It all started with a call from a concerned resident in the Parish of St. Martin. That is how much of our work begins. Someone has just had enough. They have reached the point of boiling over. They have witnessed or heard of too many shady things, and they reach out...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is keeping a close eye on how current library board members are voting. If that makes current members fearful, Lunsford says, that's the point.
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.
Lunsford spent years raising the heat leading a stealthy but steady campaign that replaced members of the library board who, from his perspective, were not quite on board.