The mayor-president’s return to teaching after being fired for cause presents several potential conflicts, including charter requirements that his job be full-time. Deploying Lafayette police officers to run security while on campus, a use of public resources for his personal benefit, figures into the City Council’s investigation of him.
This week: a veto showdown that might be moot and another high stakes library board appointment
Records viewed by The Daily Advertiser Friday show that new fees have only been levied against local news outlets, among them the The Daily Advertiser, to the tune of more than $2,000 in bills.
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Previously, the councils had both passed an amended budget that did not include nearly a quarter of a million dollars in raises for top officials working for Lafayette Consolidated Government.
However, Guillory restored the raises to the budget using line-item veto powers. The City and Parish Councils have since come back and decided they would challenge that veto, holding a joint meeting to override that as the battle between Lafayette’s legislative and executive branches rages on.
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LUS Fiber is budgeted to spend millions on expansions and make a discretionary payment into the city general fund for the first time ever. Fiber can’t afford to do that.
The suit alleges “egregious and intentional” abuse of the state’s Public Records Law and seeks to hold Guillory personally liable for attorneys’ fees, costs and damages.
The Current was billed more than $900 for a pair of requests filed last month. According to LCG’s new policy, not yet published, the invoice must be paid before digital copies of the documents are turned over.
The City Council’s decision to investigate Guillory isn’t about politics. It’s about holding him accountable.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
Local media turned up the heat on the mayor-president in August, reporting that may be turning into big-time investigations.
The FBI has joined two federal agencies scrutinizing Lafayette’s drainage projects, this time with an eye on the relationship between the contractor and Mayor-President Josh Guillory.
Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory has been practicing law while in office, even likely during his three-week rehab program, and he has failed to disclose a second law firm to the state Ethics Administration.
Source: The Advertiser
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