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The City of Youngsville Fails the Public – Yet Again!
Once again, we are delving into blatant hypocrisy and open meetings violations. This time, the Civil Service Board in Youngsville, Louisiana, is aggressively investigating complaints of “political activity” on certain people while refusing to investigate others.
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LCG’s 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is out
Lafayette Consolidate Government's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is out! (Click the red text to download your own copy). This is one of the best places to find high-level mis-prioritized spending going on inside LCG. A few key points we discussed earlier...
Did LCG council show up with the wrong briefcase?
The defense asked the case to be dismissed on the following grounds. The case is nothing more than a challenge to the December 8th election. The remedy of a new election should be taken off of the table. Allowing the case to move forward "subverts" the December 8th...
Library: no statement after director “competence” meeting
At 3:43 on Thursday afternoon, a Library Board of Control meeting at the south regional branch was called to order. The singular purpose of that meeting was to discuss the "character and professional competence" of the library director. Roll-call was completed with...
Six ask judge: allow LCG to rewrite charter ballot AFTER it passed!
LCG council members and the charter "fixers" are in quite a conundrum. On the one hand, they love saying "the voters have spoken." On the other, they are concerned that a special election could reverse the result of last December's vote. Remember, in April of 2017...
Council diverts $10 million from drainage, roads, and bridges
Way back on January 22nd, numerous members of the LCG council announced their intention to rededicate $18 million of the Library's surplus to road and bridge maintenance and drainage improvement projects. Even then, Councilman Bruce Conque suggested reducing the...
Unelected bureaucrats to raise taxes in Iberia
Voters are unwilling to pass new taxes. As percentages or sales or property values, taxes go up automatically ever year already. Bureaucrats are looking for new revenue sources. Iberia Parish's proposal would allow bureaucrats to raise taxes without a vote of the...
Great Scott! It’s ANOTHER tax!
"Let the voters decide," seems to be a never-ending mantra from government officials who keep putting taxes on the ballot. Never you mind that they voted to put a tax on the ballot. No, that's not raising taxes, they'll tell you, because the "voters must decide."...
This is NOT reapportionment
While the council may have previously reapportioned by ordinance (per state law) when the voters in a precinct exceed 2,200, or fall below 300. Neither of those things have happened here, therefore this does not fit the definition of reapportionment. We delved into...
AG Opinion Imminent
It was two weeks ago that the City-Parish Council narrowly defeated a resolution calling for the Louisiana Attorney General to weigh in on the charter "fix" debacle that seems to be dragging on forever. The deciding vote on that resolution was cast by Liz Webb-Hebert,...
Can they really amend the charter by ordinance?
The traditional news media interviews bureaucrats and politicians and tell you what they say. That reporting has brought you headlines like, “No re-vote necessary,” “Ordinance can fix flawed charter amendment,” or “Correction in Lafayette charter amendment can be...
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