LCG launched an infrastructure boom; Josh Guillory and his wife launched an equipment company
The firm’s creation, timed as LCG fuels a local construction boom, creates a minefield of potential conflicts.
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Politics
Vermilionville foundation, board feud over grant money
Tension between the organizations, simmering over the last two years, could end their cooperation.
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COLUMN: How do we budget for LCG’s drainage follies?
There has been no public accounting of how much three drainage lawsuits could ultimately cost. The cases could blow multimillion-dollar holes in LCG’s budget.
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Council chairs seek to clarify M-P’s request for AG opinion on interim appointment
The councils’ letter sticks them in line for a response from the AG. Without it, Guillory could have withdrawn his request should the opinion be unfavorable.
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Council Preview: $1 million for Heymann Park; service contracts with Youngsville and Broussard
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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With Guillory away, Lafayette councils weigh appointment of acting M-P
The gist: Council members attempted to name an acting replacement for Mayor-President Josh Guillory while he’s in rehab. The administration resisted.
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M-P Josh Guillory punts council questions on embattled drainage projects
In a letter delivered to both councils, M-P Josh Guillory suggests deferring questions about his drainage projects to an auditor.
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Reflections: Examine your village
How do we ensure the village continues? It begins with each one of us.
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1/18 Council Preview: Local redistricting process begins; $1M for golf carts; higher littering penalties; and new regs for scooter companies
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Lafayette Connector heads for last mile
Most of the major decisions have been made, including some significant changes to the version approved by the federal government in the early 2000s. Whether the Connector can make good on lofty promises will hinge on decisions made in 2022.
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11/16 Council Preview: Parish Council allocates more ARPA funds, money to buy land for new Lafayette Parish jail
Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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GEOFF DAILY: Lafayette mayor-presidents have long used vetoes to appropriate money. That may be illegal.
Legislative bodies appropriate money, not the executive branch. But that’s exactly what’s been happening at LCG for more than a decade in conflict with a pair of attorney general opinions.
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