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Shreveport Citizens United: A Message from our Director!
Shreveport Citizens United: A Message from our Director!

Shreveport Citizens United: A Message from our Director!

Dear SCU Influencers and Followers, Over the past eight months, we have learned a great deal about the challenge of crime and violence that we’re experiencing in our Shreveport and Caddo Parish communities. We have visited with numerous nonprofits, civic leaders, law enforcement and those who work directly in the community addressing many of the root causes of this challenge. We have also identified opportunities to bring significant change to the trajectory of our city. There are no instant solutions; however, we believe wholeheartedly that we have identified pathways to see change over the next five to 10 years. Many of these solutions are already being addressed by nonprofits in our community. Some nonprofits have infrastructure that allows for growth at scale, while others have found very effective solutions at a neighborhood level. These have great potential for modular scalability. We also see great opportunities through collaboration between nonprofits, law enforcement, civic leadership, education systems and citizens. We believe greater collaboration will unlock our greatest potential as a community. Without collaboration, there will be difficulty in seeing change at scale. We must work together in the collective wisdom of all stakeholders.

Raise the Gasoline Tax
Raise the Gasoline Tax

Raise the Gasoline Tax

While watching my favorite cable news network, I noticed that every commercial that popped up for two hours was the same one touting Shawn Wilson, candidate for governor, as a failed transportation secretary. The ad claims that during Wilson’s seven years as secretary of transportation, Louisiana went from 39th to 49th as the state with the worst roads. The ad also claimed that some 15,000 bridges were overdue for repairs, and it will take $18 billion to do all the work necessary to save you, the motorist, the $650 they estimate drivers are having to pay for repairs to their vehicles. What they don’t tell you is that the gasoline tax that is supposed to fund the upkeep is wholly inadequate.

Settle Talk

Settle Talk

Each year the Community Foundation of North Louisiana (CFNL) raises millions of dollars in its Give for the Good and in its other fundraising efforts.

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