GEOFF DAILY: Why Lafayette can’t afford two superparks
Lafayette can build them. But where is the money to operate and maintain them?
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Parks and Recreation
1/4 Council Preview: More ARPA funds for drainage and a new skate park; $1 million for new golf carts
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish Councils.
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4/6 Council Preview: Two more detention ponds; school sidewalks; privatizing Robicheaux Center pool
Relatively light agendas include a continued push to privatize local park facilities, another step towards building detention ponds to help with drainage, and approval of new sidewalks around some schools.
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COLUMN: Will dysfunction continue to define LCG in 2021?
There’s a Cold War between the mayor-president and the City Council that could flare up at any time. The city faces a slew of controversial issues, while the parish’s finances continue to teeter on the brink of collapse, and consolidation is put on trial. These are the major stories I’ll be tracking at LCG this year.
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Council Preview 11/18: A tax break, a city marshal, and four empty directors’ chairs
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COLUMN: The city of Lafayette is trapped in consolidated government
For the city to control its own affairs, this failed experiment in consolidation must end so our city can be free to govern itself.
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COLUMN: Lafayette’s top 10 unresolved budget issues
LCG’s budgetmaking process can be complicated in a normal year, and this is far from a normal year. Newly split councils, a mayor-president deadset on slashing budgets, and an uncertain economy has created a perfect storm for a tense budgetmaking process. As the councils round the corner on amending this budget, these are some of the top issues still to be resolved.
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COLUMN: Cutting quality of life services will backfire, hurting Lafayette’s economy for years to come
In order to be economically competitive as a city, Lafayette needs to offer quality of life amenities. In the rush to cut budgets, Mayor-President Guillory is putting the city’s quality of life at risk, reducing its ability to retain and attract people, especially young families.
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Parks & Rec employee put on administrative leave same week Boudreaux was pushed out
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