A special meeting of the Caddo Commission will be held tomorrow Tues. at 1 p.m. by ZOOM.
One agenda item is "discussion/action relative public safety at the Caddo Parish Courthouse and within the 500 block of Texas Street."
The Caddo courthouse and the Confederate Monument are located on this downtown city block. The parish owns the courthouse and the Caddo Parish Sheriffs Office is responsible for public safety, inside the courthouse: Shreveport Police Department is responsible for public safety on courthouse grounds.
Discussions have been had among the commissioners to build a protective enclosure for the monument. This would hopefully preclude actions taken in other cities to damage monuments. Commissioner Lyndon Johnson is sponsoring the resolution.
Another agenda item is to raise the age requirement for children from 2 years to 8 years. This would comport with Gov. John Bel Edward's most recent executive order. Commissioner John-Paul Young is the sponsor of this resolution.
Both of these legislative proposals have substantial merit.
John came to Shreveport in January of 1977 when he was transferred to Barksdale AFB.
He’s been active in Shreveport politics since deciding to make Shreveport his home.
John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings.
John is published weekly in The Inquisitor, bi-monthly in The Forum News, and frequently in the Shreveport Times.
He enjoys addressing civic groups on local government issues and elections.