Election Guide: Downtown Development Authority tax renewal
We answer the core questions that (downtown) voters need to understand before heading into the ballot box to determine the fate of DDA’s millage renewal.
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Tax Renewals
4/20 Council Preview: Fall tax renewals and more detention ponds
On the dockets of the City and Parish Councils are multiple tax renewals for essential services, a tax rededication for fire protection in unincorporated Lafayette, and declaring more detention pond projects as public necessities.
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In local voting, timing is everything For tax measures in Lafayette to ever have a shot, election scheduling has got to change.
If holding off-cycle elections is the parish government’s strategy to raise taxes, it’s a poor one. Research shows that low turnout favors those who oppose taxes.
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In defense of well-funded libraries An All-American call to arms
Critics have taken aim at the library’s reserves. But, as local governments look to stabilize budgets in times of economic flux, fund balances are key to long-term planning.
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