Posts tagged Local
How Much Is Defending The Bossier Council Going To Cost

The Bossier City Council sought to launch a legal advisory opinion on the recent Term Limits petition and in at least two City Council meetings engaged in an adversarial exchange with Weston “Wes” Merriott and as we’ve previously reported have taken more and more aggressive actions to stifle free speech and public commentary during city council meeting citing “disruptive” behavior.

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Shreveport Pursuing New Noise Ordinance To Combat Street Violence-- Liz Swaine Joins AGR

The controversy of Texas Street’s blaring music, brawls and shootings has raged on for months unanswered by a City Council beset with division and scandals on racial and partisan lines while ultimately the people and businesses of Shreveport suffer. Is it time to enact a special ordinance for the Entertainment district itself? Or will a total overhaul of ordinances on noise and public disturbances be necessary.

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Louisiana Tiger Island Fire Ruled Arson— Officials Confirm Fire 'was deliberate'

The Tiger Island Fire, which is approximately 50% contained as of this report, has been ruled as arson according to Louisiana State officials. The largest wildfire in the history of the state which has destroyed over thirty thousand acres or about 50 square miles and damaged 20 homes and structures was set intentionally according to the Louisiana State Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).

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Sen. John Neely Kennedy’s Offers A Master Class To Louisiana GOP On Bringing National Issues Home

Once again, Louisiana’s, favorite U.S. Senator John Neely Kennedy in an Op-Ed to the Shreveport Times has done what so many others in the Republican party have failed to do as we discussed yesterday: he brought the national issues home to Louisiana and framed them in the appropriate context for Louisiana voters.

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James Green Was 'Driving While Black'? Video Shows Otherwise— He Flashed State Trooper Patch And City Marshal Badge When Pulled Over

Shreveport City Council Chairman James Green might need to check his ‘privilege,’ his political privilege that is. During an August 22 city council meeting Green implied that the recent scandal around his unauthorized Council clerk office pay raises was motivated because the employees affected “just happen to be of color.” Green even went so far in his homily that “anybody in America know we that of a color we don't go by the same rules,” as to claim that he was recently pulled over “while driving black.”

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