Lafayette City District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis is proposing a resolution that would form a committee from which to gather the input of a diverse range of citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation to the City of Lafayette.
For the city to control its own affairs, this failed experiment in consolidation must end so our city can be free to govern itself.
How does Lafayette’s experiment with consolidation stack up with the successes and failures of other consolidated governments across the country?
Some argue that breaking up consolidated government would liberate the city from an unfavorable political circumstance. Former journalist and Lafayette public works director Kevin Blanchard is in the camp. He says giving Lafayette a city council won’t fix what’s wrong with consolidation, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Arguing about library taxes proves we should be talking about consolidated government and how it simply isn’t working out.
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