LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 04 August 2025 On the Agenda: Accepting the minutes from previous meetings AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio Meeting Video Meeting Minutes Pre-Meeting Analysis Very quiet agenda this month after the drama of the First Amendment lawsuit settlement earlier in the summer. Nothing much to report other than accepting the […]
Achievement Unlocked – Justice & the First Amendment Now that all parties have signed and everything has been filed in federal court, we can finally reveal the exact terms of the settlement reached in the First Amendment case brought by myself and Melanie Brevis against Lafayette Consolidated Government and Robert Judge. Judge and his handler,
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LPL Board of Control Special Meeting 14 July 2025 On the Agenda: Mejia et al. v. Lafayette Consolidated Government et al. Civil Action No. 6:23-CV-00307 United States District Court Western District of Louisiana AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio Meeting Video (Pt. 1) (Pt. 2) Meeting Minutes Post-Meeting Analysis Nothing but a big sigh of relief
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LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 23 June 2025 On the Agenda: “Board Presentation” AGENDA SPEAKER FORM meeting audio Meeting Video Meeting Minutes Post-Meeting Analysis Very strange meeting. We were told at the beginning that the “board presentation” mentioned on the agenda would not take place. Turns out the presentation was prepared by board Vice
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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