OCTOBER GAMING REPORT SHOWS MARGARITAVILLE LEADING THE PACK

The Louisiana State Police gaming report for October has been posted, Margaritaville had the highest adjusted gross revenue (AGR) with $13.6 million wagered.

JUDICIARY COMMISSION RECOMMENDS SHREVEPORT JUDGE SIMS BE SUSPENED FOR A YEAR WITHOUT PAY

The Louisiana Judiciary Commission just released a 70 page plus decision regarding Shreveport City Judge Sheva Sims.

Nov 22 Indoor Neighborhood Resource Rally

Hi neighbors,We’re assembling the team for the Nov 22 Indoor Neighborhood Resource Rally at David Rains Recreation Center (MLK), 11:00 AM–2:00 PM.If you can help—or your organization wants a booth—please jump in.Event day schedule (Sat, Nov 22):Early set-up: 8:00 AMCooks/servers: 9:00 AMVolunteers...

NAMES POP UP TO REPLACE GREEN ON CITY COUNCIL IN 2026 ELECTION

Write about having no names for an upcoming vacant city council seat and phone texts roll in. Billy Anderson is expected to run for the District F council seat. He will likely be endorsed by Rev. Theron Jackson of Morningstar Baptist Church and possibly by James Green, the current councilman.

NEXT SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TWO MAYBE FOUR NEW FACES

It’s not the norm to be talking about municipal elections for next year before Thanksgiving. Usually, the political candidate pot starts a slow boil in January of an election year with a graduate increase in the following months until about May.

BUDGET CHALLENGES KICKED DOWN THE ROAD BY PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS HAUNT CURRENT SHREVEPORT MAYOR AND COUNCIL

Comments by the two Toms (Arceneaux and Dark) at this week’s Shreveport City Council budget hearing were not news to those who have followed Shreveport’s loss of residents, major infrastructure challenges and the “worry about it later” mentality of prior mayoral administrations.

MORE NAMES FLOATED AS 2026 SHREVEPORT MAYORAL CANDIDATES

Goodness, the mayoral announcement of Stormy Gage-Watts has suddenly opened the floodgates for hot stove talk about mayoral hopefuls. It’s early for the turkeys to arrive, but then all the holidays are promoted much sooner these days. Now another person has jumped into the mayoral frying pan.

CHRISTMAS LIST FOR SHREVEPORT CITY COUNCIL AND ARCENEAUX ADMINISTRATION

It’s not that many days until Christmas. All too often Santa does NOT receive a wish list from the Arceneaux administration and/or the Shreveport City Council.

RESIDENCY, NOT DOMICILE, REQUIRED TO RUN FOR SHREVEPORT MAYOR

The Charter for the City of Shreveport has only two requirements to qualify for the office of mayor. The first is that the person must be a registered voter in Shreveport at the time of qualifying. The second is that the person is a “resident” of Shreveport at the time of qualifying.

NON-RESIDENCY IN CITY JUST ONE OF PROBLEMS GAGE-WATTS FACES IN MAYOR’S RACE

Caddo Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts (SGW) is now enjoying her second day of “fame” after her announcement yesterday (Tues.) that she would run for Shreveport mayor next fall. She will most likely have one more day of media coverage on her announcement before she becomes a non-news subject.