Tag: Roosevelt Wright Jr

The City of Monroe is quietly walking back its decision to enforce Mayo era fees at City Community Centers; we agree with that decision. The James Mayo administration passed a series of fee increases during the final years of its…

  Are we dumbing down the next generation by lowering expectations and accepting mediocrity?   The African-American community should be concerned that the average African-American student in all schools in our parish is not being prepared for higher-order thinking. We…

The controversy over whether an employer can fire an employee who refuses to take the COVID-19 vaccine heated up this week, we think it is a delicate balancing act between public safety and individual freedoms. At issue is a mandate…

  Sex is built into the system from the Olympics all the way down to our local athletic teams. This week however the German Gymnastics team at the Olympics decided to make a statement they hope will change things.  …

   There is a back and forth between lawyers for a man who died in Monroe Police Custody and Monroe Police Chief Zordan, while each side is accusing the other, no one is addressing the 800-pound Gorilla in the room.…

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…

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…