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===Other developments===

===Other developments===

In 2012, Walker and other local and state officials participated with the entertainer Jimmy Buffett in a ground-breaking ceremony for the third Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, a $197 million resort [[casino]] in Bossier City. The name comes from "Margaritaville", a 1977 Buffet song. The singer performed early in his career in Bossier City. The project, includes a hotel and restaurant. Company officials said that the firm will provide more than 1,200 jobs and $12 million in local tax revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaritaville.com/news.html?n_id=3106&y=2012&m=3|title=Construction on Bossier City Margaritaville Casino Has Begun|publisher=margaritaville.com|date=March 1, 2012|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>The two other Margaritaville casinos are in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], and Biloxi,  [[Mississippi]].</ref>​

In 2012, Walker and other local and state officials participated with the entertainer Jimmy Buffett in a ground-breaking ceremony for the third Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, a $197 million resort [[casino]] in Bossier City. The name comes from "Margaritaville", a 1977 Buffet song. The singer performed early in his career in Bossier City. The project, includes a hotel and restaurant. Company officials said that the firm will provide more than 1,200 jobs and $12 million in local tax revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaritaville.com/news.html?n_id=3106&y=2012&m=3|title=Construction on Bossier City Margaritaville Casino Has Begun|publisher=margaritaville.com|date=March 1, 2012|accessdate=February 28, 2015; specific material on the Bossier City Margaritaville may no longer be on-line}}</ref><ref>The two other Margaritaville casinos are in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], and Biloxi,  [[Mississippi]].</ref>​

In 2012, Mayor Walker confirmed that taxpayers in his city faced the loss of $6.7 million in damages to the U. L. Coleman Company, a [[real estate]] firm in Shreveport, in the settlement of a long-running legal dispute in state and federal court. Moreover, the city expended $10.4 million in infrastructure improvements, the cost of a walkway over the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway, and a $1 million park between CenturyLink Center, the municipal arena, and the proposed "Walker Place" development project. Demographer and public policy analyst Elliott Stonecipher placed the total loss to the city, including legal fees, at nearly $25 million. Stonecipher said the losses are "100 percent the fault of the government those taxpayers have put in office and strongly supported."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/12/12/bossier-mob-takes-a-hit-from-u-l-coleman/|title="Bossier Mob" Takes a Hit from U. L. Coleman|date=December 12, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|publisher=''Forward Now!''|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://npaper-wehaa.com/forum-news/2013/05/01/?g=print#?article=1896272|title=Walker Place, Part 2|publisher=''The Forum Newsweekly''|date=May 1, 2013|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=March 2, 2015}}</ref>​

In 2012, Mayor Walker confirmed that taxpayers in his city faced the loss of $6.7 million in damages to the U. L. Coleman Company, a [[real estate]] firm in Shreveport, in the settlement of a long-running legal dispute in state and federal court. Moreover, the city expended $10.4 million in infrastructure improvements, the cost of a walkway over the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway, and a $1 million park between CenturyLink Center, the municipal arena, and the proposed "Walker Place" development project. Demographer and public policy analyst Elliott Stonecipher placed the total loss to the city, including legal fees, at nearly $25 million. Stonecipher said the losses are "100 percent the fault of the government those taxpayers have put in office and strongly supported."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/12/12/bossier-mob-takes-a-hit-from-u-l-coleman/|title="Bossier Mob" Takes a Hit from U. L. Coleman|date=December 12, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|publisher=''Forward Now!''|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://npaper-wehaa.com/forum-news/2013/05/01/?g=print#?article=1896272|title=Walker Place, Part 2|publisher=''The Forum Newsweekly''|date=May 1, 2013|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=March 2, 2015}}</ref>​