They gave an ultimatum that if the board members didn’t vote the way he wanted, they would be dismissed from the library board. And guess what… they were all dismissed.
Amanda Jones
by Michael Lunsford | Jun 16, 2025
Critical Acclaim

Lynette Mejia
"[Citizens for a New Louisiana] Stacking these boards is, like, antithetical to the democratic process."

Times Picayune
Executive director of the ultra-conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana, Michael Lunsford, seized that opportunity

The Advocate
Citizens for a New Louisiana has been systematically placing conservatives on volunteer commissions such as the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control and Bayou Vermilion District, where they now have majority control.

KLFY TV 10
The complaint [filed by Citizens for a New Louisiana] underscores what the chief reportedly did and/or has failed to do.

The Acadiana Advocate
[Citizens for a New Louisiana] claimed Broussard city officials were violating state open meeting laws after the mayor [admitted] in a now-removed video that the city has several advisory committees... It is unclear where Citizens for a New Louisiana obtained the video.
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