Lafayette Consolidated Government’s latest annual audit identifies a slew of new issues that Mayor-President Josh Guillory’s administration says do not need to be addressed.
Lafayette’s councils will consider a deal to takeover maintenance of 26 miles of state roads in a $25 million deal with the state government.
More changes could be coming to Louisiana’s Public Records Law, a year after legislation led to new public records fees at LCG and a lawsuit filed by media organizations to topple them.
Lafayette’s city and parish councils will meet behind closed doors Tuesday as they seek answers from the Guillory administration about its lawsuit against a state retirement system.
The suit aimed to stop LCG’s clampdown on panhandling — which district and appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have repeatedly found to be protected speech under the First Amendment.
The ordinances require businesses that “sell, dispense or deliver” alcoholic beverages for consumption on their premises to close at midnight Mardi Gras Day instead of 2 a.m. on Ash Wednesday.
Source: The Advocate
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
Guillory has taken heat for his efforts to make money on the side, among them teaching courses at UL and taking on legal work after promising to shutter his law practice. The administration is also again asking the council for a slate of raises for top appointees.
Traffic, local government and the weather are near the top of Geoff Daily’s Thanksgiving list.
Mayor-President Josh Guillory is short-circuiting the site selection process in announcing a “tentative” deal with UL.
The councils’ letter sticks them in line for a response from the AG. Without it, Guillory could have withdrawn his request should the opinion be unfavorable.
The gist: Council members attempted to name an acting replacement for Mayor-President Josh Guillory while he’s in rehab. The administration resisted.
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