Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

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Calcasieu Parish is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. The parish seat is Lake Charles. As of 2000, the population was 183,577. The Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Calcasieu and Cameron parishes.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

  • Meeting minutes and agendas are posted online.[1] The parish also live steams their meetings.[2]
  • The police jurors and their contact information are posted.[3]
  • Contact information is posted for the administrative offices and for other elected officials.[4][5]
  • The current budget is posted. The Parish should consider posting also past budget to also residents to compare it with previous years.
  • Allows citizens to send feed back on the parish.[6]
  • Information is provided for permits and who to contact with questions about planning and zoning, but not all applications are downloadable.[7]
  • Contract information is posted.[8]
  • Annual Financial Report included audits for the parish.[9]

[edit] The bad

  • Contracts a bit hard to understand, and could use some clarity.
  • Some of the drop down menus are hard to navigate as they disappear beneath the bottom of the screen.
  • There is no disclosure if the parish does or does not belong to a taxpayer-funded lobbying association.
  • Local tax information is not provided.
  • There is no instruction posted on how or who to contact for public records.


See also:
To compare Calcasieu with other Louisiana parishes, see Websites of the Louisiana parishes.

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