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LUS Fiber is key to M-P Boulet’s vision for Lafayette, but finding its next leader may be messy
LUS Fiber was a key part of Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s ascension, but she may face a messy path to finding it a new leader.
LUS Fiber was a key part of Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet’s ascension, but she may face a messy path to finding it a new leader.
The PSC, which has limited oversight of LUS Fiber, shut down any further scrutiny of a pending self-report from December 2019.
Reaching conclusions already voiced by the Guillory administration and its predecessor, a long-awaited forensic investigative report on suspect transactions between LUS and Fiber accuses former Director Terry Huval of flouting state law to inflate Fiber’s revenue by millions of dollars.
Walking back an allegation central to the lingering scandal around LUS, Lafayette’s city-parish attorney admitted in the wee hours of Tuesday night’s council meeting that thousands of former LUS Director Terry Huval’s emails were never missing. The purportedly missing emails were a key factor in the Guillory administration’s request for a criminal investigation into LUS.
LUS Fiber has recently been accused of receiving millions in illegal subsidies from LUS. This is a complex issue with a lot at stake. An explainer is in order.
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