by Michael Lunsford | Jan 3, 2022 | LCG
As the season of family gatherings, food, and giving winds down, receivers of gifts are assessing which to keep and which to return. For a fortunate few, it’s time to pull out the adding machine to help tabulate just how well they did. One of those will be SUN...
by Michael Lunsford | Aug 30, 2020 | LCG
On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, the City and Parish Council agendas include unprecedented tax increases of around eight-percent (8%). What makes this unique isn’t the amount of the increase, but that, for the first time in the history of the Lafayette councils,...
by Michael Lunsford | Jul 7, 2020 | RPEC
On July 11, 2020, Lafayette Democrats and Republicans will go to the polls for the Presidential Preference Primary. In addition to selecting who will represent their party in the upcoming Presidential election, up for grabs is the heart and soul of the Lafayette...
by Michael Lunsford | Apr 13, 2020 | Downtown Development Authority, EDD Tax Districts, Lafayette, LCG
Many regular readers will remember that the council introduced five new tax districts on November 19th. That was only THREE-DAYS after they were re-elected on November 16th. After all, they couldn’t very well have announced their intention to immediately raise...
by Michael Lunsford | Apr 3, 2020 | Bottle Art Lofts, LCG
Reminder: red text links to source documents. The government is famous for sneaking things through when no one is looking. In Lafayette, for example, the local council is famous for trying to sneak new taxes past voters during festival or holiday seasons. So, when...