Caddo Parish Commissioner Mario Chavez is an inspiring modern-day entrepreneur. The example of how one’s life can turn around 180 degrees. The parish’s first Hispanic-American commissioner had a troubled youth as a dropout but overcame that burden to become a successful businessman and civil servant.
“We do a lot of identity politics in Louisiana,” he said, adding that his ethnicity should not define his identity, but rather his accomplishments and qualifications, “but it is what it is.”
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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.