Whenever a major storm or hurricane hits Louisiana, many people are devastated and crippled for years. Some never recover. However, many have learned how to profit from disasters. Whenever hurricanes or major flooding impacts South Louisiana, many businesses and governments…
Category: Editorial
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Michael Kenneth Williams – Drugs and “Omar”
By Victor C. Kirk I was his friend, but he didn’t know me. It’s strange how we see a movie or TV series and embrace a character. We then look for him or her to “star” in another movie or…
City is self-insured, injured citizens may not get a fair deal if hurt
Most citizens don’t know that the City of Monroe doesn’t carry insurance to cover all of its tort liabilities because it is self-insured. The idea of being self-insured was a management decision made during the administration of the late W.…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Wealth in Monroe – A Reckoning
By Victor C. Kirk Every now and then you read what you wrote days and sometimes weeks later and ask the question “is this the perspective I want to propagate”. When I began the quest to unravel wealth in Monroe,…
Financial Literacy is a must if we are to dig ourselves out of debt
There are a large number of young adults who are financially wrecked. There are so many that becoming a bankruptcy attorney is now a lucrative business. Financial literacy for young people is an area that has been ignored, and we…
Black council members should protect our interests, without a crowd!
It took an overflow crowd of angry blacks to stop the City of Monroe from passing two resolutions that would have dramatically reduced minority participation in city contracts had they passed. It’s disappointing that a Black majority city council and…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Wealth in Monroe – Part Two
By Victor C. Kirk Finding the money in Monroe is quite a task – you are removing layer after layer of an onion. There are signs and signals of where there is paydirt. Several factors are present in the Monroe…