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The (UK) Independent
Mr Lunsford’s appeal prompted the parish library director to move the [erotic] book[s] from teen nonfiction sections to adult nonfiction sections
NBC News
Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.
The Advocate
A second Youngsville police chief candidate has been found by the court to be ineligible to run... Citizens for a New Louisiana filed a complaint about Trahan's eligibility with the DA.
EBR Republican Women
Professional, honest summary & analysis of events! This inside information & back story makes for a very good read.
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.
Times Picayune
Executive director of the ultra-conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana, Michael Lunsford, seized that opportunity
National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana says the goal ... is to protect kids from ... smut in the library.
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Override Edwards to protect our kids
Now is the time to contact your representatives and senators. Let them know that you believe our children are worth fighting for.
Arguments Abound, But Are They Sound?
As the fight between Youngsville’s City Council and Chief of Police moves into court, we explore a possibility that any investigation was doomed to failure by design.
VICTORY: Age Appropriate Library Bill is now Law
Heather Cloud’s fantastic SB7 (now Act 436) was signed into law by the governor. The bill requires every local library board in Louisiana to prioritize the innocence of children through a uniform, written policy.
CAUGHT: Livingston Schools Electioneering Scheme!
Remember the Livingston 1¢ school tax from March? We’ve been waiting to see if they would eventually comply with Louisiana campaign ethics laws. Nope!
This could never happen – but it happened
The surest sign of a suspicious financial transaction is a short deadline. It’s no accident, then, that it was an artificial deadline that justified breaking the rules and breaking the bank.
BACK THE BLUE VS. BLACK AND BLUE
Let’s take a short break from Youngsville Chief Rickey Boudreaux and have a look at the St. Martinville police department. Why? Because they demanded our attention.
CAUGHT: Election Rigging in Youngsville!
There are all kinds of ways to rig an election, and no place is immune. What we found in a recent Youngsville election is nothing short of shocking.
Only 36 to hold the line
This kind of political brinksmanship happens at the federal level so often that we're almost numb to it. Here in Lousiana, the senate has been keeping their budget adjustments secret for a month. The goal, of course, is to wait until the last possible moment to spring...
IT’S BIGGER THAN YOU EXPECTED
EXCLUSIVE! Details discovered of a new scandal involving unnamed targets of the FBI public bribery case involving Dusty Guidry and Jack Montoucet. Current but unknown Louisiana legislators are now implicated in syphoning $3 MILLION more of your tax dollars right out of Louisiana’s treasury!
A Stench Along the Teche – Outcomes of the St. Martin Parish Criminal Justice System
As many wonder why crime continues to tick ever upward across Louisiana, we take a closer look at the St. Martin Parish “Cigar Club.” Estimates are that this club has decided to NOT prosecute upwards of seventy percent (70%) of criminal cases in the parish.
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