The Caddo Commission approved funding of two Lighthouse Projects at its meeting yesterday.
Morningstar Baptist Church will receive $250,000.
The Highland Center will also receive $250,000.
Caddo Commissioner Lyndon Johnson is a deacon at Morningstar.
Caddo Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts is a member of Morningstar.
Both these commissioners voted to approve the $500,000 funding, which was in one ordinance.
Neither commissioner declared their relationship with the church.
Neither commissioner recused from the vote.
Was this vote by each commissioner a conflict of interest?
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.