Youngsville: The Mayor Lied, the Law Was Broken, and the Public Was Played
Youngsville taxpayers were lied to. Not misled. Not confused. Lied to. And the lie came straight from Mayor Ken Ritter, who told The Advocate that there was “nothing improper” about Chief J.P. Broussard appointing a new Assistant Chief because “funds were available”...
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...
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...
Taxation Without Consent: Louisiana’s New Tyranny
Louisiana is quietly repeating the very abuses that drove America to independence: taxes imposed without the people’s consent. The American War for Independence was not simply a war over tariffs and duties. It was a struggle over who holds power — and by extension,...
🚨 Youngsville Targets Another Police Officer
The pattern of retaliation inside the Youngsville Police Department has taken an even darker turn. On the morning of September 10, 2025, Officer Hannah Gentry resigned from the department. Within mere hours, YPD officers were dispatched to her new workplace — not to...
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Critical Acclaim
Paul Hurd
Great article on the Cleo District. Best I have seen.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Citizens for a New Louisiana, which Jones describes as an organization “that has wreaked havoc on public libraries across Louisiana.”
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.
Scalawag Magazine
Hundreds of titles are being flagged by local residents and conservative groups such as Citizens for a New Louisiana for concerns that the [children's] books feature "pornography" and "pedophilia."
NBC News
Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.
