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Was he in hiding? Was he ill? Was he working at this “real job” 24/7? Or was he just sulking? Whatever the reason(s) , Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson had been MIA—as in missing in action – – at Commission meeting for the last 2 months. These include work sessions and regular meetings. As of Tuesday […]

Ollie Tyler has Shreveport Police Department escorts when she is conducting city business—both night and day. Seven days a week. Shreveport tax payers pick up this cost. Corporeal Michael Dunn is assigned to Tyler during the day shift. Dunn is relieved by other community liaison officers and/or community resource unit officers at nights and on […]

By 10 p.m. on Saturday 8 December the suspense will be over. Shreveport’s next mayor will be known, be that Adrian Perkins or Ollie Tyler. But what will not be known is that person’s priorities for the first 180 days in the term. Think 1 January thru the end of June next year. Of course […]

Is he in hiding? Is he ill? Is he working at this “real job” 24/7? Or is he just sulking? Whatever the reason(s), Caddo Commissioner Steven Jackson has been MIA—as in missing in action-at Commission meeting for the last 2 months. These include work sessions and regular meetings. Since the September 6 regular Commission meeting, […]

Who really knows? The December 8 general election has a small ballot. All Shreveport voters can pull a lever for Shreveport mayor and for Louisiana Secretary of State. Voters in council districts A, B, C, and D also have separate council elections. And that’s it. No federal election for U.S. House of Representatives. No parish […]

It’s not unusual for ministers in the black community to endorse political candidates. But having a political fundraiser for a political candidate at a church is a new development in Shreveport politics. The Mount Canaan Baptist Church is hosting an “Ollie Tyler Prayer Breakfast” on Tuesday, December 4. The event is posted on the Tyler […]

In political races, money and momentum go hand in hand. And if you don’t believe that, the last campaign finance reports filed by Shreveport mayor Ollie Tyler and Adrian Perkins certainly tell the tale. As of November 21, Perkins had almost three times more money that Tyler in his campaign account. Perkin’s campaign treasury had […]

Ben Raymond was named Shreveport Police Chief by Mayor Ollie Tyler on November 13.. Actually substitute police chief. He is having a press conference to talk bout crime tomorrow—Thursday at 11 am Guess what else newsworthy is tomorrow? You got it—the KTAL “mayoral conversation” between Tyler and Adrian Perkins. Oh yea—and the Saints Cowboys game. […]

Hmm…does anyone really care? Probably not until state senator Gregory Tarver launched an anti-Adrian Perkins media campaign that included Traver bragging about his Shreveport voting record. But guess who lives outside the city limits? Tarver admitted the same. He said he was using an address of property owned in Shreveport. He actually lives in a […]

Shreveport’s next mayor will be decided in about 2 weeks. Yes, December 8 is virtually “just around the corner.” It’s no surprise that upstart Adrian Perkins has the edge in this race. If one has any doubts, consider that Perkins recently raised over $100 grand, as in $100,000 dollars in a 3 day span. The […]