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Lafayette: AirBNB lives or dies tonight
The Lafayette City Council is set to decide on AirBNB (Short Term Rentals) tonight! You can help them to do the right thing.
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KLFY TV 10
The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.
New York Times
The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.
School Library Journal
[Citizens for a New Louisiana] is very well organized.
John Guilbeau
The success we're seeing in Lafayette Parish would not be possible without vital organizations like Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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.
Acadiana Advocate
It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.
Kenneth Boudreaux
[Citizens for a New Louisiana's Michael Lunsford is] the most powerful Republican in Lafayette.
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Ray Garofalo and Bob Owen: Understanding LA’s Senate 1 Race
Ray Garofalo v Bob Owen are vying to replace term-limited Sharon Hewitt in Louisiana’s first senatorial district near Slidell.
October 2023 Constitutional Amendments
The top question we’re getting in the October 2023 cycle is on the four constitutional amendments. Here’s a quick summary.
Here’s looking at House District 9
Bossier Parish’s House District 9 has Dodie Horton facing challenger Christopher D Turner. Who’s who and what’s what? I’m glad you asked!
Louisiana Senate District 22?
We’ve been watching Louisiana Senate District 22 for a while. Let’s admit it – we’ve all been not wanting to watch now for way too long.
It’s a small club… and you aren’t in it!
Why can’t Louisiana climb out of the tangled web of cronyism and politics? Perhaps it’s because the public simply doesn’t know.
Encourage Josh Guillory to Veto tax increases
Recently, the Lafayette Parish Council inexplicably raised taxes on residents and businesses. Now is the time to encourage Josh Guillory to Veto these increases.
Youngsville sent us a lawyer letter
Youngsville’s attorney really doesn’t like our opinion that the City potentially made an invalid appointment of an interim Chief of Police.
YOUNGSVILLE: Interim Chief of Police Unlawfully Removed?
By their own admission, the Youngsville City Council lacks the power to remove the Chief of Police. And yet they’ve done exactly that.
Lafayette Library in the Left’s crosshairs
The Lafayette Library Board has been the razor’s edge on the issue of protecting children for the last three years. That is why they are the target.
BREAUX BRIDGE: Election Integrity and Voter Suppression
One might expect local officials to not step in the same cow pies as their neighboring officials. However, this is Louisiana. And so, they jump in with both feet.
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