LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 23 June 2025 On the Agenda: Posted when available AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio Celebrate PRIDE With Us – add LGBTQ+ Books to LPL! Join us this Pride Month in raising money for LGBTQ+ books at the Lafayette Public Library! Taking advantage of the LPL Foundation’s Endowment Program, we […]
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 19 May 2025 On the Agenda: Executive Session: Mejia et al. v. Lafayette Consolidated Government 2025/2026 Proposed Library Budget AGENDA SPEAKER FORM proposed budget 2025/2026 budget narrative proforma meeting audio Post-Meeting Update #3: Robert Judge’s Media Tour On Wednesday, May 21, Robert Judge was interviewed by KADN News15, as
Former Proposed Site of the new NE Library – LA Avenue at Shadow Bluff Drive LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 21 April 2025 On the Agenda: Book Discards AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio Post Meeting Analysis: April’s meeting was one of the shortest and controversy-free board meetings in recent memory. It was over in
Update On March 20, 2025, Judge Robert Summerhays issued a ruling on the Motion for Summary Judgement based on the notion of qualified immunity filed by Robert Judge in our ongoing First Amendment lawsuit against him. In a 25-page memorandum, including 140 footnotes, Judge Summerhays lays out, step by step, why Judge failed to prove
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Site of the new NE Library – LA Avenue at Shadow Bluff Drive LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 17 March 2025 On the Agenda: NE Library Approval of library marketing plan AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio minutes Post Meeting Analysis: After years of delays and roadblocks to a project that deserved to be built
Site of the new NE Library – LA Avenue at Shadow Bluff Drive LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 17 February 2025 On the Agenda: NE Library AGENDA SPEAKER FORM LISTEN TO THE MEETING (AUDIO) (TRANSCRIPT) WATCH THE MEETING (VIDEO) Post-Meeting Analysis: Updated 18 February 2025 That was…a lot. Last night’s meeting, which should have
Since the first books were challenged at LPL by Michael Lunsford in 2021, book and materials challenges have exploded across Louisiana, primarily due to his relentless campaign to restrict the rights of families to make their own choices about reading materials. Strangely, however, Lafayette, despite being the epicenter of the book banning movement, has not
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LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 05 August 2024 On the Agenda: Millage Recommendation Director’s Search AGENDA SPEAKER FORM Post-Meeting Analysis Sometimes these library board meetings are just hard to watch. The level of incompetence and ignorance displayed by the people charged as trustees of a $12 million library system that sees nearly three quarters of
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 17 June 2024 On the Agenda: Retroactive Minor Card Restrictions AGENDA SPEAKER FORM MINUTES Pre-Meeting Analysis As predicted, the discussion by board members last month about whether they can legally restrict ALL CURRENT minor library cards has shown up on this month’s agenda as an action item. What this means:
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 20 May 2024 On the Agenda: 2024-2025 Annual Budget AGENDA Minutes Proposed 2024-2025 Budget Budget Narrative (Explanation) 10-Year Pro-Forma (Budget Projection) #1 10-Year Pro-Forma (Budget Projection) #2 Meeting Audio Pre-Meeting Analysis Compared to the absolute assaults on our library from the board at the last few meetings, this