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Did you know wearing a mask in public is illegal?
The constitutional limitations to Governor Edwards' authority during a declared health emergency has not hindered his directives and orders towards the general public. Continuing with that pattern, apparently statutory laws are not a hinderance or concern to him...
DRAGGED kicking and screaming!
Earlier today, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced his acquiescence to allowing Louisiana's small businesses to reopen. Officially, Louisiana is moving into Phase One of Donald Trump's plan to reopen the national economy. Convincing the governor was no small...
Why Louisiana won’t reopen without Edwards
What's playing out, real-time, in Louisiana right now is exactly what everyone knew would happen five months ago. No, I'm not talking about the Wuhan virus. Back in January, the Louisiana speaker of the House was bought and paid for. Thanks to 35 Democratic party...
Are the Governor’s emergency powers unlimited?
It has now been several weeks since the Louisiana economy has been in a near complete shutdown by Governor John Bel Edwards Health Emergency proclamation. The various proclamations ordered and directed private, non-essential businesses to close, limiting groups of ten...
Can LCG legally fund private projects?
On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the City Council unanimously approved a gift (read loan) of $1,535,000 to a brand new LLC, Lafayette Bottle Art Lofts. That private organization has a single officer: Historic Restoration, Incorporated (also known as HRI). During the...
Yes, Josh Guillory can stop the taxing districts
Many regular readers will remember that the council introduced five new tax districts on November 19th. That was only THREE-DAYS after they were re-elected on November 16th. After all, they couldn't very well have announced their intention to immediately raise your...
How shrinking government can finally get the grass cut
While it's not as important as fixing drainage and filling potholes, cutting the grass in public owned spaces has come up fairly frequently at council meetings. As a councilman, Kenneth Boudreaux used to enjoy filibustering on the subject. For example, on July 24,...
What Coronavirus? LCG spends $1.5 million on “Artist Lofts”
Reminder: red text links to source documents. The government is famous for sneaking things through when no one is looking. In Lafayette, for example, the local council is famous for trying to sneak new taxes past voters during festival or holiday seasons. So, when...
Team Carlee’s revenge?
Reminder: red text links to source material. No one expected that the Lafayette Republican Party would be the point of the spear in Lafayette's recent Mayoral race. That's because their engagement was far and above what any local party has attained across the entire...
Stop Lafayette’s taxation without representation
Recently, the Lafayette City Council decided to levy five new taxes on the public at large. Normally, when this happens they're required to submit their decision to the people for final approval. Over and over again, we heard Bruce Conque say that the council does not...