New Year, New Louisiana
The state [of Louisiana] can and MUST do better!” Those were the words penned by Citizens for a New Louisiana to the State of Louisiana – Office of Community Development in an e-mail exchange in December of 2022. Whether those words fall on deaf ears or become...
Local Government Likes it Dark
“The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of...
December 10, 2022 Constitutional Amendments
Short Version: No. This amendment is nothing more than virtue signaling, which is why it will pass anyway. Yes. However, the “extra transparency and accountability” in this process is a farce. Yes. See #2. Proposed Amendment No. 1: Prohibition Against...
If We Don’t Meet Your Standards, Lower Your Standards
Louisiana is last in nearly everything good. Education is no exception. Our children deserve the best education we can provide. Why is The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) against high standards? Their own strategic plan says...
November 8, 2022 Constitutional Amendments
Short version: Maybe No No No Maybe No No No Proposed Amendment No. 1: Increased Stock Investment Threshold for Trust Funds Do you support an amendment to increase to 65% the cap on the amount of monies in certain state funds that may be invested in stocks? (Amends...
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
Los Angeles Times
A defamation suit [Amanda Jones] filed against ... the conservative group Citizens for a New Louisiana, was dismissed.
National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana [is] the same group behind the conservative takeover of the Lafayette library board.
Acadiana Advocate
Citizens, whose executive director is ... Michael Lunsford, is a conservative "good government" operation that started in Lafayette and is expanding across the state. Its latest crusade is pushing for tighter controls on the books and other materials minors are allowed to access in public libraries.
New York Times
The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.
Financial Times (UK)
The initial Facebook post was made by a group called “Citizens for a New Louisiana.”... A deluge followed.
