COLUMN: Guillory is leading LUS Fiber on a path to insolvency
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.
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COLUMN: Five ways the councils should fix the budget
There are some good ideas in this year’s proposed budget. And some really bad ones.
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Inflation, (big) raises and deficits: Five numbers to track in Lafayette’s proposed budget
LCG’s last two budget cycles were mirror images. M-P Josh Guillory’s first budget was notable for its cuts, his second for its spending. And this one? Maybe a reckoning of the two.
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Council Preview: More Bayou Vermilion Flood Control; $500K for a drainage plan; City Council’s drainage questions
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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5/17/22 Council Preview: $12.8 million more for Bayou Vermilion Flood Control; defining domestic abuse; car modification bans
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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COLUMN: Swinging for the fences distracts Lafayette from making real progress
Our history is full of examples of how dreaming big paid off for Lafayette. But big dreams can distract from accomplishing small, important tasks.
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4/5/22 Council Preview: Food truck rules 2.0; Drainage lawsuits; LUS Fiber expansion; honoring Phil Lank
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.
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LUS Fiber included in state broadband funds at last minute
LUS Fiber was finally squeezed in at the 11th hour to a bill creating an ambitious grant program to provide broadband service to deprived areas of the state, overcoming complaints about competition between the public and private sectors.
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LCG disregarded expert consultant’s advice in making Fiber director appointment
After a roughshod search, the Guillory administration appointed LUS Fiber’s first-ever independent director, moving forward with a hire against the advice of its expert consultant.
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5/18 Council Preview: More tax abatements, more drainage projects, and more police protests
On the docket for Tuesday night’s council meetings are approval for more drainage projects, a request to increase the LUS Fiber director’s salary, a report on police training, a request for another restoration tax abatement, and more.
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Opinion: The City Council has lost control over LUS and LUS Fiber
The past and current mayor-president have used loopholes to appoint unqualified directors for LUS and LUS Fiber without the City Council’s approval.
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5/4 Council Preview: Expenses rise, more drainage projects come to light
On the docket for the next city and parish council meetings are increased costs for LUS, budgeting the new LUS Fiber director’s salary, more drainage projects and a reprieve for some restaurant permit holders.
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