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Your $11.2 Million ‘gift’ to a New Orleans NGO
Are you tired of government wasting our tax dollars? We’re cracking the books to see who’s getting what. In this expose, we explore the exorbitant salaries of New Orleans and Company, a non-profit recipient of $11.2 million.
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Lynette Mejia
"[Citizens for a New Louisiana] Stacking these boards is, like, antithetical to the democratic process."
NBC News
Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.
National Public Radio
Lunsford spent years raising the heat leading a stealthy but steady campaign that replaced members of the library board who, from his perspective, were not quite on board.
Louisiana Illuminator
Michael Lunsford, executive director of the conservative watchdog group Citizens for a New Louisiana, raised concerns about the bill’s overly broad language
American Library Association
The whole area is being controlled by a political group called Citizens for a New Louisiana.
USA Today
Michael Lunsford runs Citizens for a New Louisiana, a government watchdog nonprofit, ... who has called out Jones and other library leaders.
New York Times
Citizens for a New Louisiana is a group that has pushed to have books that [are] erotic or sexual removed from the children’s section of libraries.
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Derelict and Dangerous
Crime continues to be a problem for Downtown Lafayette despite a recent 50% property tax hike, an extra 1% sales tax, and an extra 2% occupancy tax. According to one police officer, not only have multiple safety suggestions been completely ignored, but for making the suggestions he’s now been forbidden from working downtown!
Not the role of government
Should government resources be used to pick winners? It took Louisiana Department of Health months to respond to our records requests about doing just that. While certain bureaucrats in LDH were using the state agency’s voice to blatantly promote a political agenda, many legislators and even top bureaucrats inside the department were asking “what does this have to do with healthcare?” The short answer is: nothing.
Livingston Parish Library Update
The tremendous amount of unnecessary, negative attention directed at the Livingston Parish Library is the result of a compounding series bad decisions. Thankfully, and based on an in-person visit to Livingston Parish to inspect Live Oak Middle School’s library inventory, these problems appear to be isolated to the public library system only. Said again for emphasis: the Livingston middle school libraries appear to be free of this erotic material.
It’s time to Protect Children from the Louisiana Department of Health
The Louisiana Department of Health’s response to the covid pandemic has largely been an uncritical regurgitation of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance, which to this point — two and half years in — has been not only incredibly inaccurate, inept, and devoid of scientific rationale, but harmful to people’s physical and mental health.
A vow to transparency?
Our attempts to acquire law enforcement agreements with the federal government were rebuffed by the City-Parish of Lafayette. “You can’t have” the agreements that offer money to us for spying on our citizens (on the feds behalf). Now, before you start screaming “conspiracy theory,” know that not only do we already have copies of these agreements, but we’re also sharing them with you.
We’re being censored… by the anti-censorship crowd!
I keep telling you that these people are first-rate hypocrites. Maybe you want proof. Well, here you go. Last week, Citizens for a New Louisiana got called out by the American Library Association for being responsible for censorship! When we tried to respond publicly, THEY CENSORED IT! What a bunch of agenda-driven political hacks!
Whose side are they on anyway?
Republicans are constantly trying to convince you that they are doing everything they can. The truth is, they are not. They count on not having to stick to their word or stand by their vote. Is insincerity the reason they fear a veto session? Senate, the place where...
Lafayette Republican Swipes $35,797
People follow our content because we aren’t afraid to point out when those with nefarious intent hijack the process for their own selfish gain. In fact, it’s one of my favorite things to tell you about.
Louisiana’s Ministry of Truth
Documents acquired by Citizens for a New Louisiana reveal that it was the speaker himself who ordered our media credentials seized and revoked earlier this year; and made to appear as if someone else had done it.
The Lafayette Public Library “Controversy”
In Lafayette, the most controversial thing going on right now is… the Library’s summer reading program. No. Seriously.
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