All I want for Christmas…
Imagine waking up on Christmas morning to find your stocking stuffed—not with candy canes or presents, but with excuses, redactions, and delays. That’s exactly how it feels when the government turns public records requests into a waiting game. This year, all we want...
Is there really a jail crisis in Lafayette Parish?
In a recent memorandum issued to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office staff, Sheriff Mark Garber indicates that the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center is “no longer capable of meeting the demands that are being placed upon it.” Is this true? And if so, what...
Iberia Parish: $4M Sheriff tax increase in April!
Way back on March 6th, I attended Sheriff Tommy Romero’s sales pitch for yet another $4 MILLION sales tax increase for the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office. This would be an additional ¼ cent perpetual sales tax added to the existing ¼ cent perpetual sales...
Now Is The Time To Address Our Court System
Great things are happening at our State Capital! Our legislators so far have largely answered the calls of our newly elected Governor Jeff Landry. Calls which are aimed at redirecting the focus and priorities of our state government. From the 1st Extra Ordinary...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
Critical Acclaim
Acadiana Advocate
It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.
The Guardian (UK)
But within days her life had been upended because of two posts on social media... Citizens for a New Louisiana, a group whom Jones knew had worked to defund a library in nearby Lafayette.
Los Angeles Review of Books
[Citizens for a New Louisiana is] At the center of the national controversy
Kenneth Boudreaux
[Citizens for a New Louisiana's Michael Lunsford is] the most powerful Republican in Lafayette.
Los Angeles Times
Lunsford said [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] focus is to prevent libraries statewide from allowing children access to erotic or pornographic materials.
