by Michael Lunsford | Jul 30, 2025 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette, Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDo you remember Anita Begnaud? In this episode, we revisit a high-profile tax controversy from 2022. It involved the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) in Lafayette, Louisiana. At the time, Citizens for a New Louisiana raised...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 21, 2025 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette, LCG, Louisiana
The American flag is a symbol. To many, it represents freedom and justice. To others, it is a symbol of racism, slavery, and injustice. What the American flag means to you is a matter of perspective. Regardless of your personal feelings, for the last 225 years, it has...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 10, 2023 | Bottle Art Lofts, EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG, Sunshine
Nanette Cook (2/10) is not a freshman councilman. Cook served on the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Council from 2015 until its dissolution before sliding into her current seat on the Lafayette City Council. She has been involved in serving up quite a few...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 29, 2022 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette
Pin the Tail on the Donkey is a children’s game most of us are familiar with. The purpose of the game, of course, is to disorient the player and (to some degree) watch them fail miserably as they stumble forward attempting to register their successful pin. That is...
by Michael Lunsford | Mar 16, 2022 | Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette
If Anita Begnaud has her preference, you’ll never find out that smack in the middle of Festival International, on April 30th, 2022, there will be an election to increase the downtown property tax by fifty-percent (50%) more than allowed by their enabling...