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Leslie Turk
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Answers on Bruno loan will be slow coming
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Robideaux’s report on Bruno loan raises more questions than it answers
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Robideaux’s shifting Bruno loan story: a quick overview
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Home purchase reveals unusual relationship between Robideaux, embattled assistant
Shortly after Robideaux’s October 2015 victory, he bought a north Lafayette home owned by Marcus Bruno’s wife, one listed for years in arrest reports as the residence of a repeat drug offender.
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Councilman Jay Castille calls for mayor to investigate Bruno loan
Acting on conflict-of-interest and influence peddling allegations first reported by The Acadiana Advocate, Councilman Jay Castille called on the mayor-president to investigate a suspect loan to one of his assistants.
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Former Community Development head says Bruno’s loan warrants an investigation. The council is mulling one.
Former Community Development Director Phil Lank says a HUD-backed small business loan to mayoral assistant Marcus Bruno represents a conflict of interest.
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Mark Knight, ex-deputy get off easy
The gist: Leaving the courthouse Wednesday, the consensus among observers was that former Knight Oil Tools CEO Mark Knight would trade in his affluent lifestyle for the confines of the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on Feb. 15. But there’s a catch.
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After years waiting, The Advocate swoops on The Daily Advertiser
The Advocate has pounced on The Daily Advertiser’s newsroom, snatching up several reporters and a senior staffer in a coup that could cripple Lafayette’s flailing daily.
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Mixed forecast at Acadiana Mall: controversial owner in, H&M on the way
A national retail operator with a reputation for buying troubled malls and investing little in them bought Acadiana Mall in mid-January.
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In a legal hole, Marshal Pope kept digging, lawsuits claim
Pope allegedly ordered employees to retaliate against recall organizers.
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Chief Aguillard opposes Sheriff Garber’s tax. Lafayette law enforcement is at odds.
Aguillard’s decision caps off an anguished and twisting run-up to Saturday’s vote on the controversial tax. Where once the chief appeared to disagree with his rank and file, he now finds their interests aligned against the sheriff.