CARENCRO: When “Easy to Reach” Isn’t Enough
After we published our recent article on candidate responsiveness, several candidates pushed back. Some said they never saw our email. Others suggested it may have landed in a spam folder. Some accepted responsibility for overlooking it, while others offered...
Transparency Delayed: Youngsville’s Pattern and Practice
Access to public records is not a privilege. It is a constitutional right guaranteed to every citizen of Louisiana. Article XII, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution provides that “No person shall be denied the right to observe the deliberations of public...
SpaceX: Louisiana’s Blueprint for Exponential Business Growth
SpaceX may have given Louisiana more than a transformational investment. It may have given us a blueprint. When attracting the project mattered enough, Louisiana demonstrated its willingness to reconsider taxes, remove regulatory obstacles, coordinate government...
The Responsiveness Test: 40 Candidates, Six Answers
There are plenty of ways to evaluate someone seeking public office. Experience. Judgment. Political philosophy. Party affiliation. And character certainly matters. But there is another quality that receives considerably less attention during election season:...
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