2010
10.24

October 24th marks one year since The Underground site was relaunched in its current format. In the last 12 months the site has been read by thousands, attracted more than 800 Facebook followers, and on more than one occasion impacted local news headlines.

In honor of that one-year milestone LU readers were recently asked to name their favorite articles. Suggestions on the site and on Facebook were somewhat underwhelming, but these two received the most votes:

    Plane Crazy, a piece revealing the city’s future plans for its money-losing airport.

Readers who didn’t vote directly still voted with their feet, making these the most-read Undrground articles for the last year:

    Protecting Their Own, about the Sheriff’s Department hiding the identity of a retired officer involved in a dangerous incident.
    Chief Concerns, about the city’s growing arson problem and the police department’s inability (or unwillingness) to do anything about it.

Beyond just readership, some pieces have made a greater impact on the community than others. The two below have especially made a difference far beyond just the people who read The LaFayette Underground:

    Infrastructure Insanity, an often-referenced report about local leaders’ indifference towards collapsing county and city infrastructure.

Some of our favorite articles are included in the lists above, but several others stand out as personal highlights:

    The Man in Black, a tribute to Johnny Cash on the 40th anniversary of his famous LaFayette concert.

If you haven’t read these we hope you will, or just go back to the beginning and read everything. Thanks for reading and participating in The LaFayette Underground during the last year and in the years to come.

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