HOW WILL UPCOMING FALL CAMPAIGNS AFFECT SHREVEPORT COUNCIL MEMBERS

This fall five Shreveport council members will seek re-election to the Council: Tabatha Taylor, Gary Brooks, Jim Taliaferro, Alan Jackson and Ursula Bowman. Councilmen James Green and Grayson Boucner are termed out. Green will run for the Public Service Commission.

BAD NEWS IN SHREVEPORT MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION

At the Shreveport City Council meeting yesterday (Tues.) an update on the Great Expectations Master Plan presentation was presented to the council. Here is a quick summary of the PowerPoint: 1. Between 2010 and 2022, Shreveport lost 10,000 jobs and 21,000 residents 2.

MANY CADDO CONSTABLES/JUSTICES OF PEACE LISTED AS NON-COMPLIANT ON LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR REPORT

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor website has a current, as of Monday Feb. 9,2026, list of constables and justices of the peace who have NOT filed all the required reports with that office.

MANY SHREVEPORT NONPROFITS APPEAR ON LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR’S NON COMPLIANCE REPORT

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s website lists the non-profit organizations that received state and/or local funds that have NOT filed all the required reports with the auditor’s office. This list is current as of Monday, February 9,2026. Here is a partial listing: Rho Omega and Friends, Inc.

POSTPONE GEMINI PARADE?  A TOUGH CALL FOR MAYOR ARCENEAUX

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow will cancel a Mardi Gras parade, but the possibility of thunderstorms and lightning may do just that. That’s the hard decision Shreveport mayor Tom Arceneaux will make tomorrow (Thurs.

Bossier School Desegregation Case Revived Amid Efforts To End Orders

By Darren Svan | The Center Square A decades-old civil rights lawsuit filed against Bossier Parish schools has been revived following state and federal efforts to end long-running school desegregation orders in Louisiana.

BE A PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS—BECOME AN ELECTION WORKER

Hopefully all readers of this column have voted IN PERSON in at least one local election in Caddo Parish. There are many, many polling places throughout the parish. And each of these requires several election workers to sign in voters and assist with the voting machines.

OVER $64 THOUSAND IN TRAVEL/CONVENTION EXPENSES BY SHREVEPORT MAYORAL CANDIDATE GAGE-WATTS

Caddo Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts has announced she will run for Shreveport mayor this fall. Gage-Watts has served on the Caddo Commission since April 2015. Her travel/convention expenses for between 2015 and December 31, 2025 were more than $64,000.

ARCENEAUX’S CHANGE IN MARDI GRAS PARADE TIMES VINDICATED

In August 2023 Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux was heavily criticized by the Mardi Gras Krewes and others when he changed the start and completion times of Mardi Gras parades in Shreveport.

APPOINTMENT OF MAYORAL CANDIDATE GAGE-WATTS TO CHAIR CADDO COMMISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE A QUESTIONABLE SELECTION

Caddo Commission president Greg Young has released his 2026 Committee assignments. He has appointed mayoral candidate Stormy Gage-Watts as chair of the Economic Development committee along with John-Paul Young, Grace Ann Blake, and Roy Burrell as members.