St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

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Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana 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 Franklin. As of 2000, the population was 53,500.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

  • An inspection of the website finds that it includes some information about who is on the Parish council,[1]along with administrative officials.[2]

[edit] The bad

  • Budgetary information is not listed.
  • Council meeting information is not listed.
  • No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.
  • Parish audits, contracts, and tax information is not available.

[edit] References

  1. Parish council members
  2. Administration

[edit] External links


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