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The Next 100 Days

The Next 100 Days

Although the six restored special taxes are a highlight of the first 100 days of the Arceneaux administration, it is too early to do any chest thumping. Putting myself in that position, what would I look to accomplish for my next 100 days? Absent a drastic bond proposal, of which Mayor Arceneaux and challenger Senator Gregg Tarver both pledged not to do, I would look for ways to build on or enhance the six special taxes.

Shreveport Mayor Brings Good News to Caddo Republicans

Shreveport Mayor Brings Good News to Caddo Republicans

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux spoke to the monthly meeting of Caddo Republicans on the porch at Superior Grill on Line Avenue Tuesday. Businessman Louis Avallone brought the meeting to order with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. After 15 minutes of welcoming remarks and introductions of local Republican dignitaries, Mayor Arceneaux came to the microphone and brought exciting news.

Each Generation Can Learn from Previous Generations Going Forward

Each Generation Can Learn from Previous Generations Going Forward

The exhortations of “I remember when I was a young man,” or “I remember when we were growing up,” or “I remember back in the day,” are all phrases that most generation X’ers and millennials don’t like to hear or don’t want to hear from their parents. They don’t want to hear it because they think their parents are “old-fashioned,” or as some of them might say, “not cool.”

Time for a Strategic Plan for Our Schools

Time for a Strategic Plan for Our Schools

There is no easy or difficult; only status quo and change. For far too long the status quo for Caddo schools has been a managed decline of an aging and bloated footprint. Despite periodic and painful decommissioning of campuses, most recently E.B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary, we’re still oversized by approximately 30%. We can accommodate 42,000 students but only have approximately 32,000 enrolled. We’re bleeding out approximately 1,000 per year. As a result of parish-wide outmigration and “donut holing” of the core, there are dozens of aging and emptying schools. These schools, despite best efforts, are more expensive to maintain, frequently less safe and much less cost-efficient per student.

BY: BILL McCOLLUM Contributing Columnist

Maybe You Shouldn’t

As much as we in the financial services industry want to encourage people to invest, we sometimes have to say no. (That’s the difference between advising and selling.) Of the many reasons that come to mind, there is a common denominator: unrealistic expectations.

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