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

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

Under pressure from the business community, the city council unanimously announced in the spring of 1976 that it would investigate Commissioner D'Artois regarding a series of corruption cases in the public safety department. When public opinion swung against the council members for "investigating themselves," Mayor Allen called for the probe to be turned over to the office of state Attorney General [[William J. Guste]]. Allen and D'Artois were previously allies on the council,<ref>"L. Calhoun Allen's Victory handshake with George W. D'Artois," ''The Shreveport Times,'' August 17, 1974.</ref> but Hathaway had often opposed them both. When Allen called for D'Artois to step down from office voluntarily while the state probe proceeded, Hathaway said that he thought that it made little difference whether D'Artois remained in office while the investigation was underway because he believed that Guste's staff would conduct a thorough, fair investigation. Guste's investigators soon indicated the probe would go beyond the public safety department, with  Mayor Allen and Utilities Commissioner Collins as well.<ref name=bkeith/> D'Artois did not step down voluntarily but was forced to resign on August 6, 1976, when he was arrested for conspiracy to murder his former advertising specialist, Jim Leslie of Shreveport. He died of complications of heart surgery ten months later in June 1977<ref name=facesofthepast/> in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. Many unanswered questions remained,<ref name=bkeith>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=George+Wendell+D'Artois&source=bl&ots=FLoGsv9uIL&sig=M4vFHkw4ijLolZvKDlHRFDjmACg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w0-XU5b6FuqH8AHr-YCoCQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=George%20Wendell%20D'Artois&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=[[Bill Keith]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]]|year=2009|pages=101, 106|isbn=9781-58980-655-9|accessdate=June 16, 2014}}</ref> such as what role if any D'Artois may have had in the assassination of Jim Leslie.<ref name=copsgobad/>

Under pressure from the business community, the city council unanimously announced in the spring of 1976 that it would investigate Commissioner D'Artois regarding a series of corruption cases in the public safety department. When public opinion swung against the council members for "investigating themselves," Mayor Allen called for the probe to be turned over to the office of state Attorney General [[William J. Guste]]. Allen and D'Artois were previously allies on the council,<ref>"L. Calhoun Allen's Victory handshake with George W. D'Artois," ''The Shreveport Times,'' August 17, 1974.</ref> but Hathaway had often opposed them both. When Allen called for D'Artois to step down from office voluntarily while the state probe proceeded, Hathaway said that he thought that it made little difference whether D'Artois remained in office while the investigation was underway because he believed that Guste's staff would conduct a thorough, fair investigation. Guste's investigators soon indicated the probe would go beyond the public safety department, with  Mayor Allen and Utilities Commissioner Collins as well.<ref name=bkeith/> D'Artois did not step down voluntarily but was forced to resign on August 6, 1976, when he was arrested for conspiracy to murder his former advertising specialist, Jim Leslie of Shreveport. He died of complications of heart surgery ten months later in June 1977<ref name=facesofthepast/> in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. Many unanswered questions remained,<ref name=bkeith>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=George+Wendell+D'Artois&source=bl&ots=FLoGsv9uIL&sig=M4vFHkw4ijLolZvKDlHRFDjmACg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w0-XU5b6FuqH8AHr-YCoCQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=George%20Wendell%20D'Artois&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=[[Bill Keith]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]]|year=2009|pages=101, 106|isbn=9781-58980-655-9|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref> such as what role if any D'Artois may have had in the assassination of Jim Leslie.<ref name=copsgobad/>

====Challenge to commission form of government====

====Challenge to commission form of government====