Sunshine Archives

Prosecution: More than just another leg

by Editorial Staff | Feb 1, 2024 | Lafayette, Sunshine

The third leg of our criminal justice system analogy involves prosecutions. We will be exploring the prosecution of felony-grade offenses only for the work performed by our District Attorney’s Office. We should all understand that not all felony offenses are “violent”...

Youngsville: Cash on Ice!

by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2024 | Sunshine, Youngsville

Back in 2011, the residents of the City of Youngsville were presented with a tax referendum to fund “a” Sports Complex. City officials and media reports advertised that the 1-cent sales tax on the ballot would “pay for a new sports complex and recreational...

💰 Shh! City Council slips in 30% pay raise

by Letters to the Editor | Jan 24, 2024 | Breaux Bridge, Sunshine

By: Delores Boudreaux You promote your organization as a watch dog for good and transparent government. I request that you comment about the underhanded action of the City of Breaux Bridge on September 12, 2023. On that date the city amended its budget adopted months...

It’s time for transparency in Baton Rouge

by Michael Lunsford | Jan 13, 2024 | Baton Rouge, Legislature, Louisiana, Sunshine

Louisiana Conservatives are dealing with a shock announcement dropped late Friday evening. After riding to power on the largest Conservative mandate issued in our lifetimes, Republican House and Senate leaders decided to issue some committee chairmanships to...

Policing: The First Line and the First Leg

by Editorial Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Louisiana, Sunshine

In a recent piece, Violent Crime Task Force: Crime Thrives in Lack of Transparency, we highlighted a recent report of the Louisiana Violent Crime Task Force. We also offered the analogy that compared the local criminal justice system to a four-legged stool. Those legs...

Complete list of all 2,913 fixed tickets in Youngsville

by Editorial Staff | Dec 12, 2023 | Sunshine, Youngsville

Youngsville has selected yet another interim member of the Youngsville City Council. Well ahead of the meeting, word had spread that of the nine applicants, Jamie Creed (R 5/10) would be appointed. This appears to be another sign of an open meetings violation....