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According to KTBS-TV, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in Shreveport, an independent survey of [[property tax]] rates around the state by the demographer Elliott Stonecipher concludes that Shreveport and Caddo Parish residents pay the highest such taxes of any metropolitan area in Louisiana. Alexander said that the assessments are inflated and had pledged had he been elected to reduce them. Alexander also accused Henington of not informing senior citizens that they retain the option of freezing their property taxes once they reach the age of sixty-five.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', October 18, 2011.</ref>​

According to KTBS-TV, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in Shreveport, an independent survey of [[property tax]] rates around the state by the demographer Elliott Stonecipher concludes that Shreveport and Caddo Parish residents pay the highest such taxes of any metropolitan area in Louisiana. Alexander said that the assessments are inflated and had pledged had he been elected to reduce them. Alexander also accused Henington of not informing senior citizens that they retain the option of freezing their property taxes once they reach the age of sixty-five.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', October 18, 2011.</ref>​

==Civic activities==

==9/11 recollection==

Royal Alexander remains active in public life. He is a frequent lecturer to various civic and educational organizations regarding the United States Constitution. He also serves as an occasional media guest giving analysis on current political and social issues as they relate to the [[United States Constitution]]. ​He writes occasional opinion columns for ''The Shreveport Times.''

Alexander is a frequent lecturer to various civic and educational organizations regarding the United States Constitution. He also serves as an occasional media guest giving analysis on current political and social issues as they relate to the [[United States Constitution]]. ​He writes occasional opinion columns for ''The Shreveport Times.''

He was in [[Washington, D.C.]], in a hotel in Crystal City, [[Virginia]], the night before September 11, 2001. He was raising funds for a comeback congressional bid waged in 2002 by former U.S. Representative Clyde Holloway, who was subsequently eliminated from the runoff election by another Republican, [[Lee Fletcher]], who was then narrowly defeated by [[Rodney Alexander]]. At the time of the attack on the [[Pentagon]], Alexander said that he:

Alexander was in [[Washington, D.C.]], in a hotel in Crystal City, [[Virginia]], the night before September 11, 2001. He was raising funds for a comeback congressional bid waged in 2002 by former U.S. Representative Clyde Holloway, who was subsequently eliminated from the runoff election by another Republican, [[Lee Fletcher]], who was then narrowly defeated by [[Rodney Alexander]]. At the time of the attack on the [[Pentagon]], Alexander said that he:

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heard a roar. The sound startled me. I walked out to the parking lot of the hotel and looked across the way and saw black smoke billowing from a corner of the Pentagon. Shortly thereafter, there was an exodus of terrified-looking people from the Pentagon into Crystal City. After this panic, D.C. was locked down. (D.C. was so eerily still, so dead, that I have imagined we would have to go back to our nation’s founders and their horse-drawn carriages to find a time the city was so silent and unmoving). …

heard a roar. The sound startled me. I walked out to the parking lot of the hotel and looked across the way and saw black smoke billowing from a corner of the Pentagon. Shortly thereafter, there was an exodus of terrified-looking people from the Pentagon into Crystal City. After this panic, D.C. was locked down. (D.C. was so eerily still, so dead, that I have imagined we would have to go back to our nation’s founders and their horse-drawn carriages to find a time the city was so silent and unmoving). …