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The library is fixed. Why are the crazies back?
Years ago, we set out to fix what was broken at the library. It's not perfect, and there's still a great deal of work remaining. However, Lafayette citizens should be extremely proud of the progress the library has made since cleaning house. We couldn't be more proud...
Lafayette Medical Workers Fight Back
The Houston Methodist Hospital lawsuit decision in June left healthcare workers across the country shellshocked. Arguing that the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates the basic human rights outlined in the Nuremberg Code, Houston Methodist employees’ valiant...
Men Are Not Punching Bags
People advocating for abuse victims should advocate for all victims. Do men not deserve the same protections as women? It is time we acknowledge the double standard and work toward fixing it. We see a lot of messages advocating for abuse victims. Sometimes they are...
Lafayette’s “gay pride” proclamation violates their own rules of order
Yet again, the Lafayette City Council is in flagrant violation of their own rules. This time, they're "proclaiming" Lafayette a gay city for the rest of June. Watch as I show you where the council rules say they can't do that. ### Subscribe to this on Apple Podcasts...
Watch Paula Davis systematically destroy free speech
How would your legislature vote when given the choice between big tech billionaires and little you? It's likely that you intrinsically knew the answer before being posed with the question. Florida protected their citizens free speech rights. Why can't Louisiana? Watch...
Lafayette Taxing Districts’ first expenses? Lining Pockets of course!
According to an email request from DDA's Anita Begnaud, the meeting to decide who gets $100,000 to "manage" the five taxing districts, could be held at an undisclosed location as early as Monday, June 7th, 2021. Sources say this meeting will take place at 4:30pm on...
Clay’s Republican Turmoil
Most adults are aware of the devastating impact segregation had on America. It is crucial that we never repeat this part of history. This is why some lawmakers do not feel segregation should be pushed on children in Louisiana schools. Unfortunately, House Speaker,...
Paula Davis’s $2 BILLION tax transfusion
You may remember the fake "Fiscal Cliff" narrative JBE put out a few years ago. He called one special session after another, demanding (in two-year-old fashion) that taxes must be raised, or the entire state of Louisiana might just stuff off into the Gulf of Mexico....
Republican Self Destruction
With friends like these, who needs enemies? Louisiana republicans are incapable of uniting even with a super majority. Democrat Ted James runs the speaker and the house. Maybe he is the leader everyone needs. You don't see democrats sacrificing each other in a fight...
State Legislators Want Control of Parks in Central, Louisiana
The honor among thieves in the Capitol is that legislators will not go against a bill concerning local politics. This leaves opportunity for questionable bills to be passed without push back. That will be the case with SB205, unless people show up to testify. Senator...
Now we’re building monuments to a race?
Say it ain't so! After all the brouhaha involved with the tearing down of monuments deemed "racist," there's now actually a bill in the Louisiana legislature to build a monument to a specific race!? You just have to check this one out for yourself.
Letters: Capps gets slapped for race baiting
Regarding Lafayette's decades of racist housing policies left lasting scars and still define city, by Andrew Capps. I just read the above referenced article and was quite shocked by what you claim as “facts”. It’s interesting that a 1923 ordinance that was passed, and...
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