This meeting has been called in order for the board to discuss a settlement option in the First Amendment case, 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 is attached, and the public is encouraged to attend and comment! You can […]
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Citizens File Suit Against Robert Judge and Lafayette Consolidated Government On Tuesday, March 7, LCAC co-founders Lynette Mejía and Melanie Brevis filed suit against Robert Judge and Lafayette Consolidated Government for infringing on their right to Free Speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The suit is based on two things. First
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 09 January 2023 MEETING AGENDA MEETING AUDIO HERE ACCESS OUR VIDEO COVERAGE OF MELANIE’S COMMENTS Shock and Outrage It was supposed to be a quiet meeting. The agenda had only the usual items for a library board meeting; the stuff which should be the only things the board talks about every month- the
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The “Un”Retirement of Danny Gillane 12 December 2022 After Lafayette library Director Danny Gillane’s announcement in November that he would be retiring, speculation ran high regarding how the board would go about replacing him. At the November Board of Control meeting, Robert Judge announced an ad hoc search committee that now it appears we don’t
Director Announces Retirement 09 November 2022 November’s first story came on November 9th, when news broke that our Director, Danny Gillane, had suddenly announced his retirement after only a year and a half in the position. The announcement came just a couple of weeks after Robert Judge was re-elected President of the LPL Board of Control. This
New Board Appointment 04 October 2022 First up in October was the appointment by the Lafayette Parish Council of a new board member to replace Vice President Landon Boudreaux, who resigned in the wake of the attempted firing of librarian Cara Chance in July. After the call for applications, the Council met on October 4
LPL Board of Control Regular September Monthly Meeting 19 September 2022 Agenda HERE Minutes HERE Meeting Audio HERE The biggest free speech issue with this month’s Board of Control meeting wasn’t even on the agenda. Upon arriving at the meeting, attendees were greeted with this sign hung at the main entrance: This is part of