Louisiana Voice

Livingston Parish President Randy DeLatte, in refuting our INITIAL STORY on Monday, insists he has signed no nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in connection with the data center reportedly coming to the Walker area.

DeLatte TOOK TO FACEBOOK on Monday to say, “Let me be clear. I have not signed a nondisclosure agreement regarding any business coming to Livingston Parish.” He went even further to say, “To my knowledge, no local elected official in Livingston Parish has signed one regarding a business coming here.”

But a video of the Livingston Parish Planning Commission of May 2, 2024, seems to indicate otherwise.

In that meeting, DeLatte says quite plainly and inequivalently at the 1:22:30 point of THIS VIDEO, “There are some nondisclosure agreements that’s (sic) been signed that I can’t speak about…”

And while it’s true that he did not specifically say that it was he who signed the NDAs, he is the parish president.,,

And as for his disclaimer that he had no knowledge of any parish elected official having signed an NDA, we have parish council member Ricky Goff ADMITTING AS MUCH at the 21:00-minute mark of another video while speaking in support of rezoning 691 acres in his district to heavy industrial classification during the Nov. 3, 2025 meeting of the Livingston Parish Zoning Commission.

As parish president, you would think that DeLatte should have been aware of that.