COOK-ING IT UP
Nanette Cook (2/10) is not a freshman councilman. Cook served on the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Council from 2015 until its dissolution before sliding into her current seat on the Lafayette City Council. She has been involved in serving up quite a few...
Your tax dollars built this RaceTrac
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...
Lafayette Taxing Districts’ first expenses? Lining Pockets of course!
According to an email request from DDA’s Anita Begnaud, the meeting to decide who gets $100,000 to “manage” the five taxing districts, could be held at an undisclosed location as early as Monday, June 7th, 2021. Sources say this meeting will take...
Our local media couldn’t find a news story if it hit them in the face
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe local news media has, once again, failed you. Instead of exposing a scam to extract $200,000 from the taxpayers, they’re along for the ride! GREAT NEWS tax payers! Their ship has come in and YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT!...
Yes, Josh Guillory can stop the taxing districts
Many regular readers will remember that the council introduced five new tax districts on November 19th. That was only THREE-DAYS after they were re-elected on November 16th. After all, they couldn’t very well have announced their intention to immediately raise...
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
The Guardian (UK)
But within days her life had been upended because of two posts on social media... Citizens for a New Louisiana, a group whom Jones knew had worked to defund a library in nearby Lafayette.
Los Angeles Times
A defamation suit [Amanda Jones] filed against ... the conservative group Citizens for a New Louisiana, was dismissed.
Book Riot
The mention of signage sounded eerily similar to the display controversy in Lafayette Parish, which was created by Citizens for a New Louisiana.
The Advocate
A second Youngsville police chief candidate has been found by the court to be ineligible to run... Citizens for a New Louisiana filed a complaint about Trahan's eligibility with the DA.
Financial Times (UK)
The initial Facebook post was made by a group called “Citizens for a New Louisiana.”... A deluge followed.
