Citizens for a New Louisiana opens Baton Rouge chapter
2021 is looking bright for government transparency, as Citizens for a New Louisiana adds a new chapter in Baton Rouge. Having an office at our state’s capitol, and in the literal shadow of the capitol building, will help us to bring you closer to the action when...
Guillory blocks Lafayette parking fee hike
On January 15, 2021 the Lafayette Consolidated Government informed the public that changes were being made to the parking meter rates in Downtown Lafayette. According to the post, the rates will be increased 100%, going from 50¢ to $1.00 per hour. Monitoring will be...
How to fix Lafayette Parish’s budget without raising taxes
Way back in 1930, Sir Ernest Benn mused that “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” Certainly, bureaucrats are always finding problems; and they always have the same...
VETO! Mayor-President Guillory blocks higher taxes
The other day we told you about a 7.5% tax increase that the councils would decide about on September 1st, 2020. The reason for this increase is to account for commercial property values substantially decreasing this year. This is especially thanks to the governor...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
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Kim Powers
I can understand why someone would try to duplicate what they are doing at Citizens but alas, that's a trap. They make it look easy. It isn't.
Lynette Mejia
"[Citizens for a New Louisiana] Stacking these boards is, like, antithetical to the democratic process."
KLFY TV 10
The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.
News Talk 98.5
Citizens for a New Louisiana does the research that no one else is doing,
American Library Association
The whole area is being controlled by a political group called Citizens for a New Louisiana.
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