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…
Category: Editorial
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: The riding mower brigade
By Victor C Kirk I know this article will get me into trouble, but here it goes. There appears to be a love affair with riding lawn mowers in Monroe. Never have I seen so many especially moving across such…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic – Case for a James Bond of color
By Victor C Kirk I am an enthusiast of the James Bond franchise. When the theaters announce a new movie, I quickly scroll the internet for a movie preview and the local theaters for a show date. I am amazed…
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…
You are the hero of your own story
By Rusty Potter A person must be prepared to fight a battle several times before winning. You must know everything you need to win is on the inside of you. You have the power to pick yourself up and move…
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: City Planning – A quest for a new identity
By Victor C Kirk We all have perhaps lived somewhere else prior to returning home to Monroe or visited a city and internalized what we experienced. Some may have remembered a store, a restaurant, a night out at a remarkable…
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…