by Michael Lunsford | Jan 11, 2021 | LCG, Libraries
In a recent article, we showed you three places where the parish could recover nearly $9 MILLION in revenue for the general fund. Not to be outdone, an author on a local “news” website keeps saying that all of this is fantastic and impossible. These are...
by Michael Lunsford | Dec 10, 2020 | LCG
Remember, red links take you to source documents and other great content. Recently, I broke the news that Vermilionville cost the Bayou Vermilion District $1 MILLION last year. In fact, the losses have been steadily increasing since 2008, which is the earliest date...
by Michael Lunsford | Dec 7, 2020 | LCG
Way back in 1930, Sir Ernest Benn mused that “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” Certainly, bureaucrats are always finding problems; and they always have the same...
by Michael Lunsford | Sep 15, 2020 | Deconsolidation, LCG, RPEC
Those who can’t make compelling arguments try to silence those who can. Using anything at their disposal to silence others has become a hallmark of the left. Maxine Waters encouraged her supporters to harass anyone who wasn’t on her side. “You get...
by Michael Lunsford | Sep 14, 2020 | LCG
The other day we told you about a 7.5% tax increase that the councils would decide about on September 1st, 2020. The reason for this increase is to account for commercial property values substantially decreasing this year. This is especially thanks to the governor...
by Michael Lunsford | Aug 30, 2020 | LCG
On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, the City and Parish Council agendas include unprecedented tax increases of around eight-percent (8%). What makes this unique isn’t the amount of the increase, but that, for the first time in the history of the Lafayette councils,...