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October 11, 2021

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Lafayette voters have some weighty decisions on their hands. We’re here to help.

Legislative Roundup: Legal marijuana pulled again after tax bill fails

Among Lafayette Parish’s seven members, Republican Jean-Paul Coussan and Democrats Marcus Bryant and Vincent Pierre voted yea and Republicans Beau Beaullieu, Stuart Bishop, Julie Emerson and Jonathan Goudeau voted nay.

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.