Repairing the Image of the Lafayette Police Department
Citizens for a New Louisiana again appeared before the Lafayette Fire & Police Civil Service Board on September 14, 2022 looking for action to be taken concerning a petition filed in June 2021 and a supplemental petition filed in November of 2021. The nature of...
Derelict and Dangerous
The media pan has stopped briefly to focus on the tragic event involving Lafayette Police Department Officer Brian Rozas who was run over by a vehicle and dragged around 100 feet while lodged under the vehicle earlier this month. The incident occurred after the driver...
Not the role of government
The Louisiana Legislature proclaims that reading is the foundation of all learning and provides the framework by which parish and municipal organizations may establish public libraries. And while libraries are generally thought to be a bank of resources to support...
A vow to transparency?
In an 1822 letter James Madison wrote: “A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors...
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
MS Magazine (Feminist)
I knew about Citizens for a New Louisiana because of what they doing in Lafayette Parish to stop Drag Story Hour.
National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana is keeping a close eye on how current library board members are voting. If that makes current members fearful, Lunsford says, that's the point.
TruthOut
Citizens for a New Louisiana now has full support from the Louisiana state government.
News Talk 98.5
Citizens for a New Louisiana does the research that no one else is doing,
Heritage Foundation
I’m very well aware and appreciative of the work [of Citizens for a New Louisiana]
