Columns & Opinions

An announcement: I am sexy and hot.

March 20 was a defining day in Bossier City history. The voters showed up in record numbers to cast their vote for the next four years in Bossier City. And the results spoke for themselves. Three challengers faced long-term incumbents and won. And in the case of District 5, an incumbent retired.

After my accident last February, I spent a month in hospitals recovering and learning to manage my considerable pain, gathering the strength to get back on my feet again. The mayor’s final two-hour listening session last Tuesday at Norris Ferry Community Church looked to be a butt-grueling test for my newfound mobility. I was tempted to take my pain pills and get a ride.

The voices of the people of Shreveport spoke, but what are those voices saying? Is anyone listening?

It’s possible.

Any business that wants to do business with the city of Shreveport should be legitimate and bonded. There should be no questions about whether an entity can do the work that it is bidding to do. That business should have its own equipment and staff ready to go before it receives one dollar from the city, and that is only common sense. Letting out contracts without fully vetting a company is bad business and costly to the citizens of Shreveport.

I don’t know how many peanut M&M’s I’ve crunched in decades of peanut M&M crunching. A hundred thousand seems possible.

I am pretty much a homebody, so the idea of a stay at home vacation sounds pretty good. I think I am a homebody. I am seldom at home so this is something I just dream of.