December 10, 2022 Constitutional Amendments
Short Version: No. This amendment is nothing more than virtue signaling, which is why it will pass anyway. Yes. However, the “extra transparency and accountability” in this process is a farce. Yes. See #2. Proposed Amendment No. 1: Prohibition Against...
Lafayette Parish Races
There are a lot of items on the ballot in the upcoming election. Aside from the nine Constitutional amendments, a parish wide School Board tax renewal, race for U.S. Senator (incumbent John Kennedy), race for U.S. Representative (incumbent Clay Higgins) and a vacancy...
November 8, 2022 Constitutional Amendments
Short version: Maybe No No No Maybe No No No Proposed Amendment No. 1: Increased Stock Investment Threshold for Trust Funds Do you support an amendment to increase to 65% the cap on the amount of monies in certain state funds that may be invested in stocks? (Amends...
Lafayette City Court Special Election Research
Three candidates have qualified for the November 8, 2022 election for Lafayette City Court Judge: Jules Edwards, III, Roya Boustany and Toby Aguillard. Each candidate seeks to fill the seat vacated by Judge Michelle Odinet following her resignation from office in...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
Critical Acclaim
Tori Hymel
We are seriously changing the fabric of Louisiana one little bit at a time.
KLFY TV 10
The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.
Acadiana Advocate
Citizens, whose executive director is ... Michael Lunsford, is a conservative "good government" operation that started in Lafayette and is expanding across the state. Its latest crusade is pushing for tighter controls on the books and other materials minors are allowed to access in public libraries.
New York Times
The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.
Times-Picayune
In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.
