The City and Parish councils have been complicit in approving Guillory’s drainage projects without question. Now with tens of millions of dollars at risk of being wasted, the City Council is starting to ask the hard questions.
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The population of the city of Lafayette may no longer make up the majority of the parish. That means our city is stuck without a full-time leader who is focused solely on city business and who is accountable to city residents.
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Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.
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Guillory’s bureaucracy-busting approach could force Lafayette to spend millions filling holes it just spent millions digging out.
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Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish Councils.
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Legislative bodies appropriate money, not the executive branch. But that’s exactly what’s been happening at LCG for more than a decade in conflict with a pair of attorney general opinions.
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Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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A busy schedule finds the councils tackling another veto override. LUS customers could see a new annual charge on their bills.
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Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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OPINION: Uncertainty is at an all-time high. Lafayette needs a fiscally responsible budget.
The roles have reversed from the 2020 budget cycle, and now the City Council ought to play budget hawk.
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OPINION: Fueled by debt, Guillory’s budget proposes largest capital spending spree in city’s history
Mayor-President Guillory wants the City Council to approve a $406 million five year capital improvement program that would saddle the city with $180 million in new debt. Yet he hasn’t revealed plans, garnered public input, or addressed long-term maintenance liabilities for most of these projects. The City Council should tread carefully.
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