Voters turn down port millage proposition

Natchitoches Parish voters overwhelmingly tuned down the Port Millage Proposition, the lone item on the Oct. 11 ballot.A total of 772 voters or 27 percent gave the nod and 2,099 voters or 73 percent said nay for a total of 2,871 votes.On the table was a one- mill property tax expected to generate some $400,000 year, which the Port hoped to use as a match to receive federal and sta...