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Don’t be left out — register to vote!

voter registration

On May 4, you have a chance to help public education — so register to vote NOW if you aren’t already registered. Voters in Bossier and Caddo parishes have a chance to reinvest in our children through bond and tax proposals that will support school and community improvement. Don’t miss a chance to make YOUR voice heard!

YOU can help Bossier Parish recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and support employees. Bossier is asking residents to approve a 22.94-mill tax increase to fund raises — $3,000 for support employees and 7,200 for teachers — and a 3.22-mill tax to improve technology so students can be prepared for high-tech careers.

YOU can help Caddo Parish provide a safer, more comfortable learning environment WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. Caddo is asking voters to approve $88.3 million in bonds to increase campus security; replace failing heating and air conditioning systems around the district; and buy new buses to replace an aging fleet that puts students and employees at risk when buses break down. Existing millages will cover the bond repayment.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

April 3 is the voter registration deadline for the May 4 elections.

Early voting is April 20-27 (except Sunday, Apr. 21) from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Registrar of Voters offices in Bossier and Caddo.

No time? No excuses! Go to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Voter Registration website to check your status, change your voter information or REGISTER TO VOTE with just a few clicks.
OR pick up the phone and check with your parish registrar:
BOSSIER PARISH COURTHOUSE
204 BURT BLVD – SECOND FLOOR
BENTON, LA 71006
(318) 965-2301
525 MARSHALL, SUITE 103
SHREVEPORT, LA 71101
SHREVEPORT, LA 71163-1253
(318) 226-6891
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BESE approves school employee pay raise plan

Proposed teacher and support staff pay raises are headed to the Legislature.

This morning, BESE members unanimously approved the proposal — $1,000 for teachers and $500 for support employees – in roll-call vote designed to show unwavering support for the raises.

Gov. John Bel Edwards calls the proposal “a good faith down payment” on a plan to bring Louisiana’s teacher pay in line with the Southern regional average for teacher salaries. Regional and national average teacher salaries are more than $1,000 higher than Louisiana’s average pay.

Edwards has said the raises are his number one priority going into the 2019 legislative session.Tuesday, he urged members of BESE’s Administration and Finance Committee to approve the raises and the per-pupil funding increased needed to cover the cost.

Today, BESE also approved a request to increase MFP by 1.375 percent this year to fund those raises and provide more money for classroom materials and supplies. Louisiana hasn’t put any additional money into the per-pupil funding formula since 2009, says Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter.

We already know there’s opposition to these raises! Tell us how you can help us get them passed: https://goo.gl/forms/zCArTYiZle5oGHVh2

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Red River United Membership Meeting- 3/13/2019

Who: Red River United members

What: membership meeting

Where: Red River United- 1726 Line Ave.

When: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5:00 PM

Why: elections, bonds, and pay raises

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer/Pledge
3. Secretary/Treasurer Report
4. 2019 – 2022 RRU Election- Nomination/Election Committee Approval
5. State Pay Raise Update
6. Caddo and Bossier Bond Initiatives Update
7. Staff Reports
8. President’s Report
9. Q and A.
10. Adjournment

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Red River United’s 2019 New Year’s Resolutions

CADDO

The Red River United resolves to continue to advocate through the district and the court system to ensure NO EDUCATOR is penalized by the VALUE-ADDED MODEL.

The Red River United resolves to continue to advocate through the district and the courts to ensure all educators receive their STIPENDS/INCENTIVE PAY as outlined in the agreement between Caddo and the Louisiana Department of Education.

BOSSIER

The Red River United resolves to work for the SOMETHING BIG coming to Bossier employees this spring. We will be at the January 10th and January 17th BPSB MEETINGS. BOSSIER MEMBERS shall resolve to be there, too!!!

RED RIVER PARISH

The Red River United resolves to ensure the commitments made by Red River Parish School Board Members on DUTY-FREE LUNCH and the OPTION ON TWICE-MONTHLY PAY become policy.

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TAP Payouts and Incentive Issues

We have been informed that TAP payouts for transformation schools will be paid on

December 19, 2018.  There is no set date for any of the other incentives monies except

 that they hope to issue them BEFORE December 19, 2018.

If you do not receive TAP or incentive monies you believe are owed, please click on the link below in order for Red River United to best serve you.

Click here to report your issue!

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Membership Meeting

Full Membership Meeting

Monday, October 29, 2018

5:00-6:00 PM

Red River United Office

1726 Line Ave., Shreveport, LA 71101

318.424.4579

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Early Voting

Early Voting: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 – Tuesday, October 30, 2018

8:30 a.m. -6:00 p.m.

Election Day – Tuesday, November 6, 2018

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS

(Closed Sunday, October 28, 2018)

 

BOSSIER

BOSSIER PARISH COURTHOUSE- 204 BURT BLVD – SECOND FLOOR-BENTON, LA 71006- 318-965-2301

* BOSSIER PARISH LIBRARY HISTORY CENTER- 2206 BECKETT ST- BOSSIER CITY, LA 71111- 318-965-2301

(*limited hours)

CADDO

CADDO REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE – 524 MARSHALL STREET, SUITE 109- SHREVEPORT, LA 71101

DE SOTO

DeSoto Registrar of Voters- 105 FRANKLIN ST -MANSFIELD, LA 71052 – 318-872-1149

WEBSTER

WEBSTER PARISH COURTHOUSE-410 MAIN STREET -MINDEN, LA 71055- 318-377-9272

* SPRINGHILL CIVIC CENTER- 101 MACHEN DR-SPRINGHILL, LA 71075- 318-377-9272

(*limited hours)

LOCAL RACES

Caddo Parish
Mayor City of Shreveport                                                       Ollie Tyler – Endorsed
City Council
City Council – District A                                                         Willie Bradford – Endorsed
City Council – District B                                                         Laura McLemore – Favorable
City Council – District B                                                         LeVette Fuller – Favorable
City Council – District E                                                         James Flurry – Endorsed
City Council – District F                                                         James Green – Endorsed
School Board
School Board – District 3                                                       Terence Vinson – Endorsed
School Board – District 4                                                       Kandee Kelley Flint – Endorsed
School Board – District 7                                                       Raymond Green – Endorsed
School Board – District 8                                                     Sumer Cooner – Favorable
School Board – District 8                                                     Denise Locke – Favorable
School Board – District 10                                                    Durwood Hendricks, Jr. – Endorsed
School Board – District 12                                                    Dottie Bell – Endorsed
Webster Parish – Minden
City Council – District B                                                       Terika Williams – Endorsed
Red River Parish
School Board – District 5                                                      Kasandria White – Endorsed
School Board – District 6                                                      Andrè Cole – Endorsed

School Board – District 7                                                   Susan Taylor – Endorsed
 

Secretary of State                                                              Renee Fontenot Free – Endorsed
U. S. Representative 4th Congressional District               Ryan Trundle – Endorsed

 

Constitutional Amendments

Y

  N
1. Act 719 of 2018

Regular Session

 Amendment to prohibit a convicted felon from seeking/holding public office or appointment within 5 years of completion of sentence unless he is pardoned?  X
2. Act 722 of 2018

Regular Session

 Amendment to require a unanimous jury verdict in all noncapital felony cases for offenses that are committed on or after January I, 2019?  X
3. Act 717 of 2018 Regular Session Amendment to permit, pursuant to written agreement, the donation of the use of public equipment/personnel by a political subdivision upon request to another political subdivision for an activity or function which the requesting political subdivision is authorized to exercise?

X
4. Act 720 of 2018 Regular Session Amendment to remove authority to appropriate or dedicate monies in the Transportation Trust Fund to State Police for traffic control purposes?  

X

 
5. Act 721 of 2018 Regular Session Amendment to extend eligibility for the following special property tax treatments to property in trust: the special assessment level for property tax valuation, the property tax exemption for property of a disabled veteran, and the property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a person who died while performing their duties as a first responder, active duty member of the military, or law enforcement or fire protection officer?

X
6. Act 718 of 2018 Regular Session Amendment that will require any reappraisal of the value of residential property by more than 50%, resulting in a corresponding increase in property taxes, be phased-in over the course of four years during which time no additional reappraisal can occur and that the decrease in the total ad valorem tax collected as a result of the phase in of assessed valuation be absorbed by the taxing authority and not allocated to the other taxpayers.  

X

 
7. Act 322 of 2018

Regular

Session

 Proposition to authorize Fantasy Sports contest. No Position
8. .83 Mills

 

 Parishwide Proposition (Public Facilities Tax Renewal)

X

 

Check with your Parish Registrar of Voters for information regarding early voting in your parish.

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RESCHEDULED

RRU’s General Membership Meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 5:00 PM due to the threat of inclement weather on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.