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The current Heymann Perforrming Arts Center near Ochsner Lafayette General

November 2

Column: Lafayette should hold Guillory’s horses on new Heymann Center

Mayor-President Josh Guillory is short-circuiting the site selection process in announcing a “tentative” deal with UL.

Hub Citizen

October 31

Council Preview: LCG pay raises; new garbage contract

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.

News + Notes

Lafayette City Court building in downtown Lafayette

October 26

The ‘People’s Court’: How Lafayette City Court works

What happens in Lafayette City Court can have a substantial impact on people’s lives. The setting is intimate, meaning judges play an even bigger and more personal role in what’s often called the People’s Court.

News + Notes

October 17

Council Preview: City Council wants to talk public records

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.

News + Notes

October 5

Dismissed in 2013, Guillory was rehired by UL after his election

The mayor-president’s return to teaching after being fired for cause presents several potential conflicts, including charter requirements that his job be full-time. Deploying Lafayette police officers to run security while on campus, a use of public resources for his personal benefit, figures into the City Council’s investigation of him.

Currency

September 21

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.

News + Notes

September 14

Paywalled: Records requests cost hundreds each under new LCG policy

The Current was billed more than $900 for a pair of requests filed last month. According to LCG’s new policy, not yet published, the invoice must be paid before digital copies of the documents are turned over.

News + Notes

August 24

FBI said to be probing LCG drainage contractor, potential relationship with Mayor-President Josh Guillory

The FBI has joined two federal agencies scrutinizing Lafayette’s drainage projects, this time with an eye on the relationship between the contractor and Mayor-President Josh Guillory.

News + Notes

Josh Guillory at a press conference in August 2022

August 17

Josh Guillory turns to side hustles for more income

Since his election, the mayor-president has taught classes at UL, formed two LLCs and obtained a license to produce title insurance, on top of processing expungements for clients — all in search of supplementing his income.

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