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.

[Citizens for a New Louisiana] claimed Broussard city officials were violating state open meeting laws after the mayor [admitted] in a now-removed video that the city has several advisory committees... It is unclear where Citizens for a New Louisiana obtained the video.

State Sen. Valarie Hodges,  sponsored a bill that expanded the Livingston Parish Library Board from seven to nine members, a move widely viewed as an attempt to shift board control in favor of Citizens for a New Louisiana-aligned members.

[Citizens for a New Louisiana] is very well organized.

Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.