Ahhh. Friday. Hope to be knocking back a few with Dr. Ramsey tonight at the Parents Reception over at U of L, as long as I’ve not been declared a persona non grata.
Last Call for Comedy: We’ve still got room for you Sunday. Get in touch with me through the site, or Facebook, and come see Marty Pollio with us, FOR FREE, Sunday night.
We Need Anger: I missed this campaign in 2006, but fortunately Chris Anger, a local comedian, is considering running for Mayor again in 2010. Just gotta get a Vote with Anger t-shirt. Anger is part of the an event in Irish Hill tonight and tomorrow that includes a history lesson from Tom Owen. Check it out. [Anger]
Get On Your Horse: I know it’s airing Friday night at 10, but still, if you’re home, turn to Animal Planet (insight 60) to see the first new episode of the reality series, Jockeys.
More Politics to Watch: Tonight’s Comment on Kentucky features Jack Brammer of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Adam Walser from WHAS-TV and Stephenie Steitzer of the C-J.
What? Wayside Christian Mission, which just said it has plans to move into Hotel Louisville by November, filed an appeal related to a BOZA decision related to its pursuit of the Mercy Academy building. How about a little focus? [C-J]
Hurry Car Buyers: Imagine the traffic at local car dealerships this weekend. Cash for Clunkers, and business for car dealers, ends Monday. [WaPo]
That’s all we got, Have fun at the Fair!
9 responses so far ↓
1 Mr. Schmoe // Aug 21, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Why do I get the feeling that Tim and Nina Mosely could be characters on HBO’s former series “The Wire.” They just seem so…shady.
2 Zach Everson // Aug 21, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Please take Karen Sypher as your date to the U of L parents reception.
3 Chuck Burke // Aug 22, 2009 at 3:53 am
Hotel Louisville was just a financial/political power play on the part of Wayside, Mercy has never stopped being their target. With that said, they STILL don’t belong at Mercy…
The vast majority of major U.S. cities already have zoning regulations for very large transitional housing and emergency shelters (anything 50+ beds). Of the cities that don’t have specific zoning, they simply say that anything over 25 beds is only allowed in a commercial (“C”) zone, similar to hotels and motels.
Louisville is in the minority by NOT having zoning regulations for very large shelters. The rest of the world realizes that emergency shelters have a negative impact directly proportional to their size, and if you’re going to have a 300+ bed emergency shelter, you don’t want to put it down in a residential neighborhood.
This is just common sense to anyone thinking rationally about it.
4 Jim // Aug 22, 2009 at 11:41 am
Chuck is the type of guy that thinks we should put them on camps out by the river so we can keep them out of sight and therefore out of mind. Easier that way to deal with those broke and homeless people right Chuck.
I guess that Hotel Louisville would have been better used as a parking lot for JCC. So we can waste millions of dollars of a good building and fixtures and rooms so we can have another downtown parking lot. Why can’t JCC figure out how to find space so they can build a 8 story parking garage like Jewish Hospital has.
What really doesn’t make sense in this city is that we have tens of thousands of people barely making just like Pre Katrina New Orleans working for 7.25 to 10 an hour that can’t afford basic shelter. much less health insurance, decent food, and the basics. Which is an economic death sentence for this community because it houses a large and more than likely permanent underclass. That work for the slave drivers around town doing their jobs so they mistreat people and then drive off in their nice Cadillac Escalades to their 500 K plus home in the East End
It smacks of the hypocrisy of the Old South where the slaves were held in chains and told go run along boy and make me some money. I need my plantation
5 overopm // Aug 22, 2009 at 2:33 pm
A percentage of homeless shelters attract violent offenders with substance abuse problems. The repeat offenders know which cities cater to the homeless. This is sad but unfortunately the reality. I don’t know if Jim has children or not. But, I wouldn’t want a homeless shelter in my backyard.
Now if we are talking a homeless shelter for families or single parents with children, well then that’s a different story.
Other than families with Children I couldn’t agree more that most of our homeless shelters need to be located within downtown Louisville.
It’s a safety issue.
6 Richard // Aug 22, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I think that is what he was pointing out that it needs to be left at the current location they are planning. At least they have a good police presence downtown to take care of everything. As far as these violent offenders, well some of them probably are but I’m sure paying a couple of Bruno type guys would take care of some of them. And as far as violent offenders go, well after two strikes that should be enough. Maybe they should put them on an inflatable raft in the middle of the river and take potshots at it.
7 Novena // Aug 23, 2009 at 12:58 pm
“Some Dessert, JR?”
To humor Ramsey, you could share one of those luscious Pitino-Sypher desserts that Jake’s readers proposed for the new Porcini menu, e.g., Cardinal aged jello mold, turned black and blue.
8 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) // Aug 23, 2009 at 7:41 pm
“The rest of the world realizes that emergency shelters have a negative impact directly proportional to their size, and if you’re going to have a 300+ bed emergency shelter, you don’t want to put it down in a residential neighborhood.”
Perhaps we should take care of the causes of that negative impact as community activists rather than being selfish nimbyists?
9 Chuck // Aug 24, 2009 at 1:17 pm
You know Magruder, that’s some of the best pieces of commentary I’ve seen out of you in quite a while. Seriously, you might finally be coming around rather than being an ideologue.
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