CADDO COMMISSION HIRES DUELING ATTORNEYS ON LEGALITY OF SANDERS RESOLUTION

At the Caddo Commission meeting yesterday, Commission president Stormy Gage-Watts read a statement regarding the dispute on the legality of the special resolution presented to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in his recent visit to Shreveport.The statement read:"To welcome a sitting U.S. Senator Sanders...

SHREVEPORT TIMES POST FALSE STORY ON CADDO COMMISSION AND SANDERS RESOLUTION

The article is titled "Caddo Commission Ratifies Special Resolution for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders."

JOHN— IT'S PROPOSED "PICKLEBALL" COMPLEX--DAA!

The phrase "if you build it, they will come" is a famous line from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams.

AFTER BLOCK BY BLOCK SWEEPS HOW LONG WILL SHREVEPORT NEIGHBORHOODS STAY CLEAN?

It’s two down, and ten to go.In the past two weeks, Shreveport Property Standards and Public Works crews conducted sweeps in designated areas of Ingleside and Highland.

QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED $10 MILLION CADDO PARISH INVESTMENT IN PICKLEBALL COURTS

The Caddo Commission meeting is may vote this Thursday (July 3) on the proposed $10 million investment by Caddo Parish in a pickleball complex.

CORRECTION: FIREWORKS, ARE LEGAL BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS

Love them or hate them--but fireworks can now be legally discharged in both Shreveport and Bossier now through July 5.BUT...both cities prohibit lighting the fireworks between AFTER 10 p.m.In Shreveport  and Caddo revelers can start shooting fireworks at 8 a.m.  In Bossier the starting time is 10...

NEW BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER A ‘TAX REDUCTION’ AUDIT AND LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO ‘OFF THE BOOKS’ SPENDING

By: Bossier NowThe newly seated Bossier City Council will hit the ground running Tuesday with at least three measures meant to increase efficiencies, look for ways to reduce taxes, keep an eye on the Chandler administration’s legal settlements, and launch an investigation into ‘off the books’...

WILL MONDAY'S CADDO COMMISSION MEETING PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE BERNIE SANDERS RESOLUTION

Monday's meeting of the Caddo Commission will no doubt be historic--in a bad way. And it will likely be a bad media circus.Seven Caddo Commissioners, all Democrats,  signed a resolution recognizing Bernie Sanders before his Shreveport visit last Saturday.

CITY OF SHREVEPORT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS LINK IS SUPER IMPRESSIVE

It was a bit hard to find for me --a computer challenged nerd. But once I did, VIOLA!   To find the link: 1. Go to the City of Shreveport homepage. 2. Skip the first block entitled Capital Projects 3. Scroll down past the pictures of the council members 4.

SADOW: Bossier City Worse Off than Exiting Councilors Found It

By: Jeff SadowWhile they may have gone out with varying degrees of class, the four departing Bossier City Council members leave with a legacy of managing not to break the city, but of having blown an incredible opportunity to make the city much more than what it is – America’s biggest small town –...