by Michael Lunsford | Feb 21, 2019 | Deconsolidation, LCG
It’s true that there are some serious problems with the charter presented by the council and approved by voters during the low-turnout December election. Many local voters agreed that local government is broken, which is something made quite evident by all the...
by Michael Lunsford | Feb 15, 2019 | LCG
It’s been a few days since the fire rating was released, and, as usual, the elected officials and bureaucrats who wanted the tax to pass ran to the nearest news cameras to say “see, I told you so.” However, much like the move to pass the tax, the...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 22, 2019 | LCG, Libraries
LCAT was right again! The council “discovered” tonight that the Lafayette Public Library has NOT been using it’s fund balance to build or remodel their facilities. The construction bonds were being paid back as property tax millages were being collected. We brought...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 11, 2019 | LCG, Libraries
During the April, 2018, election cycle, our research efforts exposed the library’s ever-growing $42.3 MILLION surplus. This is perhaps the single largest contributing factor to their losing one of three dedicated property taxes. That defeated tax breathed its...
by Michael Lunsford | Nov 15, 2018 | LCG
Here they go again! $29 million in NEW taxes on the December Ballot The voters overwhelmingly said "NO" to new taxes - but they don't care Now that the high-turnout November election is behind us, they’re back at it again with MORE new taxes on the low-turnout...
by Michael Lunsford | Nov 1, 2018 | LCG
On Thursday, November 1st, the first day of the LCG fiscal year, a special meeting was called to discuss the $770,000 budget shortfall created when the council decided not to sell the Buchanan Garage to itself. It’s certainly possible that this entire exercise...