Can Lafayette capitalize on Downtown’s success?
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
Lost in accusations of corruption is a more basic accounting of the mayor-president’s performance. In short, he doesn’t measure up.
Testifying in a lawsuit he filed, the M-P denied the existence of probes confirmed by investigators and in court proceedings.
Lafayette Parish reported just over 17,000 early votes cast, a big jump over 2019’s state and municipal elections. But turnout is predicted to be comparatively low this cycle.
Source: KATC
At $60 million, funding for superparks and other recreation projects represents Lafayette’s largest economic development investment since LUS Fiber. It may not pay off.
After hearing testimony for about six hours from witnesses called by Guillory’s attorney, District Judge Thomas Frederick granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Frederick said Guillory did not present enough evidence to convince him to approve an injunction halting Boulet’s campaign messaging accusing the incumbent mayor-president of corruption.
Source: The Advocate
The City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday on the prohibition after years of delay. The action does not prohibit short-term rentals in multi-family residential zones.
Source: The Advocate
Lafayette lost more than 700 college grads under 25 from 2017 to 2021. Better jobs and lowering housing costs could reverse the loss.
Tax revenues are up for the City and Parish councils this year, and a vote is set for the city’s first short-term rental rules.
Lafayette has spent big money on drainage projects for years, but it’s not clear how much that work was worth.
Lafayette looks to have a real race on its hands in this fall’s mayor-president election as challengers to incumbent Mayor-President Josh Guillory are showing early signs of success.
The Lafayette City Council failed to adopt a budget for the fiscal year that begins Nov. 1 at least in part because of proposed pay raises for city police, firefighters and marshals.
Source: The Acadiana Advocate
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