A lawsuit filed Tuesday against all 12 East Baton Rouge Metro Council members alleges they violated the state constitution when they created an Entergy franchise fee last year and spent some of the money on projects in their individual districts.

The lawsuit, filed in Baton Rouge court, seeks to halt one use of the franchise fee the council placed on Entergy last December, which has since produced about $4.6 million for the city-parish general fund.

Three plaintiffs are listed on the suit, including Gold Enterprises LLC — a company owned by former Metro Council member Darrell Glasper.

"This lawsuit is about protecting the public treasury and lawful governance," said the plaintiffs in a joint statement Tuesday. "No elected official has the authority to personally distribute public fu

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