CAUGHT: Opelousas Officials Misappropriate $5 Million?
For months, Opelousas residents were told that the Opelousas Downtown Development District (ODDD) was funding a stadium project. What no one said — not the District, not the City, not the Parish, not even the bond attorneys — was the one fact that puts the entire...
Abbeville: Another Broken Promise
In 2019, Abbeville’s leaders came to their citizens with a promise. If voters approve a new sales tax, the revenue would benefit the men and women who wear the badge. Police officers, they said, deserved a raise — a fair salary to keep good officers in uniform and...
Blanchardville: Lafayette’s Downtown Whiplash at 444 Jefferson
In August, Downtown Development Authority CEO Kevin Blanchard emailed developer Cliff Guidry to thank him for revising his plans for 444 Jefferson Street—the former home of the Handy Stop grocery store—and for working with DDA staff to make the project more...
Unauthorized: Youngsville Police Chief JP Broussard Usurps City Council
When Youngsville Police Chief J.P. Broussard circulated an internal memorandum earlier this month naming a new Assistant Chief of Police, few inside city government seemed to know anything about it. Just months prior, the Mayor and members of the Council made it...
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