by Editorial Staff | Apr 20, 2022 | EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG
Will anybody be celebrating the “sweet sixteen” birthday of the “Lafayette I-10 Corridor District at Mile Marker 103?” July 4, 2022 will mark sixteen years since the Lafayette City-Parish Council unanimously (Ordinance O-129-2006) breathed life into this...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 13, 2022 | Vermilion Parish
When most people think of April showers, they contemplate rain. Or the May flowers that follow according to the commonly repeated phrase. April is also federal tax season with filing deadlines fast approaching. But here locally this April is also the time for tax...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2022 | Jail Tax, Lafayette, Lafayette Sheriff
There has been much discussion over the most recent tax hike being placed on the ballot the weekend of Festival International. Despite the disinformation being spread it is an increase that will put the mileage rate at 15 mils, or a 50% increase over what has been...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 29, 2022 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette
Pin the Tail on the Donkey is a children’s game most of us are familiar with. The purpose of the game, of course, is to disorient the player and (to some degree) watch them fail miserably as they stumble forward attempting to register their successful pin. That is...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 24, 2022 | Lafayette, LCG
There is new construction on the Lafayette Middle School campus! But what is being built, how it came about and how much it cost may come as a bit of a surprise to you. This project has been in the works for nearly three years now. Rewind your government clock back to...