Kevin Blanchard covered local government for The Advocate. He later ran Lafayette's Public Works Department. He's currently the chief operating officer of Southern Lifestyle Development.
Kevin Blanchard
Library taxes and the city-parish divide
Arguing about library taxes proves we should be talking about consolidated government and how it simply isn’t working out.
Lexington To Lafayette
Lafayette can be the next great American city. But only if we recognize that we can’t build consensus in a vacuum.
VISION 2020: Let’s prove our faith in Downtown by investing in it
My dad is a preacher. A good one. His sermons, whether delivered from the pulpit, at home or as a prelude to my being grounded, taught me a lot about life. And because we went to church whenever the lights were on — and because I’ve been grounded often and for a variety of reasons that seemed like good ideas […]