Monthly Archives: August 2017

The rumblings on how the Sci-Port Board of Directors and particularly its Executive Committee (Dare Johnson, Nancy Alexander, Joe Badt, Linda Biernacki, Robert Manriquez and Robert Stroud) sat by and let the crown jewel of the riverfront take on red ink to the point that the center will close on Labor Day are not going […]

It’s a good question that Shreveport and Bossier residents have been asking since the Shreveport City Council voted in February of this year to approve an ordinance that would allow for ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate in the city. And the recent announcement that Uber will be soon be operating in Texarkana […]

The only thing missing during the Tyler administration’s sports complex presentation at the Shreveport City Council on Tuesday was a marching band,majorettes, and Shriner’s minicars.  And when it was over, the Council was left with the task of sorting through the parade debris to decide how to vote on September 12 on the Mayor Tyler’s […]

In case a reader has been out of town for the last few weeks, its old news that Shreveport’s crown jewel on the Riverfront—the Sciport Discovery Center– will be shuttered on Labor Day and 72 workers sent home with pink slips. And with the closure many dreams of countless donors to the Center will go […]

Last Saturday (August 12) a group of 25 (or more) supporters of the Confederate Memorial were on the Caddo Courthouse grounds gathered around the memorial; most of the crowd carried a Confederate flag. On Sunday (August 13) approximately 100 citizens attended a prayer vigil for the victims of the Charlottesville violence; the vigil was held […]

Goodness, a simple resolution of the Shreveport City Council requesting that the Shreveport City Attorney conduct an internal study on the feasibility  of a city internal planning office has suddenly resulted in unfounded protestations of “politics”. Seemingly the detractors, including at least one MPC Board member, do not recognize the difference between an study, at […]

If you ask this question to Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator , he says a fence is long overdue, like in six years overdue. Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Liz Swaine says a fence around the 500 block of Texas Street would make the courthouse look like a jail. Caddo Commissioner Lyndon Johnson, who introduced a […]

The Shreveport Bossier Metropolitan Planning Commission office has been under fire for closing down completely its office from noon until 1 pm; this decision had been made by its executor director when hired in 2014.  On Monday MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney advised the Shreveport City Council at the work session that he alone as […]

The Shreveport Bossier Metropolitan Planning Commission office has been under fire for closing down completely its office from noon until 1 pm; this decision had been made by its executor director when hired in 2014.  On Monday MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney advised the Shreveport City Council at the work session that he alone as […]

In a two page email to MPC Board members, MPC Executive Director Mark Sweeney listed the reasons that the MPC office has a “Closed For Lunch” office policy. His reasons are as follows: 1. Having a designated hour off for lunch increases productivity. 2. Having a designated hour for lunch is a “no cost perk ”that […]