Where do Guillory, Blanco Boulet stand on local issues?
As Lafayette voters head to the polls Saturday to decide the mayor-president election, daylight has been hard to find between the two candidates on local issues.
As Lafayette voters head to the polls Saturday to decide the mayor-president election, daylight has been hard to find between the two candidates on local issues.
It’s not known who has met with investigators or what specific issues are being probed.
A former Lafayette state representative has filed a formal police complaint against Mayor-President Josh Guillory for allegedly committing perjury during testimony in an October civil trial.
Source: The Advocate
UL students say they want to connect with Lafayette at large. Right next door, Downtown is an obvious starting point, but making that connection has been tough to do.
Begnaud, who took over the position five years ago, is leaving to take a position vice president of marketing and communications at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia’s economic development authority. That agency is led by Jason El Koubi, a former president and CEO of One Acadiana.
Source: The Advocate
Fix housing, commuting and make it easier to connect with Downtown, UL student survey shows.
After finishing third place in the primary, Swift initially declined to make an endorsement. Her voters may well decide the runoff.
Lafayette’s first set of local rules for short-term rentals starts the clock on a momentous shift in how Airbnbs and the like will be allowed to operate in the city.
With more than a quarter of Saturday’s voters now looking for a new candidate to support in the Nov. 18 mayor-president runoff, the race is sure to intensify in the coming weeks.
View a full map of how the race for mayor-president breaks down.
A pair of local businessmen, hoping to turn a former public school into a mental health clinic, hit a wall of public resistance, putting the project in a tenuous position.
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
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