Bernhard’s pitch: LUS is fine. We can make it better.
At long last, the public got to see NextGEN Utility Systems/Bernhard Capital Partners’ proposal to run LUS on full display.
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News + Notes
‘Go-to guy’ on ethics and professionalism is ‘temporary’ interim marshal
C. Michael Hill, one of the Lafayette Bar Association’s “go-to guys” for continuing education presentations on ethics and professionalism, was sworn in Tuesday morning to replace embattled — and now multiply convicted — City Marshal Brian Pope.
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NextGEN’s offer by the numbers
What’s Jim Bernhard’s bid to run LUS really worth?
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Dark money in local politics
Dark money is poised to have considerable influence at the state and especially local levels.
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Entergy wants a shot at LUS
Robideaux said through his spokeswoman that conversations with Entergy have continued intermittently since at least June of this year.
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Here are five big questions the council needs to ask about Bernhard’s LUS bid
Chief among them: Can we get out of it?
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Bernhard delivers $1.3 billion bid for LUS
Billed as a $4.1 billion deal, the offer is heavy on assumed indirect economic impacts.
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New city marshal is ‘temporary’ interim, so to speak
City-Parish Councilman Bruce Conque says the appointment of former federal Magistrate C. Michael Hill as interim city marshal is a temporary replacement pending final action by the Lafayette City-Parish Council.
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Vetoes, parish budget flare tensions between mayor-president and council
▸ The gist: Discussing vetoes and a crunched parish budget, council members criticized the Robideaux administration’s policies and complained about a lack of communication, revealing some tension between the two branches of local government.
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Robideaux’s move to sell a parish parking garage to the city fails, sending next year’s parish budget into deficit
▸ The gist: Next year’s budget was balanced assuming the parish would successfully sell a Downtown parking garage to the city for $770,000. On Tuesday, the City-Parish Council voted down the mayor-president’s proposal. Opponents argued it was a bad deal for the city that amounted to a bailout for the cash-strapped parish.
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Marshal Pope’s fate in jury’s hands
Just one felony conviction in a case that could have easily been avoided will strip Marshal Pope of his office.
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A who’s who on the Pope trial witness list
The characters in the trial are a reminder of just how zany the Pope saga has been over the past three years. Here’s a refresher on some of the role players.
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