LCG buys land from detention pond contractor in ‘highly unusual’ deal
The purchase completes a deal that caused millions in state dollars to be withheld. Unclear still is whether the state will release the money.
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Leslie Turk
A founding editor of both The Independent and ABiz and senior editor at The Times of Acadiana in the 1990s, Leslie Turk is an award-winning investigative reporter who has worked in the newspaper business in Lafayette for more than three decades. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Acadiana Advocate, The Daily Advertiser, Baton Rouge Business Report, Louisiana Illuminator and Gambit. Contact her at (337) 207-4312 or [email protected]
LCG settles federal panhandling suit for $42,000
The suit aimed to stop LCG’s clampdown on panhandling — which district and appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have repeatedly found to be protected speech under the First Amendment.
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LCG sued again on St. Martin spoil banks project
A co-owner of the property, cut out of the land purchase, filed suit Thursday for damages.
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Police chief stifles info on Guillory’s security team
Lafayette’s new police chief has moved to gag further reporting about Guillory’s security detail, claiming it jeopardizes the PD’s strategies and tactics and endangers lives.
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Homewood detention pond property owners seek damages from LCG
The owners of hundreds of acres seized for a massive detention facility are pursuing damages from Lafayette Consolidated Government.
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Amid investigation, Guillory’s security detail nixed
Use of Lafayette Police Department officers for the M-P’s full-time personal security is the subject of an investigation launched by the City Council late last year.
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Legislative auditor launches investigation into Guillory administration
The legislative auditor’s office would only confirm that the agency is conducting an investigative audit at LCG.
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Recap: How 2022 left Guillory’s drainage program in a deep hole
Looking back, we uncovered a program plagued with problems: conflicts of interest, disregard for public accountability processes and a lack of proven need or efficacy.
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City Council investigation to include mayor-president’s use of Lafayette police for security
A seldom-used LPD dignitary protection unit has become M-P Josh Guillory’s full-time security. Council members have asked an audit firm to probe the arrangement.
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City-Parish attorney’s connection to land for major flood project raises ethics issue
For a flood project, LCG targeted land that was easy to get — because it was repped by City-Parish Attorney Greg Logan.
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On top of high fees, Lafayette officials add more barriers to public records
Reporters now face more barriers to access public records, on top of new fees the Guillory administration rolled out targeting the press. While a legal challenge and council action crawl forward, the barriers stand. And other public officials are following similar playbooks.
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Dismissed in 2013, Guillory was rehired by UL after his election
The mayor-president’s return to teaching after being fired for cause presents several potential conflicts, including charter requirements that his job be full-time. Deploying Lafayette police officers to run security while on campus, a use of public resources for his personal benefit, figures into the City Council’s investigation of him.
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