Recap: Where Lafayette made progress in 2022
We’ve seen promise all over our community, including efforts to tackle Lafayette’s mountain of blighted properties, its mounting fentanyl deaths, food insecurity and more.
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News + Notes
An appeal court has ruled that Lafayette Consolidated Government abused its authority when it expropriated 372 acres of private land for the Homewood Drive Detention Pond Project.
The land on the Vermilion River was owned by Bendel Partnership and leased for farming.
Source: The Advocate
Sub-freezing temperatures are expected throughout Acadiana and Louisiana Thursday night through Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Lake Charles. Temperatures are forecast to drop into the 20s Thursday and Friday night.
Source: Lafayette Utilities System offers advice before freeze | News | theadvocate.com
With forecasted weather to be at or below freezing temperatures later this holiday week, Catholic Charities of Acadiana will enact a freeze shelter plan to ensure the safety of those experiencing homelessness.
Source: KATC
Last week, a hearing was held in Lafayette on formal charges lodged against Odinet by the agency that handles complaints and discipline against attorneys licensed to practice in Louisiana.
The decision regarding discipline against her hasn’t been announced.
Source: KATC
The Lafayette City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to defer indefinitely a resolution supporting and financing half of the proposed study. Instead, council members may hold town hall meetings to gather public feedback while the administration seeks proposals for sites available for a new performing arts center.
Source: The Advocate
Recap: How 2022 left Guillory’s drainage program in a deep hole
Looking back, we uncovered a program plagued with problems: conflicts of interest, disregard for public accountability processes and a lack of proven need or efficacy.
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Council Preview: Performing arts center and public records back on city agenda
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Parish likely can’t afford Guillory’s jail plan
Most costs will stay on LCG’s books. That turns the idea from a budget-saving blessing into a fiscal Hail Mary.
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Edwards, a retired 15th Judicial District Court judge, defeated Roya Boustany, a felony prosecutor in the 15th Judicial District Court district attorney’s office, Saturday in a city-wide runoff to fill the vacancy created a year ago when Michelle Odinet resigned under pressure after a home video surfaced of her using a racial slur to describe an alleged burglar at her home.
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BRIEF: Councils to rework proposed public records policy
The City and Parish councils deferred action on establishing a new public records policy to work out kinks. The administration has signaled willingness to go along with the changes.
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Covid still holds back Lafayette bus service
More than two years since Louisiana reported its first Covid case, Lafayette’s bus service remains short on drivers and riders.
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