Monthly Archives: August 2018

It comes from everywhere in Shreveport — sewage from commercial water customers. The $64 question is if the city is unlawfully billing for sewage? And, if so, how much has been overcharged and where is the money? That’s the crux of the latest lawsuit filed against the City of Shreveport over the city’s water billing […]

“Can you take off time from your day job to handle responsibilities of a council member that must be accomplished during the business work day?” It’s a critical question that should be asked of all Shreveport council candidates. Levette Fuller and Laura Mclemore are candidates for District B. Both have public sector jobs and their […]

It’s a good question. An even better one is whether Commissioner Steven Jackson should even be on the Caddo Commission while an employee of the David Raines Community Health Center (DRCHC). The Hatch Act of 1939, officially titled “An Act to Prevent Political Activities, is a United States federal law that prohibits federal employees from […]

Although a Shreveport City Council seat is a “part time” position, almost everyone who has served on the Council will tell you that it is virtually a “full time” part time job. For beginners, the council meets on the second and fourth weeks of each month. The administrative conference, commonly referred to as the work […]

Question: when is one elephant in the room a good thing, but two a bad thing? Answer: when two Republicans are in the Shreveport mayor’s race. That is the unhappy challenge for the diehard Shreveport Republican crowd. Lee O. Savage was one of the first candidates to declare his intention to run for Shreveport mayor. […]

It should have been routine. But it wasn’t. Carolyn Prator was expected to be appointed to the Red River Waterway Board of Commissioners. But she wasn’t. Former longtime commissioner Mickey Prestridge died earlier this year. Prestridge was the Caddo commissioner. The waterway commission enabling act requires one appointment from each of the seven parishes in […]

It’s always tragic when someone dies “before their time.” Especially if it is a young child. Such is the case with the death of Daysean Jermaine Combest. On or about August first of 2017, Daysean drowned while trapped in a Shreveport culvert. Although there are no witnesses. Presumably, Daysean decided to play in an open […]

Today is the first day that Alan Clarke is the new executive director of the Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC). Former executive director Mark Sweeney’s last day with the MPC was yesterday (August 15).Sweeney is off to a new job that he calls the opportunity of a lifetime. And it could be the opportunity […]

Longtime Shreveport Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) employee Alan Clarke assumes the duties of interim executive director on August 16.  Clarke replaces Mark Sweeney, whose last day is August 15. Sweeney accepted a position in Oklahoma a few days after the MPC Board refused to allow his employment contract to automatically renew. Clarke was selected […]

Sure you can. However, they do provide insight into each candidate’s campaign. A recent mayoral forum featured the remaining eight candidates—Anna Marie Arpino, Termecius Dixon, Steven Jackson, Adrian Perkins, Jeron Rogers, Lee O. Savage, Jim Taliaferro and Ollie Tyler. All of them were passing out push cards—except for Jeron Rogers and Anna Arpino.  Rogers had […]