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We found 588 registered voters in vacant New Orleans building

by Michael Lunsford | Oct 28, 2022 | Sunshine

Every now and then the phone rings or dings with a question. Sometimes it flashes across a group I’m in. Well, yesterday, someone wanted to know how many single addresses had six or more people registered to vote up in Monroe. As a scratch programmer and...

A vow to transparency?

by Editorial Staff | Aug 4, 2022 | Lafayette, LCG, Sunshine

In an 1822 letter James Madison wrote: “A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors...

SUNSHINE WEEK – TAX ASSESSORS

by Editorial Staff | Mar 19, 2022 | Louisiana, Sunshine

SUNSHINE WEEK – TAX ASSESSORS The Tax Assessor is a legislatively created position in each parish primarily responsible for enumerating, listing and assessing all property in the parish. The Tax Assessor is generally the guy everyone forgets about. Well, except...

SUNSHINE WEEK – CORONERS

by Editorial Staff | Mar 18, 2022 | Louisiana, Sunshine

SUNSHINE WEEK – CORONERS The Coroner is a constitutional officer pursuant to Louisiana Constitution Article 5, Section 29 operating in each parish and elected by the voters. Louisiana Revised Statute 13:5702 mandates the duty of being the “conservator of the...

SUNSHINE WEEK – CLERKS OF COURT

by Editorial Staff | Mar 17, 2022 | Lafayette, Sunshine

SUNSHINE WEEK – CLERKS OF COURT The Clerk of Court is a constitutional officer pursuant to Louisiana Constitution Article 5, Section 28 operating in each parish and elected by the voters. He is “ex officio notary public”, “parish recorder of conveyances,...

SUNSHINE WEEK – PARISH AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS

by Editorial Staff | Mar 16, 2022 | Louisiana, Sunshine

SUNSHINE WEEK – PARISH AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS The Parishes that were in existence at the time of the adoption of the Louisiana Constitution in 1974 were recognized and ratified with the Legislature retaining the power to alter or abolish those subdivisions....