Why SafeWise’s “Safest Cities” Lists Don’t Measure What They Claim
Every year, SafeWise releases a list of “Louisiana’s safest cities.” It sounds reassuring — until you realize that more than three-quarters of Louisiana’s cities aren’t even part of the data they use. On the surface, it looks authoritative, providing rankings based on...
Audit Smashes Carencro! Our Warnings on Mayor’s Nonprofit Proven True
Over the last year, Citizens for a New Louisiana has raised red flags about Carencro’s finances, particularly in the area of festivals, recreation, and the opaque operations surrounding Pelican Park. Local officials brushed off those concerns, insisting nothing was...
Does Lafayette Really Need Another Sports Complex?
The Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission (LCVC) voted last week to build a proposed indoor sports complex in Lafayette, Louisiana. Join us as we explore the LCVC, its core function, and whether an indoor sports complex in Lafayette is a good move. Lafayette...
Charlotte’s Web of Connections
Lies, cries, and a host of typical diversionary tactics. That is how government officials typically respond when called out for illegal, unethical, or just questionable practices. Some heed advice such as ‘ignore it’ or ‘it will just blow over’, but that only works...
CARENCRO: “We Haven’t Done Anything Wrong…” Except you did!
The City of Carencro used your tax dollars to create a private nonprofit, with no oversight, no ordinance, and no legal obligation to return the money. Then they told you nothing was wrong. The reaction to our recent article concerning “Carencro’s Pas Bon Grift...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
Critical Acclaim
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.
Antigravity
[Citizens for a New Louisiana] has had a noticeable impact on the local GOP.
Los Angeles Review of Books
[Citizens for a New Louisiana is] At the center of the national controversy
Sandra Gee
This is the most stellar example of investigative journalism that I have had the privilege to read in a very long time.
The Advocate
Citizens for New Louisiana aims for a conservative presence across the state.
