OVERALL SHREVEPORT CRIME DOWN FROM 2024 WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS

The Shreveport Police Department (SPD) was set to give its monthly crime report at last Thursday’s (Dec. 18) council meeting. With an overflowing chamber crowd interested in the data center vote, SPD pulled its presentation in the interest of time. Even then the meeting lasted till almost 6:30 p.m.

A Christmas Reflection

by Royal Alexander We are likely in the crush of the Christmas season.  Perhaps things are just as, if not more, busy and hectic than they've been all year.

YAWN…50 CENT ADDS TO HIS SHREVEPORT SANTA CLAUS PROPERTY LIST

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has completed the purchase of the old M.L. Bath Building on Market Street. This expands his downtown property portfolio to 11 properties costing more than $4.6 million. To date Jackson has been consistent in doing little to nothing to improve these properties.

WHO IS POLLING ON THE NEXT BOSSIER CITY MAYOR’S RACE

Goodness, it’s unprecedented in local politics. And for that matter probably in state and national politics as well. Tommy Chandler was elected to a second term as Bossier Mayor this spring WITHOUT opposition. Chandler and the current council members were sworn into office on July 1 of this year.

COUNCILMAN MEMBERS TAYLOR AND BOWMAN RUN TIGHT SHIP AT YESTERDAY’S COUNCIL MEETING

It was the largest turnout for a Shreveport Council meeting in recent history, probably ever.  Every seat in the chambers at Government Plaza was filled and over 50 individuals had to stand in the lobby and view the meeting on the TV screen.

CADDO COMMISSIONER EPPERSON’S ALTERNATIVE DATA CENTER SITE IS A JOKE

Caddo Commissioner Ken Epperson, the longtime as in TOO LONG time, commissioner loves the media spotlight. Unfortunately, most media give him coverage WITHOUT researching the merits of his proposals, The latest Epperson circus was yesterday (Tues.

MAYOR TOM/ CITY GET TWO EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM SANTA--MONSTER GIFT COMING TOMORROW NIGHT

Evidently Shreveport Mayor Tom Arcneneaux and the overwhelming majority of Shreveporters sent their Christmas list to Santa. And that Santa and his elves determined that this group had been “good” this year. Yesterday (Tues.

CLARKE QUIETED THE TROUBLED WATERS AT SHREVEPORT MPC DURING HIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TENURE

When it comes to zoning decisions there are generally two camps. One is the pro zoning change and the other is the con zoning change. The members of each camp change constantly depending on the zoning/planning cases and issues.

ITS TIME FOR 50 CENT TO KEEP HIS DOWNTOWN FENCE FROM FALLING DOWN

Last month a Marshall Texas company installed a temporary fence around the downtown lot owned by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The fence, or parts of it, have been blown down several times.

OOPS…ITS $50 MILLION PROPOSED LED GRANTITS WHALE SEASON…WILL SHREVEPORT GET ONE, TWO, OR NONE

There is NO room in the inn, I mean the Shreveport Aquarium, for a live whale. And I doubt there is room for a whale skeleton in the Sci-Port Discovery Center, but maybe the Shreveport Convention Center?