Columns & Opinions

At a special meeting of the Caddo Commission on Tuesday, Nov. 29, Steffon Jones was selected as the interim commissioner for commission District 6. This seat was vacant after the resignation of Lynn Cawthorne.

As a close follower of Shreveport city government, I attend most council meetings and focus on city budgetary matters. Here are my suggestions for Shreveport’s elected officials for 2022.

The present process used to select an interim to complete an elected official’s unexpired term has been a topic of conversation over the years.

Help!

Oh, how I wish many would come together and help reshape the lives of our boys and girls academically here in Caddo Parish.

Sadly, another murder in Shreveport has become routine news. And it’s possible that the 2021 murder rate will be the highest in Shreveport’s history.

The state of Louisiana has a lot of money in its coffers, and that money needs to be spent on making the state the best it can be, and that starts with effectively educating our children.

A few years ago, I picked up a day job working in East Texas for a medical company that was promoting a new treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). I was in the office of a pulmonologist recording a script for a video explainer for new COPD patients. During a break to work on the script, I asked the doctor, “What about marijuana smokers?” My kids were in Caddo Magnet, which has a strong reputation for drug abuse. I was hoping for some good anti-drug evidence on the evils of smoking marijuana.

The state of Louisiana offers quite a well-managed group health insurance program to its employees, retirees, school boards and retired teachers, and other former school employees.