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It’s a small club… and you aren’t in it!

by Editorial Staff | Sep 21, 2023 | Lafayette, Lafayette Fire and Police Civil Service Board, Lafayette Sheriff, LCG, Sunshine, Youngsville

Have you ever wondered about the extent public officials will go to cover for one another? How regularly information is withheld from the public may be an eye opener. Youngsville’s tangled web may have caught many by surprise, but it shouldn’t have. The...

Critical Acclaim

Clair Taylor

1 July 2023

Times-Picayune

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.

Kara Yorio

12 Aug 2022

School Library Journal

[Citizens for a New Louisiana] is very well organized.

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.

17 Nov 2022

New York Times

The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.

Lafayette Parish Councilman

John Guilbeau

The success we're seeing in Lafayette Parish would not be possible without vital organizations like Citizens for a New Louisiana.