Critical Acclaim

Melanie David
Livingston Parish News
Former library director Giovanni Tairov stepped down during the initial wave of controversy involving Citizens for a New Louisiana.

Emily Drabinski
President - American Library Assn / 26 Dec 2022
TruthOut
Citizens for a New Louisiana now has full support from the Louisiana state government.

Lafayette City Councilman
Democrat / 2 July 2023
Kenneth Boudreaux
[Citizens for a New Louisiana's Michael Lunsford is] the most powerful Republican in Lafayette.

Dwayne Fatherree
Southern Poverty Law Center
Citizens for a New Louisiana was instrumental in a campaign that saw the Lafayette Parish Public Library lose one of its tax millages.

Alia Wong
USA Today
Michael Lunsford runs Citizens for a New Louisiana, a government watchdog nonprofit, ... who has called out Jones and other library leaders.
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