The Mayor of Shreveport pulled a good one. KTBS reported:
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins remains disqualified from seeking re-election. That's after the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal on Monday sided with a trial court judge in finding Perkins did not meet qualifications for the office because of incorrect information on his candidacy form. A three-judge panel heard Perkins' appeal Friday. They were unanimous in their decision. Perkins will appeal the decision to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which has the option of hearing the case. He has said his mistake on his candidacy papers should not rule him out for another election bid. "We are disappointed with the decision of the 2nd Circuit. We continue to believe that Mayor Perkins is a qualified candidate, and it was always a long shot to have the Second Circuit reverse it's own precedent in the West Monroe case. There is a split among the Louisiana Circuit Courts on this issue which only the State Supreme Court can resolve. We intend to appeal immediately," said Perkins attorneys, Scott Bickford and L. Havard Scott. Attorneys Jerry Harper, Anne Wilkes and Hugo Holland, who represented Francis Deal, the man who sued Perkins, said, "We appreciate the Appellate Court taking seriously their role as guardians of the integrity of the election system under Louisiana law. The panel of judges hearing this matter were extremely prepared; and, we are pleased that they sustained our position and the position of the district court in this litigation.” Caddo Parish District Court Judge Brady O'Callaghan ruled on Tuesday that Perkins' false information regarding his voting address on his candidacy paperwork disqualifies him. State law says if voters claim a homestead exemption, they must register with that address. Perkins signed the papers saying he was still registered to vote at the address of his mother's home in southeast Shreveport, and not his downtown condo where he actually lives and takes a homestead exemption. Perkins lived at his mother's home when he initially returned to Shreveport and ran for mayor in 2018. He changed his voter registration to his condo on Marshall Street the day after the lawsuit challenging his candidacy was filed. "It is undisputed that, at the time Mr. Perkins filed his Notice of Candidacy, he was registered to vote in one precinct, while claiming his homestead exemption in another. Despite Mr. Perkins’ assertions, the error cannot be trivialized as a mere 'oversight' or 'legally insignificant' because Mr. Perkins is not the average layperson. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and Harvard University School of Law. Mr. Perkins testified that he and his campaign team reviewed the Notice of Candidacy, and he conferred with his personal attorney prior to submitting it," wrote 2nd Circuit Judge Shonda Stone in the ruling..... Article
18 comments:
Just like in Hinds County.
Never heard of him.
So, at either address he is qualified to run. But they disqualified him anyway.
What makes him the dummy of the day.? This only reminds us of who the dummies of the day, over THIS way, are.
Meanwhile: A Harvard Law Graduate wants to be a hometown mayor living in a condo? WTF?
While I understand the argument of disqualification, isn't this a mere technicality? Is his downtown condo not within Shreveport's city limits? Seems to be grabbing at straws to me.
Usually it's good to be King.
So, with all his impressive credentials, he apparently can't read, understand or follow simple instructions. That's not someone I would want interpreting and executing the laws.
He's qualified to run for Hinds County Supervisor.
Some readers screaming racism. Don't see where race was mentioned in what I posted above. It's simply a funny story about a politician being too cute with the residency game only to get bitten in the ass.
Some readers screaming racism.
It is all the cowards have.
It's not racist KF but it's just that so many black elected officals have taken for granted the lack of accountability when it comes to residency. You can represent the "hood" without living there. It happens so much that some forget that you might get caught. Maybe not here in Hinds but in some places. The guy is no dummy he just got a little careless.
Shreveport, unlike Jackson, has clean water, regular garbage pick-up, and a far lower crime rate.
Sounds like sour grapes politics..
Can you say Jim Evans?
Shreveport native here. This isn't a race thing, it's a politics thing. Perkins' opponent was going to be State Senator Gregory Tarver, an African American who has been in politics for eons and definitely knows how to play the politics game. As soon as he announced his candidacy, this lawsuit comes out of nowhere. Perkins should have known when Tarver got in the game he better have all his I's dotted and T's crossed.
Shreveport is a happier, safer, cleaner city, overall, than Jackson. In the late 1950s, I heard Long family politicians drive up and down the streets with a mega-phone loud speaker on top their car, broadcasting their campaign.
"A chicken in every pot", theme of the original Kingfish (Louisiana), is a lot more interesting to vote for or against than which Shreveport house the incumbent Mayor references in his election forms.
12:51 your romantic wistfullness is off by about 30 years. And I challenge you on the current status of Shreveport--complete ghetto one mile W from the river.
2:44, any city in the U.S. is better than Jackson.
I grew up in Shreveport until I went to college and have now spent just as many years in Jackson. I would move back to Shreveport tomorrow if I could. It has its issues but its nothing close to Jackson.
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