EDD developer tied to Medicaid fraud
Over the last several weeks, we’ve been digging into these new taxing districts. They were passed by the previous council and signed into law by the previous city/parish Mayor-President on Friday, January 3rd, 2020. Effectively, all this occurred at a special...
Who Has Legislative Power?
After close inspection of the ordinances (page 5) that established several new taxing districts, there appears to be a process error in their creation. The question of legislative authority has arisen regarding who in Lafayette Consolidated Government has the power to...
WOW! Buchanan garage was never officially declared unsafe!?
When we entered 2020, Citizens for a New Louisiana decided to go back and review some of the challenges and tax proposal solutions from previous years. The goal was to identify the issue the tax was supposed to address and then identify solutions to those same issues,...
CAUGHT! Lafayette council violated public notice laws
Update: The City-Parish council has now successfully called two special (emergency) meetings to finalize these taxes just days before their term expires. One is set for January 2nd, and the second for January 3rd. The inauguration of the new councils...
Merry Christmas – New taxes move to final approval on Friday!
Update: it appears that Bruce Conque has canceled his request for an emergency meeting to ram through these new taxes. Just like we saw with the two-week vote on “fix the charter,” the delay is due to Bruce’s favorable votes crew not being available...
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The Advocate
Citizens for New Louisiana aims for a conservative presence across the state.
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.
David Eaton
Other groups talk about "doing research" but it’s just watching videos and podcasts from shock jock crazies.
Livingston Parish News
Smith added that the issue blew up on social media after an “outside” group called Citizens for a New Louisiana enflamed the situation.
Times Picayune
Executive director of the ultra-conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana, Michael Lunsford, seized that opportunity
