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Resident Sues City Over Alleged Legal Threat | Lafayette Louisiana News
A New Iberia resident is preparing to sue the city after uncovering what she believes is a cover-up: officials allegedly hired an attorney to threaten legal action over her satirical online criticism of a proposed tax—but no lawsuit ever materialized. After submitting a public records request for communications involving city leaders and mentions of her name or “sue,” she received incomplete responses, with documents mysteriously flagged as spam and others shielded by attorney-client privilege. Though the city denies hiring counsel to target her, claiming the outside lawyer was only brought…
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