Changes forced by the settlement of a federal free speech lawsuit were put into place at the first Lafayette Public Library board meeting since the settlement was reached in mid July.
Gone were signs on the front door of the main library and the door to the board meeting room. Ordered placed there by then-board President Robert Judge, the signs cited part of a Louisiana law defining the crime of disturbing the peace.
Instead, a binder containing the Louisiana Open Meetings Law sat on a stand just inside the meeting room for the public and board members to access…