by Editorial Staff | Feb 14, 2024 | Louisiana, Sunshine
The fourth leg of our criminal justice system analogy is the court system. First, there are many courts in Louisiana. Since we’re focused on violent crime in our state, we will be honing in on the District Courts, which have jurisdiction over state felony...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2024 | Lafayette, Sunshine
The third leg of our criminal justice system analogy involves prosecutions. We will be exploring the prosecution of felony-grade offenses only for the work performed by our District Attorney’s Office. We should all understand that not all felony offenses are “violent”...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2024 | Sunshine, Youngsville
Back in 2011, the residents of the City of Youngsville were presented with a tax referendum to fund “a” Sports Complex. City officials and media reports advertised that the 1-cent sales tax on the ballot would “pay for a new sports complex and recreational...
by Letters to the Editor | Jan 24, 2024 | Breaux Bridge, Sunshine
By: Delores Boudreaux You promote your organization as a watch dog for good and transparent government. I request that you comment about the underhanded action of the City of Breaux Bridge on September 12, 2023. On that date the city amended its budget adopted months...
by Michael Lunsford | Jan 13, 2024 | Baton Rouge, Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine
Louisiana Conservatives are dealing with a shock announcement dropped late Friday evening. After riding to power on the largest Conservative mandate issued in our lifetimes, Republican House and Senate leaders decided to issue some committee chairmanships to...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Louisiana, Sunshine
In a recent piece, Violent Crime Task Force: Crime Thrives in Lack of Transparency, we highlighted a recent report of the Louisiana Violent Crime Task Force. We also offered the analogy that compared the local criminal justice system to a four-legged stool. Those legs...