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In 1970, Guin and McGuire did not seek reelection to the school board but instead ran for the Shreveport city commission, Guin at public utilities and McGuire for [[mayor]], legally the "commissioner of administration". Both lost to [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], Guin to William A. "Bill" Collins, a former public relations specialist, and McGuire to [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], who vacated the position of utilities commissioner after eight years to run successfully for mayor. In 1974, Guin again challenged Collins for utilities commissioner and improved his showing from 1970 by some 7 percentage points but still lost 57-43 percent. When Collins vacated the post in 1977, Guin won a [[special election]] on June 18 with 51 percent of the vote to fill the remaining seventeen months in Collins's term.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', June 20, 1977, p. 1.</ref>​

In 1970, Guin and McGuire did not seek reelection to the school board but instead ran for the Shreveport city commission, Guin at public utilities and McGuire for [[mayor]], legally the "commissioner of administration". Both lost to [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], Guin to William A. "Bill" Collins, a former public relations specialist, and McGuire to [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], who vacated the position of utilities commissioner after eight years to run successfully for mayor. In 1974, Guin again challenged Collins for utilities commissioner and improved his showing from 1970 by some 7 percentage points but still lost 57-43 percent. When Collins vacated the post in 1977, Guin won a [[special election]] on June 18 with 51 percent of the vote to fill the remaining seventeen months in Collins's term.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', June 20, 1977, p. 1.</ref>​

Guin hired Patricia Ann "Patsy" Forcier as his administrative assistant. At the time the wife of Ray Forcier of Shreveport, she has since been married to Billy Clapp of Ocala, [[Florida]]. Her father was the former  state Representative Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., a Democrat from Tallulah in Madison Parish.<ref>Edgar H. Lancaster obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,''October 15, 2009.</ref> An  unlikely specialist on sewer matters, Forcier, who was barely thirty when she joined Guin's staff, proved invaluable to his brief tenure at the Shreveport Utilities Department. Forcier's unusual speciality for a young woman attracted national press attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57669453/|title=From Cancan to sewer lines|publisher=''San Bernardino County Sun''|author=Bonnie Davis|date=May 19, 1978|page=48|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Guin hired Patricia Ann "Patsy" Forcier as his administrative assistant. At the time the wife of Ray Forcier of Shreveport, she has since been married to Billy Clapp of Ocala, [[Florida]]. Her father was the former  state Representative Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., a Democrat from Tallulah in Madison Parish.<ref>Edgar H. Lancaster obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,''October 15, 2009.</ref> An  unlikely specialist on sewer matters, Forcier, who was barely thirty when she joined Guin's staff, proved invaluable to his brief tenure at the Shreveport Utilities Department. Forcier's unusual speciality for a young woman attracted national press attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57669453/|title=From Cancan to sewer lines|publisher=''San Bernardino County Sun''|author=Bonnie Davis|date=May 19, 1978|page=48|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1977, Guin dismissed the municipal water superintendent Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009) for alleged theft of city materials and the improper use of municipal employees. Petrus was first suspended by Commissioner Collins shortly before Collins left office. The suspension carried over into the Guin administration, pending a probe into the charges against Petrus. After a jury found Petrus not guilty of [[felony]] [[theft]], he applied to Guin for reinstatement. Guin, however, changed Petrus' suspension to outright dismissal because Petrus had allegedly used city employees to perform work at his private residence. Despite exoneration by the jury, Petrus failed in further appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/19791394378So2d1016_11202.xml/PETRUS%20v.%20GUIN|title=Petrus v. Guin|date=December 3, 1979|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> Petrus thereafter worked in the private sector became heavily involved in veterans and patriotic causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22370499/alfred-joseph-petrus|title=Alfred Joseph Petrus|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=January 2009|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>Alfred Joseph Petrus was a son-in-law of two sheriffs in Grant Parish, [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]], who with a deputy was killed in the line of duty in 1936, and Nugent's widow and temporary successor, Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent (1895-1976). The Nugents had eleven children, one of whom, Frances, was married to Petrus until his death in 2009.</ref>​

In 1977, Guin dismissed the municipal water superintendent Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009) for alleged theft of city materials and the improper use of municipal employees. Petrus was first suspended by Commissioner Collins shortly before Collins left office. The suspension carried over into the Guin administration, pending a probe into the charges against Petrus. After a jury found Petrus not guilty of [[felony]] [[theft]], he applied to Guin for reinstatement. Guin, however, changed Petrus' suspension to outright dismissal because Petrus had allegedly used city employees to perform work at his private residence. Despite exoneration by the jury, Petrus failed in further appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/19791394378So2d1016_11202.xml/PETRUS%20v.%20GUIN|title=Petrus v. Guin|date=December 3, 1979|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> Petrus thereafter worked in the private sector became heavily involved in veterans and patriotic causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22370499/alfred-joseph-petrus|title=Alfred Joseph Petrus|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=January 2009|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>Alfred Joseph Petrus was a son-in-law of two sheriffs in Grant Parish, [[Wyatt Luther Nugent]], who with a deputy was killed in the line of duty in 1936, and Nugent's widow and temporary successor, Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent (1895-1976). The Nugents had eleven children, one of whom, Frances, was married to Petrus until his death in 2009.</ref>​