FOUR YEARS OF WORK

Not promises. Not press releases. What actually changed in Bogalusa over four years.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Cut homicides from nine in 2022 to two in 2025, a 78% reduction
Put $160,000 in crime cameras on the streets, funded through the Governor's office
Recruited the largest class of patrolmen in over twenty years
Built a community policing program that puts officers into city initiatives, not just patrol cars
Expanded patrols into more neighborhoods across the city
Raised firefighter pay for the first time in over two decades, $2 an hour immediately, with a phased plan to bring them level with police
Delivered four straight safe Mardi Gras seasons, after shootings in each of the three before he took office

Created the Mayor's Youth Corps, putting more than 150 teenagers to work each summer picking up litter, painting the Richmond Street Bridge, and refurbishing neighborhood parks
Revived the Mayor's Camp after a twenty-year absence
Opened the Teen Lounge, a safe place for the age group that had nowhere to go
Launched a city internship program that gives college students a real look inside local government

Built Maggie Ard Park, the first park for toddlers and children with special needs in Washington Parish, through the Love Louisiana Outdoors Program
Opened the Gayle Jenkins Pier out over the Cassidy Park lagoon
Installed a sand volleyball court at Cassidy Park
Expanded the Terrace neighborhood park to a full city block
Refurbished neighborhood parks across the city
Raised the city's water grade from a C to a B, without ever raising water rates
Demolished blighted commercial buildings, including Jones Grocery on Union Avenue

Secured more than $2 million in grants, including $500,000 from the EPA for blight remediation
Grew industrial park revenue by more than 155% at no cost to residents, one tenant alone went from $60,000 to $240,000 a year
Recruited United Way of Southeast Louisiana to Bogalusa, and the Prosperity Center opened on Avenue U within sixty days
Redrew the Bogalusa Historic Cultural District with Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser's office, positioning downtown for future funding
Brought Sinners, from Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, to Bogalusa to film, the national stage, plus production spending, local venue rentals, and food and retail traffic

Wrote Standard Operating Procedures where there were none, so City Hall can hold employees accountable to taxpayers
Hired the first properly licensed water and sewer operator the city has had in over twenty years
Launched a new city website and moved Bogalusa to a .gov domain
Implemented uniform policies and a city-wide dress code for city employees
Assembled the most educated and most representative workforce City Hall has ever had — a government that looks like the city it serves