Julie Raque Adams tells us emphatically that she, at this point, is not running for mayor. Though, don’t count her out for some sort of political office in the future. Thought you’d like to know. (Note: Prominent Republicans will continue to press her into running for something. This will be interesting to watch.)

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Are you with Metro Corrections or the Court Clerk’s Office in Louisville? You’re about to experience the ass chapping of the century. Somebody might want to call me (Jake) immediately. It’s easy for you to find my number. Just saying. This will not go over well. Hell hath no fury like a homo scorned. UPDATE [...]

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I thought we already decided that it was not the city government’s business to police the fat content of the product served at local restaurants. However, the trans fat ban, authored by Dan Johnson (who would have thought a goofy anti-business ordinance would come from this guy) is going to be a topic of discussion [...]

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Haha, so, funny story… We’re not only hiring additional Advertising Executives (click here for that), but… We’re hiring a full-time Assistant Editor/writer. Know someone looking for a sweet gig? Are you creative and capable? Have relevant writing and reporting experience? Would you relish the opportunity to work with some very important and powerful bloggers and [...]

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Rocky Road: This morning Joe Gerth speculates on Jerry Abramson’s future, wondering if all the problems he’s dealing with are making it less fun being Mayor for Life. Jerry told him he’s getting lots of positive encouragement. Surprise! He said he’d decide on whether to run for a sixth term in late summer. [C-J] Speak [...]

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Critics of the Cordish Co. and the Mayor will be jumping on this one. On Friday, Business First reported that after a year of leasing primo real estate in the Starks Building next to Fourth Street Live, and going so far as to make an announcement about a big new retail restaurant coming to the [...]

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As Jerry Seinfeld told a packed house last night at the Palace, there’s really not much difference in life between the things that are great and those that suck. But mostly, the show was indeed great as Seinfeld, dressed like a guy going to work in an office in a business suit, presented a polished, [...]

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Public awareness of the tragedy that is Mountaintop Removal and its effects on eastern Kentucky have been looming large this week. First, there was Ashley Judd speaking to 500 or more activists at I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. There was the Diane Sawyer documentary that aired on ABC Friday, one of the highest-rated episodes [...]

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The latest casualty at the Courier-Journal? The travel budget. A source tells me that word from corporate is that no travel will be permitted for the rest of the quarter.  The department most affected by such a move would be sports, where it’s a spring tradition to send reporters and columnists to follow the Cardinals [...]

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“Opinion Radio is not what we need in a time of emergency.”  That’s a quote from Tom Owen in yesterday’s Transportation and Public Works Committee meeting, the first of 10 questions he submitted to Ted Pullen about the city’s storm response. Owen and others want something done so that emergency messages can get out to [...]

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