The Feb. 14 issue of The Inquisitor was the first media report of litigation filed by two hangar owners against the Shreveport Airport Authority (SAA)and the City of Shreveport.
The suit alleges that the new ground leases required by the SAA have caused a major decrease in value of their hangars. The Caddo and Bossier Tax Assessors have both reduced the values of privately owned hangars at Shreveport Regional Airport and the Shreveport Downtown Airport were reduced sixty per cent.
On Wed. Feb. 19, a petition for intervention in the pending litigation by an additional 29 hangar owners.
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John came to Shreveport in January of 1977 when he was transferred to Barksdale AFB.
He’s been active in Shreveport politics since deciding to make Shreveport his home.
John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings.
John is published weekly in The Inquisitor, bi-monthly in The Forum News, and frequently in the Shreveport Times.
He enjoys addressing civic groups on local government issues and elections.