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Critical Acclaim
![National Public Radio](https://www.newlouisiana.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/favicon-180x180-1-100x100.png)
National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana says the goal ... is to protect kids from ... smut in the library.
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Acadiana Advocate
It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.
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New York Times
The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.
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Lynette Mejia
"[Citizens for a New Louisiana] Stacking these boards is, like, antithetical to the democratic process."
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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.
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