Ray Garofalo and Bob Owen: Understanding LA’s Senate 1 Race
As with several races before voters, Louisiana’s Senate District 1 should be an easy choice. However, there’s a little something odd going on here that may need some clarification. The race only has two candidates, so this one will be decided on October...
Here’s looking at House District 9
Can I make a real difference by running for office, or would I just be getting in the way? That should be the first question anyone considering public office should be asking themselves. Instead, there are a few races we’ve been watching that suggests the...
Louisiana Senate District 22?
We’ve been watching Louisiana Senate District 22 for a while. Let’s admit it – we’ve all been not wanting to watch now for way too long. The Louisiana Majority Leader, Blake Miguez (R 9/10), who is top ranked on our scorecard, has mysteriously...
VICTORY: Age Appropriate Library Bill is now Law
Heather Cloud’s (R 8/10) fantastic SB7 (now Act 436) echoes policy language previously adopted by the Lafayette Library Board of Control on February 15th of this year. That language resolves some ambiguity surrounding age appropriate materials in the public...
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Times-Picayune
In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.
Acadiana Advocate
Citizens, whose executive director is ... Michael Lunsford, is a conservative "good government" operation that started in Lafayette and is expanding across the state. Its latest crusade is pushing for tighter controls on the books and other materials minors are allowed to access in public libraries.
David Eaton
Other groups talk about "doing research" but it’s just watching videos and podcasts from shock jock crazies.
Acadiana Advocate
It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.
Insider (Great Britain)
Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.
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