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Hathaway stepped down as police jury secretary-treasurer in 1970 to contest the office of Shreveport public works commissioner under the then commission form of city government. He replaced an interim commissioner on the city council who had taken office on January 1, 1969, following the resignation of the 34-year incumbent, [[H. Lane Mitchell]], who was caught up in a 1971 scandal involving four counts of theft in the office which he had already vacated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19711060246So2d814_1915.xml/STATE%20v.%20MITCHELL|title=State v. Mitchell|date=May 3, 1971|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

Hathaway stepped down as police jury secretary-treasurer in 1970 to contest the office of Shreveport public works commissioner under the then commission form of city government. He replaced an interim commissioner on the city council who had taken office on January 1, 1969, following the resignation of the 34-year incumbent, [[H. Lane Mitchell]], who was caught up in a 1971 scandal involving four counts of theft in the office which he had already vacated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19711060246So2d814_1915.xml/STATE%20v.%20MITCHELL|title=State v. Mitchell|date=May 3, 1971|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

Hathaway was one of five citywide elected commissioners who acted in both executive and legislative roles in the governance of Shreveport municipal affairs for an eight-year period. He presided over the public works department as an executive and cast a single vote on the Shreveport City Council, when it  in met in public session. His administration of the office coincided with that of  [[Mayor]] [[Calhoun Allen]], who was technically the "commissioner of administration." Hathaway's council colleagues included fellow Democrat Public Utilities Commissioner William "Bill" Collins, and after Collins resigned in 1977, [[Billy Guin]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] who served for the remaining year-and-a-half in that position, as well as Finance Commissioner [[George A. Burton]], the first Republican to hold Shreveport municipal office since [[Reconstruction]], and Public Safety Commissioner George Wendell D'Artois, Sr. (1925-1977), who was forced from office in the summer of 1976 in another corruption scandal.<ref name=copsgobad>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/10/brad-kozak/when-cops-go-bad-i-the-tale-of-george-dartois/|title=When Cops Go Bad I: The Tale of George D’Artois|author=Brad Kozak|date=October 19, 2011|publisher=thetruthaboutguns.com|accessdate=June 10, 2014}}</ref>

Hathaway was one of five citywide elected commissioners who acted in both executive and legislative roles in the governance of Shreveport municipal affairs for an eight-year period. He presided over the public works department as an executive and cast a single vote on the Shreveport City Council, when it  in met in public session. His administration of the office coincided with that of  [[Mayor]] [[Calhoun Allen]], who was technically the "commissioner of administration." Hathaway's council colleagues included fellow Democrat Public Utilities Commissioner William "Bill" Collins, and after Collins resigned in 1977, [[Billy Guin]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] who served for the remaining year-and-a-half in that position, as well as Finance Commissioner [[George A. Burton]], the first Republican to hold Shreveport municipal office since [[Reconstruction]], and Public Safety Commissioner George Wendell D'Artois, Sr. (1925-1977), who was forced from office in the summer of 1976 in another corruption scandal.<ref name=copsgobad>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/10/brad-kozak/when-cops-go-bad-i-the-tale-of-george-dartois/|title=When Cops Go Bad I: The Tale of George D’Artois|author=Brad Kozak|date=October 19, 2011|publisher=thetruthaboutguns.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

====D'Artois corruption case====

====D'Artois corruption case====