by Barry Butler
I have had several questions about the Bossier Parish tax renewals that are on the ballot for November 8th. The question is, “How is voting for a tax renewal, a tax decrease?”
Because the Bossier Parish Police Jury has raised your taxes, without you being able to vote for or against the taxes twice since you, the voter, approved the rates in 2006. The tax rates you, the voter, approved in 2006 for the Health Unit was .82 mils. The tax rate you, the voter, approved in 2006 for ighway was 1.99 mils.
During periods of recession, our state constitution allows taxing authorities (Police Juries, city councils, school boards, etc) via Revised Statute 47, Section 1705 to raise your tax rates to Read more
Here is a list of questions that the officials of the Port of Caddo Bossier should answer for voters before the upcoming tax renewals. The Port spends big bucks with a local ad agency for public relations, but Executive Director Eric England is tightlipped when asked “hard questions” about the internal operations of the Port, much less the upcoming tax renewal. This list was sent to England with a request that he answer the same; he has failed to respond to this email.
by Marion Marks
Voters have such a frail moral vision that when an elected official follows a righteous path that benefits the public, corrects wrongs and bases decisions on a belief that justice can be accomplished, the official generally ends up being ridiculed and required to prove himself guiltless. It’s almost as if voters expect officials to sell out to porn vendors, massage parlors and gambling interests.
by Marion Marks
Bossier Webster Judge Jeff Cox has always been a pace setter when he was in private practice and after he donned a black robe, so its no surprise that he has been openly campaigning for a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals since last fall; the election is November 8 of this year. What is somewhat of a surprise is that Cox is not running for an open seat; he is challenging Judge Jay Caraway who was first elected to the Second Circuit in 1996. (Caraway was unopposed for re-election in 2006.)
These gatherings were the work of our Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments (NLCOG), with an assist from and by the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (LA DOTD).