COLUMN: Why deconsolidation matters
Discussions around deconsolidating Lafayette Consolidated Government aren’t just the academic musings of the chattering class. They’re about making local government more responsive to its citizens.
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Month: March 2021
LETTER: The Current got the story wrong on the threat to our libraries
Currently, the biggest detriment to the library system is the overstepping of boundaries by these new untrained and politically motivated board members.
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An invasion of politics imperils Lafayette’s public libraries
In a culture war attracting the national spotlight, activists have collided in an unlikely arena. Meanwhile, the library system’s once sterling financial health falters.
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Memorials with soil surface Lafayette’s untold history of lynchings
A local coalition reconciles past and present through ceremonies of land and history. This weekend, they remember the lynching of Louis Sinclair in 1896.
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Help us re-engage the right
If you consider yourself a conservative, we want to hear from you.
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3/23 Council Preview: Fiber buildout, outsourcing a city pool, repurposing a rec center, school sidewalks and a controversial detention pond
Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the city and parish councils.
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How Corey Ledet learned a language to connect with his lineage
Multi-tasking is old hat for Ledet. But singing in Kouri-Vini is a new adventure.
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Acadiana’s Asian community: Tell us how you’re feeling
Headlines in the last couple of weeks have put anti-Asian sentiment in the spotlight. How do they measure up with your experiences locally?
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In a bid to boost low vaccine participation, Ochsner Lafayette General added 5,000 appointments and is pushing to grow awareness among those now eligible for vaccination. Via the Daily Advertiser:
The hospital system, which has been operating an appointment-only vaccine clinic in Lafayette’s Heymann Performing Arts Center, is expanding the clinic’s hours to now operate from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Saturday operations in the works.
Leaving lockdown behind, Lafayette musicians look ahead from limbo
Musicians face the prospect of another year of lost opportunities, revenue streams and their social and professional identities
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VOICES: Who do you think you are?
Racism against Asian Americans is a Lafayette problem, too
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LCG is pursuing five massive detention projects to address flooding in Lafayette Parish. One project would convert a sugar cane field into a 200-acre pond. Detention ponds hold water during storm events, slowing flows to the river and other drainage channels. In the floods 2016, water overflowed out of drainage channels and into thousands of homes.
LCG made public necessity declarations for five parcels, freezing them from commercial development while studies are completed. KLFY reports that public works officials have reviewed 90 sites, narrowing the field to 20, including the five currently under consideration.