Is Lafayette’s development code working?
Developers and residents alike say Lafayette’s codes let down both groups by causing heartburn for residents and giving false hope to builders.
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Month: January 2024
At the request of Mayor-President Monique Boulet, the City Council indefinitely deferred action Tuesday on a resolution that would have called for an April 27 election, the weekend of Festival International, to rededicate two sales taxes in order to pay for lease agreements, including annual software fees.
Source: The Advocate
LETTER: Louisiana’s future demands 21st century approach to transportation
It’s time for Louisiana to stop building urban highways, investing in transportation infrastructure that makes our cities poorer.
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Blanchard, currently the executive director of the Lafayette Public Financing Trust Authority, was hired after the board’s unanimous vote during a Monday morning meeting to fill the position vacated by Anita Begnaud, who resigned in December.
Source: The Advocate
UL system subpoenas reporter’s communications in Title IX lawsuit
The subpoenas are related to a case in which a former Louisiana Tech student sued the UL System, LSU and Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.
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The Legislature’s new maps create a second majority-Black district, a major win for civil rights advocates who have called for a map that more accurately represents Louisiana’s current demographics. More than one-third of Louisiana’s population is Black.
Lawmakers also approved a plan to move to a closed party primary system for Louisiana’s congressional, state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Public Service Commission and state Supreme Court elections.
Source: nola.com
Amid freeze, farmers convene in Acadiana to confront climate change
Farmers, organizers and advocates who convened at Chicot State Park this week to discuss the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
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Council Preview: Election may be called to fix city sales tax issue
Voters in the city of Lafayette may be asked at an election this spring to fix an issue with how Lafayette Consolidated Government is allowed to spend sales tax revenue.
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The propositions ask voters to allow a 1% city sales tax first approved in 1961 and another 1% city sales tax first approved in 1985 to be used, in addition to current uses, to pay for software subscriptions and leases.
Source: The Advocate
VIDEO: Andre Guirard lets his art FLAG fly
Andre Guirard’s free little art gallery spreads the joy of art one small piece at a time.
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COLUMN: Lafayette has one more shot at getting ARPA right
Lafayette has $28 million in federal coronavirus funds left to spend. It’s one-in-a-lifetime money that could do a lot of good.
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Closed party primary bill moves rapidly in special session
The bill would switch Louisiana to a closed system in which candidates of the same party face off in their own partisan primary election.
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