Ticking clock on STRs could spawn rezoning boom
Lafayette’s new short-term rental rules leave many owners with two options: get rezoned or get out of the business. That could cause problems for the City Council.
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Andrew Capps
Andrew Capps has covered local government in Lafayette since moving here in 2019 to work for The Daily Advertiser. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Andrew first began reporting for the Knoxville News Sentinel in 2016. Since then, his work has been recognized by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation, the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Louisiana Press Association, among others.
LUS Fiber is key to M-P Boulet’s vision for Lafayette, but finding its next leader may be messy
LUS Fiber was a key part of Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s ascension, but she may face a messy path to finding it a new leader.
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Council Preview: Boulet’s shake up comes to councils
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will take their first look at Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s plan to shake up top brass at City-Parish Hall.
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Boulet’s 100-day goals: staffing and stability
Where her predecessor and erstwhile opponent made a splash within days of taking office, Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is entering with a calculated ripple.
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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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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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New year, new mayor — new direction?
Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet showed a key shift in approach to an issue that defined former M-P Josh Guillory’s term at Tuesday’s council meeting.
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Council Preview: New council leadership and a rush to spend ARPA funds
Lafayette’s councils will elect new leaders Tuesday and consider plans left by M-P Josh Guillory’s admin to spend $86 million in federal stimulus funds before a Dec. 31 deadline.
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Housing, I-49, economic development frame Boulet’s early priorities
In town halls held this week, economic development emerged as the central tenet of incoming M-P Boulet’s vision for Lafayette.
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Council Preview: Vote on nurse raises, $3M for quick-take settlement
Lafayette’s Parish Council will vote on raises for public nurses Tuesday while the City Council will vote on $3M to settle an expropriation lawsuit.
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M-P Boulet to hold town halls for public input next week
Incoming M-P Boulet is holding three town hall meetings next week to gather input from the public on a trio of key local issues.
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Unfinished business looms large over incoming Boulet administration
Boulet takes office with a to-do list full of costly, difficult and politically-complicated challenges left over from Guillory’s single term in office.
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