Former City Councilman Micheal Echols faced resistance from the Mayo Administration when he introduced the idea of allowing UBER to operate in Monroe. It proved to be a good idea, but it goes even further. The company, which began in…
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Is Georgia vote controversy over manipulating black votes?
The controversy over Georgia’s new election law, promoted memories of election practices in our area and laws we changed in Louisiana to respond to them. The Georgia legislature passed a law that provides more access to…
Senator Fields is right, kindergarten should be mandatory, not an option
Senator Cleo Fields has touched a nerve in the state legislature because he wants required schooling for all students to begin at Kindergarten instead of first grade. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is, especially for those…
Mayor Staci deserves praise, but thank God for the Voting Rights Act
The African-American community should extend a vote of thanks to Mayor Staci Albritton-Mitchell and the West Monroe Board of Alderpersons for their timely decision to work with the Justice Department to insure minority participation in West Monroe government. While West…
Black members of city council silent about our concerns
The Oliver Ellis administration apparently thinks it can ignore touchy issues and they will go away. It appears that part of the city’s new brand is to “say nothing about touchy issues and hope they go away.” Unfortunately, the Black…
Mayor’s “State of City” infomercial ignored many minority concerns
Mayor Oliver Ellis released a thirty-minute infomercial style television broadcast on Easter Sunday in which he summed up his first eight months in office. It was a beautiful production, but many didn’t see it and many minorities who saw…
Secret Non-Zero grading policy allows lazy students to pass
It’s not spoken outside of education circles, but it’s known by every public school teacher and student: No matter how poorly a student performs in class, or assignments are missed, the student will never receive a zero. It’s a…