Critical Acclaim
![Times-Picayune](https://www.newlouisiana.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/th-3570178964-100x100.jpeg)
Will Sutton
Times-Picayune
Michael Lunsford, a Christian activist and executive director of the conservative Citizens for a New Louisiana, advocates for government transparency.
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Kim Powers
I can understand why someone would try to duplicate what they are doing at Citizens but alas, that's a trap. They make it look easy. It isn't.
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Louis Perret
Lafayette Clerk of Court
Citizens for a New Louisiana has changed Lafayette by doing the kind of deep research that journalists used to do.
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Alia Wong
USA Today
Michael Lunsford runs Citizens for a New Louisiana, a government watchdog nonprofit, ... who has called out Jones and other library leaders.
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Mia Jankowicz
Insider (Great Britain)
Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.
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