LAFAYETTE - The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce is urging the Lafayette City-Parish
Council to table the ordinance under consideration to place repeal of the Lafayette City Parish
Charter on the ballot in November 2010.

The Chamber's Board of Directors voted this week to urge this action. The Board's rationale is
that the issue is too important and the stakes are too high to make that decision on March 9th
without a comprehensive study of the issues and consequences of the pending decision. Rob
Guidry, Chamber President & CEO, stated that "nothing less than the socio-economic future of the
parish rests on this matter."