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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.

 

THIS IS HOW YOUR GOVERNMENT MAKES SAUSAGE: NEW INTERSTATE SERVICE ROAD?

JOHN PERKINS

I attend Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments (NLCOG) meetings. I am interested in how our Infrastructure system became so fouled up. Best I can tell, COGs were formed by the federal government back in the 1900s to give small, dysfunctional governments some control over larger dysfunctional governments outside in other parishes.

At the last meeting of 2018, there was a sense of failure in the room. Mayor Lorenzo Walker’s longed-for pet project, I-69 through Bossier City by way of the Port, was dead.....

TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE September 18 ISSUE OF FOCUS SB - THE INQUISITOR, GO TO   https://www.theinquisitor.com/news/how-your-government-makes-sausage-new-interstate-service-road  OR SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT http://theinquisitor.com

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PIPES SEEKS TO CURB LOCAL VIOLENCE