Jettisoning the Buchanan Garage’s $90,000 income
Jettisoning the Buchanan Garage Why would the Parish sell a profitable asset to the City? After hearing that the Parish’s Buchanan Garage is terribly under-maintained because the parish lacks the funds to keep up, I decided to walk over and check it out. As it...
The Lafayette Public Library Violates its Own Rules
To: LPL Board of Control; Lafayette City-Parish Council; Lafayette City-Parish Mayor/President By promoting and hosting the Drag Queen Story Time (DQST), the Lafayette Public Library (LPL) stands in opposition to its own established policies regarding advocacy and...
Lafayette asks voters for $40 MILLION in new taxes
There really is a lot going on right now Even someone that doesn’t normally pay attention to politics can sense that there’s an unprecedented level of busyness in local government. In years past, we’ve seen only one big tax issue come up maybe once a...
Open Letter to Acadiana Open Channel
An open letter to the board of Acadiana Open Channel, I’m writing to request clarification on your public statement regarding Drag Queen Story Time. There are numerous points made in that official statement which all spring from a single, incorrect premise: members of...
Is Lafayette Municipal Transit worth the cost?
Is Lafayette Municipal Transit worth the cost? LCG is expanding the $5 million taxpayer funded program Lafayette Transit Expanding Costs The Lafayette Municipal Transit System cost $5,074,317 last year.1 Taxpayers subsidized the system by $4,616,2311 (or 91% of the...
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
Times-Picayune
Michael Lunsford, a Christian activist and executive director of the conservative Citizens for a New Louisiana, advocates for government transparency.
Times-Picayune
In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.
New York Times
Citizens for a New Louisiana is a group that has pushed to have books that [are] erotic or sexual removed from the children’s section of libraries.
Los Angeles Times
Lunsford said [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] focus is to prevent libraries statewide from allowing children access to erotic or pornographic materials.
Louisiana Illuminator
Michael Lunsford, executive director of the conservative watchdog group Citizens for a New Louisiana, raised concerns about the bill’s overly broad language
