In Jan. the new members of the Louisiana legislature will take office. One of these will be Steven Jackson, who is currently a Caddo Commissioner.
Jackson is wrapping up two terms of office that have been controversial to say the least.
Jackson barely won the election over Dr. Terrence Vinson in the race for District 27.
Jackson's effectiveness in the Legislature will be questionable for many reasons.
The first is his penchant for long monologues emphasizing his greatness. As a newbie in Baton Rouge he may find that the old guard does not take well to his self-laudatory speeches.
The second reason is that Jackson is a protégée of now defeated Cedric Glover who barely participated in the Legislature. Harkening on Glover's record or touting the virtues of his other mentor Calvin Lester will fall on deaf ears in the Legislature.
The most damaging baggage Jackson takes to Baton Rouge is his record of stalking females. He has two well documented incidents in Shreveport. And to top all that off Jackson has plead guilty to impersonating a law enforcement officer in Bossier City.
Jackson has pending in Shreveport City Court a battery charge. This case will be tried in 2024.
Its unfortunate Jackson will be in the Legislature, He has a record of skirting the law in efforts to line his pockets. He has previously purchase vehicles at a private auction and then sold them without placing title into his name to avoid sales taxes. He has also driven a former law enforcement vehicle that was clearly identifiable because the marking were not totally removed.
Jackson was part of the transaction that lead to Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Marcus Hunter of Monroe purchasing the old Humphrey's building on Texas Street. Hunter had plans on getting funding from the Louisiana Housing Corporation (Jackson is a board member) to transform the building into affordable housing for low income citizens.
The building was long in disrepair and an eyesore to travelers crossing the Texas Street bridge from Bossier into Shreveport. After the fire, the rumble became a safety issue and it was cited by the Shreveport Property Standards Board for immediate demolition. Hunter, who is from Monroe, opposed the action. The City of Shreveport demolished the building and cleaned up the lumber under an emergency declaration, filing a lien for the costs against the property.
Jackson's campaign reflected major contributions from South Louisiana companies associated with designing, constructing and managing law income housing constructed with funding from the Louisiana Housing Corporation. The old political adage of "follow the money" was certainly in play with Jackson and his activities as a Louisiana Housing Corporation commissioner.
Jackson has qualified as a candidate for the Caddo Democratic Parish Executive Committee (DPEC). He joins other rogues with questionable qualifications such as Breka Peoples, Roy Burrell, Helen Godfrey- Smith, Calvin Lester and Alana Oldham. This election is in Mar. of next year.
For those readers wanting to contact Jackson his address is 2048 Ashton St., Shreveport La 71101. His email is steventuba@aol.com and is phone number is 688-9500.