Unmasking the Louisiana RINO in Modern Politics
A few years ago, someone I respect asked me a simple yet piercing question: How do you define RINO? If you aren’t familiar with the term, it’s an acronym for Republican In Name Only. The answer was simple at the time—at least for Louisiana House of...
Parental Rights and the Bond Commission?
In 1972, the United States Supreme Court declared that parental rights have been “established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition.” [Wisconsin v. Yoder]. In recent years, there has been a growing concern about government overreach and meddling in the...
Accomplishments: 2024 2nd Extraordinary Session
We have been talking about this for quite some time here at Citizens for a New Louisiana. Increasing crime rates and a lack of transparency in our criminal justice system. In a recent four-part series following the issuance of the Violent Crime Task Force report back...
This could never happen – but it happened
Newspaper headlines and articles across the state are criticizing the Republican controlled legislature as it went on the biggest spending spree in Louisiana history. Our legislature was not legally entitled to spend every dollar of the enormous surplus. In Louisiana,...
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Critical Acclaim
Insider (Great Britain)
Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.
NBC News
Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.
USA Today
Michael Lunsford runs Citizens for a New Louisiana, a government watchdog nonprofit, ... who has called out Jones and other library leaders.
Los Angeles Times
Lunsford said [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] focus is to prevent libraries statewide from allowing children access to erotic or pornographic materials.
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.
