Monthly Archives: November 2018

Ok, it may be a little early to prepare a Christmas wish list. Especially if it’s one for Shreveport’s next mayor to magically resolve. For starters, this person will not be selected until the December 8 run-off election. Secondly, one does not know if the next/new mayor has been “good “ all year. Or, even […]

You read it here first. Ollie Tyler should concede the 2018 Shreveport mayor’s race to Adrian Perkins. Seventy six, as in 76%, per cent of Shreveport voters did not want Ollie for a second term in Tuesday’s election. Ollie finished 5 points behind Adrian Perkins. And although that margin could be considered “small”, it was […]

It’s a good question. According to The Farmer’s Almanac, the first day of fall has come and gone. Like long long ago—Saturday September 22. This was the autumnal equinox or in plain speak, the astronomical start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. According to the National Weather Service the low temp on that day was […]

LSU professor Dr. Loren Scott is renowned for his economic outlook reports on the Louisiana Economy. To many, Scott is “the Bible” for economic planners. And guess what? The recent report was not particularly favorable for Shreveport-Bossier. Actually, Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and Desoto parishes are in the Shreveport-Bossier Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Except for slight […]

Yep—I am voting on a tax. Actually a renewal. And yes, you can tell your friends, email this column to the world and put out in social media. On the Tuesday ballot—somewhere—is the Caddo Parish Commission’s Public Facilities and Recreation Renewal. It’s a .83 millage. In “dollar speak” it will cost me about 50 cents […]

On Wednesday mayoral candidate Steven Jackson announced his endorsement by the Working Families Party (WFP). George Soros and his Open Society Foundation have financed the WFP. The WFP is an outgrowth of the socialist New Party. The goal of this group is to push the Democratic party to the left. The WFP of New York […]