6 Commissioners Block Effort to Defund Programs that help Domestic Violence Victims and Senior Citiz
On Monday during the Work Session of the Caddo Parish Commission, six Commissioners made a bold statement by protesting Commissioner Mike Middleton’s Resolution that would have suspended funding for all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Caddo Parish. Commissioners Jerald Bowman, Lynn Cawthorne, Jackson, Louis Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, and Stormy Gage-Watts (president), all Democrats, left after considering all other matters before the commission. Left on the agenda was one item that would strip funding from organizations such as Caddo Council Aging’s Meals on Wheels Program, MLK Pharmacy, Holy Angels, the Providence House, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport Green, Volunteer
