVELOPMENT

The Tyler administration is in a full court press mode to pressure the Shreveport City Council to vote on September 12 to allow Mayor Tyler to proceed with the hiring of professionals for $30 million bond issue for “acquiring, constructing, and equipping of a sports complex in the City.”

SCI-PORT AND AQUARIUM-A MARRIAGE DESTINED FOR DISASTER??

The rumblings on how the Sci-Port Board of Directors and particularly its Executive Committee (Dare Johnson, Nancy Alexander, Joe Badt, Linda Biernacki, Robert Manriquez and Robert Stroud) sat by and let the crown jewel of the riverfront take on red ink to the point that the center will close on...

SOOOO.....WHY HAS UBER/LYFT NOT COME TO SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER?

It’s a good question that Shreveport and Bossier residents have been asking since the Shreveport City Council voted in February of this year to approve an ordinance that would allow for ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate in the city.

PROPOSED PELICAN SPORTS COMPLEX-PIPEDREAM OR POT OF GOLD?

The only thing missing during the Tyler administration’s sports complex presentation at the Shreveport City Council on Tuesday was a marching band,majorettes, and Shriner’s minicars.

SCIPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS DROP THE BALL BIG TIME ON THE CENTER'S CLOSING

In case a reader has been out of town for the last few weeks, its old news that Shreveport’s crown jewel on the Riverfront—the Sciport Discovery Center-- will be shuttered on Labor Day and 72 workers sent home with pink slips.

ARE RECENT RALLIES, VIGILS AND OTHER GATHERINGS AT CADDO COURTHOUSE ILLEGAL?

Last Saturday (August 12) a group of 25 (or more) supporters of the Confederate Memorial were on the Caddo Courthouse grounds gathered around the memorial; most of the crowd carried a Confederate flag.On Sunday (August 13) approximately 100 citizens attended a prayer vigil for the victims of the...