re: Former Lafayette Mayor Josh Guillory arrested

Damn, he doesn’t even look like the same guy

I remember a story about JG’s wife or brother being a member of an LLC that may have been doing something with Rigid. There may be smoke to a kickback fire, but it would be ballsy to tie it to this project.

Dude must be hitting the sauce again

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My wife's grandparents live in Cypress Island. That shite stays flooded.

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Exactly. I know because I live and have property in the area.

What people fail to understand is that on the Lafayette side of Bayou Vermillion, there lies an escarpment where elevation increases by dozens of feet. Supposedly this was intended to help his "constituents" but there aren't many in the area of this project that would benefit from it.

If he really wanted to help that part of Lafayette Parish, he would have moved the spoils to the Lafayette side of the bayou in the "Longbridge" area which floods all the time.

But that's a relatively low income area and likely not many Guillory supporters in that area though so he chose to do it in an inconsequential area where his supporters could benefit instead.

This is the summary of the La Legislative Auditors Office

In February 2022, the Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) undertook a
public works project involving the removal of a spoil bank originally constructed by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the 1950s. The spoil bank was
located on the St. Martin Parish side of the Vermilion River and was excavated and
reconstructed on the Lafayette Parish side, allegedly for flood mitigation purposes.
Our investigative audit determined that LCG executed this project without securing
the required legal authority, land rights, or permits — raising significant legal,
regulatory, and intergovernmental concerns. Specifically, LCG expended public
funds outside of its jurisdiction without a joint service agreement or cooperative
endeavor agreement, as required by its Home Rule Charter and Louisiana law;
performed work on land that LCG did not fully own, without documented consent
from a known co-owner; failed to obtain a local permit from St. Martin Parish
Government (SMP); withdrew its federal permit application from USACE but
proceeded with the project regardless. These actions potentially violated LCG’s
charter, an SMP ordinance, and multiple provisions of state and federal law.

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I remember a story about JG’s wife or brother being a member of an LLC that may have been doing something with Rigid. There may be smoke to a kickback fire, but it would be ballsy to tie it to this project.

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I'd love to know if the city owns this property at the end of Kaliste Saloom and if this was one of the 'no-bid contracts'. In this aerial you can see the construction fencing. It was printed with Rigid Constructors. They spent months grading this slightly unlevel land.

It doesn't look much different than it did before. Why grade an empty property with no construction projects lined up?

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FBI said to be probing LCG drainage contractor, potential relationship with Mayor-President Josh Guillory

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https://thecurrentla.com/2022/fbi-said-to-be-probing-lcg-drainage-contractor-potential-relationship-with-mayor-president-josh-guillory/

According to the Lafayette Parish Assessor's website that lot and all the wooded property behind it to the Bayou Vermillion belongs to an entity called Ronnie White Custon Homes LLC

Malfeasance in office for an official no longer in office. Isn't that like trying to impeach a president who's no longer president? St. Martin needs to quit this clown show

Parish Wars!…

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That wooded property is some of the nicest natural land left in the city.

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Only a few others like that for sure.

I however, would not like to be that close to a train track. I'm sure I could get over it if I lived on the Verm though.