Monthly Archives: October 2017

It’s not official, but it is expected to be when the Caddo Commission adopts it’s 2018 budget in the next few weeks.  As expected, the recommendations of the Commission’s Appropriations Committee had winners and losers. The annual “let’s play Santa Claus” process is reminiscent of kids divvying up Halloween candy after a big haul.  This […]

Perhaps it is no surprise to Louisiana business owners that the Bayou State is not “Heaven” when it comes to operating a business. The report by the Tax Foundation just added salt in the wound by ranking the state lower for 2018 than 2017.  Now Louisiana is number 42 versus 41 when it comes to […]

The recently released Louisiana Economic Outlook for 2018 and 2019 has some long awaited, and much needed, good news for the Shreveport-Bossier Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Loren’s highly respected report projects two years of moderate growth that should add 1,400 jobs a year over 2018-2019.  The Shreveport-Bossier MSA (179,000 jobs in 2017) is the fourth […]

In March of 2015 Elliott Stonecipher filed his much ballyhooed suit against the Caddo Parish Commission, all the then elected Commissioners, Parish Administrator Woody Wilson and Parish Finance Director Erica Bryant.  Stonecipher’s suit requested several rulings by the Court: a. That none of the Commissioners were ever eligible to participate in the Caddo Parish Employee […]

And yes, it’s about time. In the last several months the reports from the Caddo Parish Animal Shelter (CPAS) continued to hit new lows. Even when observers could not believe it to be possible. The litany of “bad acts” alleged to have occurred at the shelter reads like a porn movie script. A CPAS employee […]

Its always sad when an elected official starts off with great promise and then becomes a political manipulator. Such is the case with Caddo Commission President Steven Jackson. Jackson was first elected to the Commission in late 2016. He defeated, with the help of many good government stalwarts, incumbent Rose McCollough. In one of his […]

It’s time — no, past time — for the Shreveport City Council to establish a planning department and for the city to pull out of the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC). The MPC has jurisdiction over Shreveport and five miles outside city limits. The MPC regulates land use, issues permits and approves subdivision plats. Currently, […]

At its regular meeting on October 19 the Caddo Commission is expected to vote on a resolution to remove the Confederate Memorial from the Caddo courthouse grounds. Most observers believe the vote will be 7 to 5 in favor of the resolution. Commissioner Matthew Linn is expected to vote along with the 6 African American […]

If one ever drives through downtown Shreveport, especially in the early mornings, late evenings and/or the weekends, it is quite apparent that a large number of people seemingly “live” in vacant storefronts, on public properties and in alleys. Unfortunately well-intended efforts to feed these individuals and to give them pocket change has not helped this […]

Well…now is your chance! It comes with a one acre corner lot on Crockett Street that spans from Marshall to Edwards Street. And it has a 5,000 square foot brick building ideal for offices.  The 25,000 square foot canopy over the building can be removed. The structural steel for the canopy can be used to […]