<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2JZvGe_0w3DqjgV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2JZvGe_0w3DqjgV00" width="900" height="507" ></figure>BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Bossier City Council voted to send voters the Charter Commission’s recommended term limits and other changes.The charter commission worked to change the city’s charter for ten months, but not without controversy. As they drew closer to the end of their duties, several members resigned after a heated exchange during a meeting.Vicky Whitman, Charter Commission member, said, “It’s going to go to voters, and it will be up to the voters as it should be.”However, the Bossier Term Limits Coalition is unhappy with the commission’s term limits measure. They started a petition and gathered enough signatures to put their version on the ballot. But Bossier City challenged it, and it’s now in court.Wes Merriott with the coalition said, “The petition sought a specific type of term limits and it was term limits that would apply to anyone who currently holds an office and has exceeded three terms of office.”The coalition says the term limits proposed by the charter commission and sent to voters would take effect in 2025, resetting the clock for those currently in office.Cassie Mae Rogers sought and won a Writ of Mandamus against the City of Bossier City and the Bossier City Council. The writ ordered the governing body to perform its discretionary, mandatory duty of calling an election to submit the term limits issue to voters. Rogers said the start date of the commission’s version.Cassie Rogers said, “The biggest difference is number one is that they’re going to get twelve more years. To be honest, I don’t know if Bossier City can survive twelve more years like this.”Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTALnews.com. </div></body>

Mountain View, CA

NewsBreak

Bossier City will see term limits on ballot but not necessarily the way they expect

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Bossier City Council voted to send voters the Charter Commission’s recommended term limits and other changes. The charter commission worked to change the city’s charter for ten months, but not without controversy. As they drew closer to the...