Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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Rapides Parish, Louisiana is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. Alexandria is the parish seat. It encompasses the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

• An inspection of the website finds that it includes information about who is on the police jury (the governing agency) of the parish, but does not contain contact information.^[1]

• 2008 Budget information is also available. ^[2]

• Meeting minutes are available from 2001 - present. Current agendas are also available.^[3]

• Local tax information is available.^[4]

[edit] The bad

• No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.

• Parish audits and contracts are not available.

• To compare Rapides with other Louisiana parishes, see Websites of the Louisiana parishes.

[edit] External links

Wikipedia has an article on:

Rapides Parish

• Rapides Parish website
• Central Louisiana politics, a blog covering Rapide Parish.
• School District
• Clerk of Court
• Rapides Parish on ePodunk
• Rapides Parish on PublicRecords.OnlineSearches.com
• Rapides Parish on Louisiana Page Locale
• Rapides Parish on Wikipedia

[edit] References

1. ↑ Parish Police Jury
2. ↑ Budget
3. ↑ Agendas and Minutes
4. ↑ Sales and Use Tax

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