LETTER: We’re all in this together
To everyone out there who is afraid of what has happened, and what may, know this: We will support you
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Local Voices
Letters from readers on what matters in Lafayette.
LETTER: The tortured proclamation
The mayor-president is not a bad man, but his June “proclamation” is very, very bad.
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LETTER: We cannot stand silent
The library is the front line. We at Acadiana Queer Collective cannot stand silently while it actively silences the voices of our siblings who stand in harm’s way.
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VOICES: How censorship came to Lafayette
The library’s Reconsideration Committees are now designed to ban any book anyone decides needs to go. It will remake the library as we know it.
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LETTER: On I-49 Connector, God is in the details
Architect Stephen Ortego proposes variations on the I-49 Connector plan that he argues are more city-friendly — and cheaper, too.
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LETTER: Save the artisans, save Vermilionville
Vermilionville’s artisans survived multiple CEOs, museum directors, boards and mayors, along with their administrations. They are the voice of the village and what brings it to life. We must protect them.
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LETTER: The Current got the story wrong on the threat to our libraries
Currently, the biggest detriment to the library system is the overstepping of boundaries by these new untrained and politically motivated board members.
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VOICES: Who do you think you are?
Racism against Asian Americans is a Lafayette problem, too
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LETTER: Lafayette Parish library and economics
A strong library system is essential to the growth of Lafayette. So rather than shrink library services, the city-parish government and the library board need to sit down with industry, education, tourism, the arts, and law enforcement, and explain what the library does for each of them.
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Reflections on Race: The sharecropping Fuseliers
Each February, we hear stories of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and other civil rights icons. We must also talk about trailblazers in our own families.
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‘You really don’t want to get this’: A doctor’s journey through COVID-19 and recovery
A doctor recounts the play-by-play of his bout with COVID-19. ‘You’ll be thinking about your mortality. You will pray your symptoms resolve soon.’
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LETTER: Standing up to Lafayette’s quiet racism
I have not attributed these statements to the people who made them, and there is one example that I cannot even include; it’s so unbelievable. If you recognize your own words here, I only regret that I did not act then and call you out.
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