Maybe it was age. Or personal backgrounds. In the early days after being elected, Ollie Tyler and Adrian Perkins were like night and day. Tyler all but won the mayor’s race in 2014 by polling 44% of the primary vote. She won the general election with 63% of the vote. Perkins […]
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Shreveport Board Members Need To Resign
New Shreveport mayor Adrian Perkins took office on December 29. In his inaugural address he promised to seek an international airport designation for the Shreveport regional airport, to remove Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) red tape, and work to make Shreveport a transportation hub. The airport authority has four citizens appointed members. The MPC has a […]
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Facing New Shreveport Mayor
Well, the parties are over. Adrian Perkins won the mayoral election on Saturday, December 8. He was sworn into office on the morning of Saturday, December 29. That night he hosted a black tie, open-to-the-public gala at the convention center. Perkins moved into his new digs at city hall over the weekend. He actually worked […]