Jerry To D.C.: President Obama is calling leaders of major cities to D.C. for a Friday meeting to discuss how to spend the stimulus money. And Jerry Abramson got an invite.  Jer’s also meeting with Gov. Beshear on Thursday to talk about distributing the federal cash. My advice — avoid the Metro Housing Department. And if you want to know everything about the guy who got him elected, check out the David Plouffe feature. [Esquire]

I Can See For Miles: WHAS11 this week launched its Mobile Traffic Tracker, a mobile phone application which allows you to see the road ahead via Trimarc cameras placed on the interstates. Why would you do this? Because you can.  WHAS G.M. Mark Pimentel hopes to get 20,000 people signed up and use it to sell advertsing. [Herald-Leader]

E-Mail Distress: Meanwhile, corporate bigshots at Belo are forcing WHAS-TV staffers to bring some uniformity to their company e-mail addresses.  So a lot of them are changing. No one is happy.

Cop Crimes: Are you starting to get the idea that the guy a U.S. Marshal shot at a local Thornton’s may have only been guilty of being out late at night and black? You should see the piece on HBO’s Real Sports about the son of former Red Bobby Tolan, now living in a white Houston suburb. Local cops shot the young Tolan, a promising baseball player, on the front porch of his house while his parents were inside in their pajamas.  Bad Cops, Good TV. [HBO]

Work, Work, Work: Don’t forget that Francene’s Job Jam is this Saturday at Bellarmine. We’re a sponsor, so we are planning to take credit if there’s a big crowd. So go and sign up now. It’s a great lineup. [Francene]

 Can’t Get Enough of This Audit Stuff: LEO’s Stephen George weighs in with some insight on the state auditor’s report on the Metro Louisville Housing shenanigans. This is a story thick with documentation that can’t be over-covered. [LEO]

Even Jerry-Loving Steve Langford Can’t Believe What’s In the Audit: He’s Hot Button-ing all over the place on the misuse of public funds. [WAVE]

Another One Somebody Should Get Canned For: LEO’s also followed up on that East End soccer facility that mysteriously got built by a guy who works for the city, Ali Ahmedi. The story was first reported by Fox41’s Dick Irby. You know Ahmedi’s guilty of something, because he won’t talk to the media. And BOZA has a hearing set for March 16, but nothing will come of it. [LEO]

Working Late: A pothole repair crew from the city was out on my street at 9 p.m. Tuesday. I was impressed.