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This could never happen – but it happened

This could never happen – but it happened

by Michael Lunsford | Jun 19, 2023 | Legislature

Newspaper headlines and articles across the state are criticizing the Republican controlled legislature as it went on the biggest spending spree in Louisiana history. Our legislature was not legally entitled to spend every dollar of the enormous surplus. In Louisiana,...

IF YOU ONLY HAD THREE WISHES…

IF YOU ONLY HAD THREE WISHES…

by Editorial Staff | Apr 10, 2023 | Legislature

There was a fisherman in the Atchafalaya Basin who one day came upon a beautiful ornate bottle in the muck and the mud. He picked it up and observed it was sealed with a cork, but despite being empty it was unusually heavy. Curious of his findings he set about to...

Balance of Power

Balance of Power

by Jamie Pope | Mar 21, 2022 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana

If the endless emergency taught us anything it is that our governor has too much power. As people start announcing their run for governor many are wondering who is willing to address balance of power. One man should not be able to rule all three branches of...

Vetoed bills for the override session

Vetoed bills for the override session

by Michael Lunsford | Jul 20, 2021 | Louisiana

Jamie Pope contributed (greatly) to this article. Governor Edwards vetoed thirty-one (31) bills in the 2021 regular session. There are two that have garnered most of the attention. However, as we’ll outline below, a large number of these vetoes kill very good...

Critical Acclaim

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Tovia Smith

National Public Radio

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.

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Alisa Chang

National Public Radio

Citizens for a New Louisiana says the goal ... is to protect kids from ... smut in the library.

Renee Allen

KLFY TV 10

The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.

former Lafayette councilman

Kenneth Boudreaux

[Citizens for a New Louisiana's Michael Lunsford is] the most powerful Republican in Lafayette.

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John Burnett

National Public Radio

Citizens for a New Louisiana [is] the same group behind the conservative takeover of the Lafayette library board.

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