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COLUMN: Homewood is a mistake Lafayette should never repeat
Let’s call the Homewood detention ponds project what it is: a boondoggle.
Let’s call the Homewood detention ponds project what it is: a boondoggle.
Lafayette’s controversial Library Board will see two new appointments this month as council members fill a vacancy and vote on adding one of themselves to the board.
Housing support agencies moved people into hotels around Lafayette using emergency federal and state government funds. Those funds have long since dried up.
Billed as a way to save millions, LCG’s withdrawal from the state municipal pension system has been a drawn-out, messy affair that’s now headed for court.
The council’s contracted auditor turned over its findings, which will remain confidential until and unless the LLA decides to release them.
Requiring short-term rentals to register with the city is a likely compromise, but operators and opponents remain divided on restrictions like conditional permitting.
Studies suggest Lafayette isn’t so cheap. Is Lafayette an affordable place for you?
The Parish Council considers $500,000 for a new Mobile Health Unit while the City Council probes Guillory’s Heymann Center replacement plan.
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