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Monday, April 20, 2020

Do Mail-In Votes Add Up?

By Louis Avallone
We’re going to begin hearing a lot more about how conducting our elections by U.S. mail is a necessity now. Take U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, for example. She says, “The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the obstacles many already face when voting,” and the American people “deserve a comprehensive solution to ensure that voting is safe and accessible.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, March 23, 2020

The Importance of Empathy

By Louis Avallone
As the coronavirus pandemic pushes people toward increased social isolation, millions of workers are attending meetings remotely, municipalities are conducting open meetings online, and schools are shifting to online platforms. In fact, the video conferencing platform, WebEx, saw a surge in user activity since the beginning of March – 5.
Community
Monday, March 9, 2020

Perkins Lets Voters Down

By Louis Avallone
Shreveport mayor is not whom we thought we elected Mayor Perkins' inauguration speech on that cold, Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2018, seemed incontrovertible confirmation of what so many voters hoped his election represented — a commitment to unifying the city across racial lines: A break from the "old guard" of the past.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Feb. 24, 2020

Hijacked!

By Louis Avallone
In the movie “Air Force One,” Harrison Ford plays the president, whose character as commander-inchief throughout the film follows his principles rather than public-opinion polls.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Feb. 10, 2020

Talking Out of Turn

By Louis Avallone
In his 1957 speech entitled, “Give Us The Ballot,” Martin Luther King Jr. did not advocate for the right to vote simply because he wanted to see more black people in office. No, not at all. He wanted more than that – he wanted to be able to choose men “of good will” who would “do justly and love mercy.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Jan. 27, 2020

We Are Whom We Elect

By Louis Avallone
Mayor Perkins’ administration recently announced that growing industrial hemp (which the Louisiana Legislature legalized in 2019) might represent, in part, the future of economic development in Shreveport. After all, by 2022, hemp sales in the United States are expected to be $2.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Jan. 13, 2020

How Can We See Through All This Smoke?

By Louis Avallone
After hosting a suite full of family and friends (including his special guest, Lynn Braggs) at the Independence Bowl on Dec. 26, Mayor Perkins has now returned to Shreveport from his London holiday, where he celebrated the New Year, and by all appearances, he seems rested and ready to begin his second year in office.
Columns/Opinions
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019

The Corrupt And The Inept

By Louis Avallone
Many feel the recent City Internal Auditor’s report to the Shreveport City Council, regarding the switching of the city’s insurance policies by Shreveport Mayor Perkins earlier this year, merits much closer attention. For many others, however, they may say, “This is old news,” and urge us all to just “move along.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019

Common Sense Or Coin Toss?

By Louis Avallone
Politicians are usually expected to represent their constituents’ preferences. But some would say that a simple majority rule is an imperfect method of representing the people, insofar as individual constituents do not make for good decisions in complex questions.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Nov. 18, 2019

Mayor Perkins Fumbles Badly

By Louis Avallone
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins says the “rumor mill” was responsible for generating the allegations that he ordered the City’s police and fire departments not to help Bossier City, or the Secret Service, with the visit last week by President Donald Trump.

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