Columnist Geoff Daily explores Lafayette’s economy and government, providing critical commentary about what’s working and what’s not.
Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet inherited more than half a billion of infrastructure projects. Her first budget signals that an infrastructure hangover has arrived.
Lafayette is adrift without a plan, public investment and or any real sense of purpose or priority.
Lafayette’s lived through a financial fairy land the past few years. This budgets bursts the bubble.
Adventurous eaters rejoice! Lafayette’s buffet of restaurants has more choices than ever.
Gov. Landry’s decision to veto $1 million for Catholic Charities of Acadiana to run its homeless shelter — if left unchecked — could literally kill people.
Lafayette Parish owes $17 million to city taxpayers for the Homewood Detention Pond. The debt is costing taxpayers $500,000 yearly in lost interest.
Louisiana’s relative distress may actually help Lafayette. If you live in a poor performing parish, Lafayette offers one of the best places to relocate to.
If you skimmed LUS Fiber’s annual report, you might think things are going great. But read a little deeper and a troubling picture emerges.
The next couple of decades are going to be defined by the rise of Big Towns, communities no longer striving to be the next Austin but instead the next Chattanooga, Greenville, Sioux Falls — or maybe even the next Lafayette.
What’s tragic about Waitr’s demise is how close it got to being a defining success for Lafayette’s economy.
Lafayette Parish is growing faster than the national average, becoming more diverse and producing more jobs. We should tap into that strength, whatever its sources.
Lafayette used to be a high flier on the Milken Institute’s Best Performing Cities report. Now we’re the fourth worst performing city in America.
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