is currently serving Shreveport and Caddo Parish as the Caddo Commissioner for District 4, which includes parts of Highland, South Highlands, Waterside, Shreve City, Shreve Island, Broadmoor, Broadmoor Terrace, and Dixie Gardens.

Who I am

I grew up in Shreveport, first in Broadmoor, then in the Ellerbe Road area. I attended public schools: AC Steere, Caddo Middle Magnet, then Magnet High. I was fortunate to study at several world class universities, Columbia, King’s College Cambridge, Princeton, and finally at NYU Law School.

I moved back home in 2014, started a farm on family land, and Shreveport’s first farm-to-table restaurant on King’s Highway (The Levee, which I closed at the start of Covid). I was elected to represent my neighbors in 2019 on the Caddo Parish Commission, where I have been busy making our city and parish a better place to live.

What I’ve done

For example, in my two terms as a Caddo Commissioner:

I cast the deciding vote NOT to raise my own pay as a Commissioner, because public service is not for making money, but for improving the quality of life for everyone.

I made big reforms in Animal Services, including the first mandatory Spay/ Neuter Law in the South, to move toward humanely controlling our stray animal population, as well as Caddo’s first Mosquito Prevention Drone. I also secured humane tranquilizer guns for Animal Control Officers, so that they could quickly handle public safety threats from vicious at-large dogs in our city, instead of chasing them on foot.

I led the effort to establish Shreveport’s first two Emergency Preparedness Sites, which have backup electric and water systems for many types of crisis. Two more sites are in the works right now.

I successfully advocated for significant economic development initiatives through investments in Youth Sports, like the two new multimillion-dollar ball facilities managed by the YMCA.

I started Louisiana’s first clinical trial to cure methamphetamine addiction and PTSD, in cooperation with LSU Medical Center, which may soon become a clinic to deal with Shreveport’s meth crisis.

I revitalized the mostly abandoned Highland Park where I established Shreveport’s first public fruit orchard with about 300 fruit trees.

I relieved Dixie Garden (which is solely under Parish jurisdiction) of the nuisances of excessive industrial noise and street racing. Right now I’m pushing to codify a new noise ordinance for Caddo Parish to protect property rights, property values, and quality of life for citizens living near new industrial activity. Supporting business is important, and it’s important to balance this with the quality of life of our residents.

I successfully championed my own neighborhood, Highland, during its severe crisis of drug-related arson in abandoned houses, forcing the city government reverse its soft-on-crime policy and to protect citizens from relentless, destructive fires. This action has significantly improved public safety in Highland and other blighted neighborhoods like Mooretown.

I expanded Caddo’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Center, The Harbor, by including a food pantry, STD testing/treatment for abuse victims, and a sound and video recording studio for at-risk kids.

I quickly found and deployed emergency funding to restore a Shreveport home for disabled veterans after a destructive fire.

I edited and improved planning and zoning regulations for Caddo Parish to ease the burden on local businesses and respect the property rights of residents.

Right now I’m pushing forward an ordinance for Caddo Parish to provide $2.8 million to fund 40 police SUVs to be take-home vehicles for SPD officers who live in Shreveport. Take home vehicles improve neighborhood security, officer morale and efficiency, and last 8-10 years.

I’ve also just authored a resolution urging the Louisiana State Legislature to exempt police and first responder pay from the 3% state income tax, which would functionally raise officer pay and make us more competitive with neighboring Texas for recruiting and retaining officers.

And more!