Jerry Abramson is in Washington, D.C. to participate in a Brookings Institution forum on sustainable communities. It’s a shame he’ll have no idea what he’s talking about. But I bet he screams that Louisville is the “16th largest city” about a thousand times. Or maybe he’ll talk about his record of killing local business in favor of supporting national chains that stay in business just a couple years before skipping town? [Press Release]

New Year’s Eve got killed by the poverty. [C-J]

Check out this slide show of 37 arena renderings. Think I might finally not hate it. [WHAS11]

DuPont is handing out all kinds of Rubertown scholarships. $482,863 is the size of the initial endowment. [WFPL]

Buses can’t get anywhere if they’re starting and stopping every tenth of a mile. [CART]

Metro Councilcritter Judy Green will receive an award from the Metro Disability Coalition this evening at the 2009 Breaking Barriers Awards. [Press Release]

David Tandy, as he is wont to do, regurgitated the Abramson Misadministration’s talking point about solving this city’s very apparent crime problem. Fortunately, Hal Heiner knows that additional police officers are necessary. [WHAS11]

Do you have eleventy billion dollars? Then buy up some Kentucky Derby and Oaks tickets today at 12 Noon on the internets. A total of 3,000 tickets will be made available. [Churchill Downs]

Get your Victorian holiday touring on this weekend. It’s $5. 6-9 Saturday, 2-5 Sunday. [Consuming Louisville]

Go visit The Green Building Gallery to see this awesome work. [Clicky Clicky]

Greg Stumbo says he’s open to raising taxes. More importantly, he doesn’t shy away from tax reform. And Jim Gooch repeats a right-wing talking point about shrinking government. Maybe some day your governor will wake up to the reality that Stumbo knows we’re living in? [Stephenie Steitzer]