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By now, everybody knows Democrat Shannon White says she’s running for mayor because no one else in the field of candidates inspired her. So we won’t dig into that beyond saying: if you’re gonna run for mayor, at least take the time to come up with an inspiring answer to the question of why you’re running for mayor. Especially if you’re going to tell us that you’re uninspired by anyone else.
White recently appeared on WAVE3’s Hot Button segment where she parroted the same thing. And brought up something that proves she’s disconnected, ill-informed and, honestly, a disappointment. She said if she’s elected mayor (and there’s no danger of that happening) she won’t spend money on granite sidewalks. Yes, really. Take a look:
Unfortunately for Hawki… er… White, replacing concrete curbs downtown with more expensive granite is highly cost-effective because the curbs last literally decades longer than concrete.Click here for a flashback to early 2008 when Doug Hawkins first spewed that uneducated and unresearched rant. For Shannon White to jump on that bandwagon? Well, good luck to her in the Democratic primary as she stands with the Protector Of Our White Women From The Mexicans.
None of that really gets my goat. What’s most glaring, I think, is that White continues to treat this race just like Greg Fischer. They both apparently think this is time for amateur hour in Louisville. She’s following in Fischer’s footsteps by ignoring campaign finance law and most recently failed to include a required paid-for-by declaration in a major email blast that asked for financial contributions.
That mistake would be excusable if White was new to the political game and new to campaign finance. Unfortunately for her, she’s made it a habit to point out that she’s a campaign finance expert and says she raised millions for Congressman John Yarmuth (we’ll discuss that another time – when there’s more time for me to detail how Yarmuth’s campaign staff allegedly had to work around her in order to actually raise funds).
Related Note: Several people tell me they’ve mysteriously appeared on White’s email blast list and the only campaign they’ve ever signed up to receive updates from is Yarmuth’s in 2008. To solidify that claim, I’m receiving her updates at an email address that I created just for Yarmuth. According to Yarmuth’s staff, White didn’t pay for the list so she’s using it illegally and without permission.
I wanted to sit down with White before posting this story but the two of us have had difficulty coordinating schedules. To be honest, though, I’m not sure sitting down with her would do anything to change this race (tell me if I’m wrong, dear readers). Mainly because she: can’t raise the money necessary to compete, is lost when it comes to campaign finance law and has picked the hands-down dumbest issue ever to complain about with her free television time.
UPDATE: Allen will hold a press conference at 3:00 P.M. this afternoon in front of the Courier-Journal to respond to the editorial.
Original story is below…
Mayoral candidate Tyler Allen is hitting back at the Courier-Journal. Hard.
Earlier this morning he hit the editorial board on Twitter about this Friday editorial covering the Ohio River Bridges Project.
And his campaign just released this statement:
The charade continues. I strongly disagree with the CJ’s editorial of February 5 calling on the “next wave of community leaders to get with the plan.” Now is not the time to “get with the plan”, now is the time for real leaders to step forward and publicly say enough is enough.
The “plan” in this case is the Ohio River Bridges Project and the Tolling Authority set up to finance it by tolling the citizens of this community. The need to build the East End Bridge has been clear for more than half a century! The fact that it is not yet built has had enormous consequences for this community’s belief that we can “get things done.” The solution to this problem is to build the East End Bridge, not continue down an unrealistic path in the wrong direction.
It is a shame that the CJ has been taken in by the fantasy that the current bridges proposal is what the citizens want and the city needs. The idea that we are stuck with a political compromise set in motion before merger, and that has never been publicly vetted by our elected leaders since merger, is very bad public policy.
On Friday, David Tandy stood with Republican Hal Heiner to call for the city and state to work with Six Flags to keep Kentucky Kingdom open.
That was honorable.
Then 4:00 P.M. hit and we got an email from Tandy’s campaign:
“Kentucky Kingdom is the largest employer of young people in the Commonwealth, they provide the opportunity to earn an income and acquire job skills to more than 1000 Louisville youths each year.” David said during a press conference today. “We must do whatever we can to protect those jobs and to ensure the 2nd largest tourist attraction in Kentucky continues to operate.”
David has pledged to work with both parties and to work with state officials to find a solution which will allow the park to continue to operate and ensure that those employment opportunities remain.
This is the type of leadership we’ve come to expect from David. He has spent his career putting principle ahead of politics—statesmanship ahead of gamesmanship.
Please do your part to help ensure that we elect a leader like David as our next mayor. You can join the fight today by donating $25, $50, $100, or more.
That’s right – using a tragic loss of jobs to beg for campaign cash.
Smooth.
In fairness, I don’t think David Tandy would approve this message. It clearly came from his campaign staff. I routinely criticize Tandy for appearing spineless and flip-flopping, but there remains no doubt in my mind that he could be a solid and inspiring leader if he’d just step up to the plate. Unfortunately, hiccups like this email blast don’t help in the least.
Allow me to get personal for a moment: I think John Varanese is hands-down one of the best chefs in the city. Very rarely can I walk into a higher end establishment and ask the chef to prepare two vegetarian meals on the fly and actually get something worth eating. He and his crew at Varanese really pulled their weight Saturday night and made dinner with a dear friend a tremendous experience. Never really sure how to heap praise on something from my personal life, but, well, I highly recommend you stop by the Frankfort Avenue hot spot soon. (All right for that cocktail & wine list!) [Just My Random Thoughts]
Why is the University of Louisville paying Alicia Sells even though she hasn’t lobbied for the school since November? And why is there an agreement to use her as a consultant? What does this woman know and why is she being paid off? Somebody at UofL needs to start talking. [Nancy Rodriguez]
The city can give Cordish a giant forgivable loan to “develop” Fourth Street Live. So why can’t it give Six Flags the same to keep Kentucky Kingdom functional? Or why not forgive the lease, sell Six Flags the tract of land and self-finance it? There’s nothing else they’re gonna do with that land. [Deep Thoughts From a Reader]
What a failure, Louisville. You need to try harder. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be one of the drunkest cities in America. [HuffPo]
This is awesome, right? Took days before a call system told area residents about chemical vapors. Nice. [C-J]
Jack Conway just does not care for Sen. Shelby and issued this statement Saturday afternoon,“Senator Shelby’s decision to hold the government hostage to obtain special favors for his state is distasteful. It is reminiscent of the backroom deal on health care struck by Senator Ben Nelson, D-NE, in December.” [Press Release]
Everybody should see this documentary about the first black marines. [C-J]
Gannett folks are going through their unpaid first quarter furloughs and have been subject to salary freezes for more than a year. All white Gannett announces a $250,000 pay raise for its new Chief Operating Officer. A COO that was in charge as Chief Financial Officer during the mass layoff, furlough and salary freezing hoopla.
Okay, okay. I get it. Everybody and their mother is freaking out over Kentucky Kingdom. Especially mayoral candidates.
Shannon White:
“As a past seasonal employee of Kentucky Kingdom, and manager of the Games Department for two years, I know the vital importance of these jobs for our economy. I encourage The Kentucky State Fair Board and Kentucky Kingdom to get to the negotiation table and compromise to avoid losing crucial employment opportunities in Louisville.”
David Tandy & Hal Heiner:
In a bi-partisan effort Councilman David Tandy and Councilman Hal Heiner have joined together today to call on Six Flags and the Fair Board to come back to the table for re-negotiations. Councilman Heiner and Councilman Tandy are offering to work with their council colleagues to keep one of Louisville’s top tourist attractions here in the Metro. Councilman Tandy stated, “Six Flags is a valuable employment center for seasonal workers and a national attraction for tourism that Louisville must support.”
The Councilmen plan to meet with the Louisville Jefferson County Legislative Delegation, State Fair Board and Six Flags to stress the importance of coming to an agreement for the good of the Commonwealth, Louisville and Six Flags. “The stakes are too high for us to sit idly by while Louisville watches yet another employer leave town”, said Councilman Heiner.
Councilmen Tandy and Heiner will hold a joint press conference today at 2:00 PM at the Six Flags main gate.
And some inappropriate commentary from me:
It is hilarious for me to watch Doug Proffitt read news about Kentucky Kingdom on-air:
This situation may be terrible for Louisville, but the only thing going through my head last night as Proffitt spoke was schadenfreude. Cause you just know he is clenched up like woah and about to, you know… pop a vein as the text scrolls on the prompter.
Oh, and P.S.: folks in the governor’s office tell me this does not come as a surprise. And folks at Six Flags say they’ve been making it clear for weeks that this would occur if the fair board wasn’t willing to negotiate.
I knew that JBS Swift, UFCW 227, Chris Sanders and Ollie Barber were grasping at straws when they started personally attacking the attorney representing the Butchertown Neighborhood Association. But I also knew that attorney, Jon Salomon, could handle the attacks and stand up for himself.
But now this shiz is getting out of control.
Swift/227/Sanders/Barber have gone too far and it’s time for the community to put a stop to it. They’re now fabricating bullshiz and are personally attacking the wife of Salomon, Keturah Gray.
How absurd is their claim?
Well… Barber claims that Gray said she was a reporter for the Courier-Journal and wanted to interview people for her publication. And for that reason, he’s asking that Salomon be disqualified as legal counsel for the BNA. Unfortunately for Barber, none of the claims he makes are backed up in the affidavits he presented to the court.
But it gets worse: Ollie Barber and Chris Sanders know that Keturah Gray is an employee of WHAS11/Belo Corp. And they know she still freelances for ABC News/Diane Sawyer/et al – giving her far more credibility than the C-J. So why would she bother pawning herself off as an employee of a failing institution of former greatness? She wouldn’t.
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