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 Post Meeting Analysis: After years of delays and roadblocks to a project that deserved to be built years ago, Monday
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 Regular August Monthly Meeting 20 November 2023 Agenda HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items Very alarming on this month’s agenda is the board’s intention to “discuss and may take action” on the American Library Association. For anyone who doesn’t know, this is THE professional organization for librarians and libraries in the United States. It’s
LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 16 October 2023 Agenda HERE Proposed Changes to Exam Proctoring Policy Here Minutes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items There are several items of interest on this month’s board agenda. First up are changes to the exam proctoring policy. Last year the board voted to end
LPL Board of Control Special September Meeting 11 September 2023 Agenda HERE Minutes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items Some of this information is the same as it was for August, with a couple of important changes: Northeast Library Robert Judge is no longer President of the library board. In the wake
LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 21 August 2023 Agenda HERE Minutes HERE Proposed Bylaws Changes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items Northeast Library Even though it isn’t the first thing on the agenda, it’s arguably the most important, as a library for the Northeast part of Lafayette Parish has been NECESSARY