I loved our snow daze. It was a new experience to be off work for an entire week. I did make myself get up every day as if I was going to work so that I could do things that I have been putting off at home. I also ate really well, read books and took naps.
Hopefully, when this column is read, ALL citizens in Shreveport and for that matter, Caddo Parish will have running water.
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Writing for public consumption – that is, to be read – requires boldness and a touch of arrogance. Even writers who experience self-doubt (is there any other kind?) must embrace ego. Or they don’t write. Editors are different. They must exhibit
Re: SHREVEPORT IS A GREAT TOWN; IT JUST GETS A BAD RAP
That “same old soup warmed-over” will lose its savor, has no real taste, no real appreciation, and yet many still run toward that pot, why? Why is it that all seem to appreciate a soup warmed over when it has no real value, no worth?
In a previous column, I suggested that the people who cause most problems in the world are very confused. Despite what our ego tells us about the importance of power, wealth, and material possessions, love is all that is real and permanent in our transitory world.
There used to be a time in America, not too long ago, when character and the truth mattered. There used to be a time in America, not too long ago, when a person was rewarded for doing what he or she believed was the right thing to do. That is no longer the case in America. Lying and trying to cheat is accepted, even by the people who claim to have ethics and integrity. And even by people who claim to be principled Conservatives.
The 4/1/2021 report from the Caddo-Bossier Sales and Use Tax Office will show February sales tax receipts reported in early March for the City of Shreveport and every other Caddo Parish taxing jurisdiction which levies a sales tax of any amount. I’m concerned we will see a rather big drop tp be reported in such sales tax collections for the 3 reasons noted below.
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