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His self-assurance as a businessman shaped his approach to running city government. He sought proven professionals as department heads, something for which he never received adequate credit. He could never bring himself to 'view with alarm and point with pride' as a political leader must do. And so he never received the credit that he was due. … In four years, he never initiated a political conversation in my presence. It was just not his thing, and it made his position not as pleasant for him as it could have been. But he always desired to do what he felt was best for Shreveport. And no taint of impropriety ever attached itself to him.<ref name=findagrave/></blockquote>

His self-assurance as a businessman shaped his approach to running city government. He sought proven professionals as department heads, something for which he never received adequate credit. He could never bring himself to 'view with alarm and point with pride' as a political leader must do. And so he never received the credit that he was due. … In four years, he never initiated a political conversation in my presence. It was just not his thing, and it made his position not as pleasant for him as it could have been. But he always desired to do what he felt was best for Shreveport. And no taint of impropriety ever attached itself to him.<ref name=findagrave/></blockquote>

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In 1994, twelve years after his term as mayor, Hanna became the director of buildings and grounds for the Caddo Parish Commission government and was promoted to parish administrator in 1998.

In 1994, twelve years after his term as mayor, Hanna became the director of buildings and grounds for the Caddo Parish Commission government and was promoted in 1998 as the parish administrator, a post from which he retired in 2006. As the parish administrator, Hanna pushed for the opening of the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery and devised an emergency [[cell phone]] program for the elderly and the handicapped.<ref name=fullobit/>

He retired in 2006. As the parish administrator, Hanna pushed for the opening of the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery and devised an emergency [[cell phone]] program for the elderly and the handicapped.<ref name=fullobit/>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==