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COLUMN: Boulet needs a game plan to fix Guillory’s mess
Boulet’s next few months are going to be all about prioritizing which mess to clean first.
Boulet’s next few months are going to be all about prioritizing which mess to clean first.
The mayor-president and council think the parish doesn’t need more tax revenue. They’re making the same costly mistake we’ve made for decades — in the name of politics.
Lost in accusations of corruption is a more basic accounting of the mayor-president’s performance. In short, he doesn’t measure up.
At $60 million, funding for superparks and other recreation projects represents Lafayette’s largest economic development investment since LUS Fiber. It may not pay off.
No one was asking for a new city courthouse. That means we’re paying a high public premium to subsidize a private development.
City residents are disenfranchised by a budget-making process that prevents the City Council from fulfilling the duties we elected them to perform.
Don’t sit on the sidelines. A chance at shaping Lafayette’s future costs just $300.
Downtown is enjoying important momentum. We can’t afford to let that stop.
With unprecedented funding has come unprecedented spending. But there’s no such thing as a one-time capital project, because there are always ongoing maintenance costs.
New data shows wages in Lafayette aren’t competitive with other parts of the state or the country. That means many people are having to take a hometown discount to stay or move here.
It’s time to stop pretending the actions of this administration documented in this audit are normal or acceptable.
It turns out the Guillory administration’s “new pace of government” is predicated on making dubious legal arguments to justify ignoring local, state and federal laws.
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