Caddo School board member challenged on residency by Caddo DA
A Caddo Parish School Board member is being challenged on her physical address in a lawsuit filed by Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart.
Stewart filed a suit June 2 against Barbara Smith Iverson for having permanent residency in Bossier Parish. The suit claims Iverson lives in Lone Oak Oasis apartments on Benton Road in Bossier City. Her qualifying form states 4119 Greenwood Rd., Shreveport.
Iverson's qualifying address is in District 7, where she serves as a school board member. This address is zoned as a light industrial property, prohibiting it from being used as residential. The suit stated that before Iverson qualified for office this property was deemed I-1 zoning and was used in the past as a real estate office and daycare.
An investigator from the Shreveport property standards division stated on May 11 that the property at 4119 Greenwood Rd. was vacant and was in a state of disrepair with a hole in the roof, boarded windows and rotten wood.
The suit claims that under La. R. S. 17:52 E, Iverson should be vacated from her seat as Caddo Parish School Board member for District 7.
The Petition to Declare Vacancy of Office states:
"Petitioner avers Barbara Smith Iverson does not possess the residence and domicile qualifications required by La. R.S. 17:52 E (2) and the District 7 seat/office of the Caddo Parish School Board should be declared vacant in accordance with the law."
Iverson received this petition June 6, and has 21 days to file an answer or other legal pleadings.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.
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