City Council members Stephanie Lynch and Jerry Bowman exchanged a number of emails in which the pair's discussion of the use of the term "the hood" heated up.
The mayor touted her administration's two-year crime fighting plan and improved crime statistics, but made no mention of possible assistance from the Caddo Sheriff.
The City Council will hear the Gateway Development Consortium's presentation at their working session on May 21, then plan to vote at their meeting the next day.