VICTORY for Transparency: Lafayette Opens the Books
On January 26th, the Guillory administration made a surprise announcement, launching the “online budget interactive tool.” The ever-expedient press quickly printed the official notice, but none of them mentioned that it was Citizens for a New Louisiana...
Guillory blocks Lafayette parking fee hike
On January 15, 2021 the Lafayette Consolidated Government informed the public that changes were being made to the parking meter rates in Downtown Lafayette. According to the post, the rates will be increased 100%, going from 50¢ to $1.00 per hour. Monitoring will be...
Show me the money: Library annual payroll spikes by $3.5 MILLION
In a recent article, we showed you three places where the parish could recover nearly $9 MILLION in revenue for the general fund. Not to be outdone, an author on a local “news” website keeps saying that all of this is fantastic and impossible. These are...
Vermilionville: We don’t need no stinking’ audit!
Remember, red links take you to source documents and other great content. Recently, I broke the news that Vermilionville cost the Bayou Vermilion District $1 MILLION last year. In fact, the losses have been steadily increasing since 2008, which is the earliest date...
How to fix Lafayette Parish’s budget without raising taxes
Way back in 1930, Sir Ernest Benn mused that “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” Certainly, bureaucrats are always finding problems; and they always have the same...
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