by Editorial Staff | Jul 17, 2023 | EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LPSS, Youngsville
More taxes coming soon to a ballot near you! So, let’s just get straight to it. On July 19, 2023 at 5:30 PM the Lafayette Parish School Board will be holding a meeting to consider calling a new tax election for the Southside School District. Residents in that area...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 10, 2023 | Bottle Art Lofts, EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG, Sunshine
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...
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 Michael Lunsford | Jun 1, 2021 | Downtown Development Authority, EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG
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...
by Michael Lunsford | Mar 20, 2021 | EDD Tax Districts, LCG, Podcast
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!...
by Michael Lunsford | Apr 13, 2020 | Downtown Development Authority, EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG
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...