The ingrained bureaucracy and the voluminous over regulatory UDC make it virtually impossible to implement needed changes in the current structure. Thus, It is better to blow it all up and start over. The best way to accomplish that is a two-fold process. The first is to not fund the MPC for 2025, or perhaps just for the first quarter. The second is to move the zoning and planning process to a city department.
The proposed 2025 operating budgets for the City total almost $690 million. There are 24 separate operating funds used by the City, as well as a separate Capital Improvements budget.
The Bossier City Council is in the process of re-drafting its 2025 budget, which includes long-overdue pay raises for city staff. According to a salary study concluded in October 2024, a majority of the city staff are paid well below the average range of similar-sized cities across Louisiana and East Texas. However, rather than aligning pay raises with the study’s insights and prioritizing critical staffing needs, Councilman Montgomery made an unexpected proposal—a $500 per month pay raise for all employees, bypassing any targeted adjustments based on the study.
The loss of their starting was the final nail in the 2024 season for the Dallas cowboys.
College football first Top 12 bracket released!
Reeling after their seventh straight loss, the New Orleans Saints fired head coach Dennis Allen. Over the course of __ seasons, Allen compiled an 18-25 record in three years in New Orleans, and now has a 26-53 coaching record overall.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are champion of baseball, winning the 8th World Series in five games over the New York Yankees. Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman took home MVP honors as he came up clutch for the Dodgers over and over during the series. Shohei Ohtani was kept in check but timely, clutch hitting and dominant pitching proved too much.
Unlike other years, this week’s matchup between Alabama and LSU doesn’t quite have the same feel. It could absolutely be because where both teams sit in the standings with two losses each. Gone is the game that decides the season, right? Well, as we have all seen in the past anything can happen in the SEC! The feel is one of desperation to salvage a possible lost season.
These first few weeks have been both energizing and insightful—I’ve had the pleasure of visiting schools, meeting with teachers, students, and families, and seeing firsthand the incredible work underway in our classrooms.
The City of Shreveport deposited 1.5% more in October than a year ago. Its tally of $13,728,392 brings its YTD sum to $135,621,457, down 1.4% from 2023, when the 10-month collections were $137,551,546. It uses the calendar year as its fiscal year and levies a 2.75% rate on its sales and use tax. It is the only NW LA entity to see a rise in this year's receipts vs last. 5 others fell.
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