Yesterday I shared footage of Greg claiming to be Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 1990. Click here to see the accompanying screenshots or just view the clip:
Today I shared photos of the award he won (along with his dad and brother)– which is not Inc.’s Entrepreneur of the Year award. Click here for that.
Now Rande Swann, Greg Fischer’s spokesperson, has been calling and texting every media outlet in town, just making it worse for her candidate.
Like here at WFPL:
The Fischer Campaign has responded, saying this award is an entrepreneur of the year award from/sponsored by Inc. (among others) and given to the Fischers.
So it appears that no, Greg Fischer did not win the national Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award, but Fischer’s spokesperson says the Fischers did win a regional Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year for their division, and the campaign sent these scanned pages from a 1990 Business First supplement
Again, he won a regional co-branded award. Not Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year 1990. You saw the photos for yourself and read the Inc. articles for yourself. And it wasn’t awarded specifically to Greg, but to three people total.
If Greg’s staffers weren’t going out of their way to keep this story alive, I wouldn’t still be talking about it. (A little tidbit… I’ll be on the radio Monday morning to discuss the mayoral race… maybe I’ll get asked about all this.)
What happened to not caring what I have to say about Greg and his candidacy, folks? I thought my commentary didn’t matter? Which is it?
11 responses so far ↓
1 Steve Magruder // Apr 23, 2010 at 4:31 pm
To simplify what the core issue is, it’s that Fischer is seemingly misleading everyone to believe that he (by himself) won the _national_ Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award.
It’s an obfuscation trick — by leaving out particular keywords, his campaign is leaving an impression in voters’ minds that isn’t true.
2 A Curious Guy // Apr 23, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Wasn’t Rande Swann out at the Louisville Regional Airport Authority functioning as chief of public relations when their director “Skip” Miller was involved in allegations of sexual harassment?
And now she’s working her magic for Greg Fischer?
See some Skip Miller info here: WHAS 11 – Former employee suing Louisville Airport Authority, claims discrimination, retaliation
and Here: LRAA Governance
3 The Highlander // Apr 23, 2010 at 5:30 pm
As I said earlier today: Fischer fits right in to Louisville. A total ’spin machine’ with minor league qualifications, minor league accomplishments and a history of ‘blow-hard’ mayors who can’t hit their rear end with a snowshovel. So if that’s who we get as a result of the Democratic primary for Mayor — it will be much the same around here — as it was with Harvey ‘the magician’ Sloane, David ‘the weak’ Armstrong and Happy Pants AbraHAMson, = a mile wide and an eighth of an inch deep.
4 tbrauch // Apr 23, 2010 at 6:36 pm
So, by Greg Fischer’s standards, I represented the United States at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
I wasn’t a competitor. I went because I had two friends competing. But I was there, in the stadium, and I was from the United States. So, I was representing the US at the Olympics.
5 Curtis Morrison // Apr 23, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Can’t wait for your homecoming visit Tim, we need to celebrate you bringing home the gold!
6 Bill // Apr 26, 2010 at 7:51 am
Highlander,
I think the problem that exists here is that there are so few people that really pay attention to the whole political and government scene here in Louisville. They simply don’t care but they will cry, fuss, and moan when something happens. What we have here is 30 years of the same old mediocrity that exists here. It exists in most of the institutions, most of the businesses, just generally a lot of things. Mediocrity is the way of life here and getting people to change well is going to take a major shock.
Whether the current economy is going to wake people up to the problems this area has is hard to tell. I recall a CJ article a few years ago when the corrupt Mayor Happy Pants ran for mayor again and they asked one resident about it. They said, who else is running. They had no idea who Downard was or anyone else. Its just more of the same here and some people will never accept the facts that Louisville needs someone more progressive in the economic sphere than the current list of people.
Actually the local people here need to take a cue from Indianapolis or Nashville to learn how to run a government and make things at least sensible so the business community will actually come here to create jobs. Having a bunch of do nothings who talk about issues but create nothing isn’t going to improve this place.
7 A Curious Guy // Apr 26, 2010 at 9:00 am
I will vote for Bill.
Nice (and profoundly accurate) post!
8 Bill // Apr 26, 2010 at 11:52 am
That sounds like the way to do things, take credit for something you didn’t do. Happens in corporate America on a daily basis and rarely its ever punished or any sort of penalty for doing so. Smirk.
Seems that Fischer in my view doesn’t really have any concrete ideas that are going to make real lasting change. Just more of the same that we’ll get a longer term of Jerryvision which is the last thing this community needs from an overall standpoint of improvement.
I’ve personally noticed things going down the tubes for the last few years, from everything like the road system, trashy roadways, no pride, budget problems, the libraries going to hell, and pretty much most things that Metro government is supposedly doing.
Or not doing. Remember the ice storm debacle that it took 3 months after the storm to get all the debris cleaned up and that was after all the good folks got up and did it themselves when Metro didn’t do its job and left piles of it alongside the roadways. Some of it was so poorly managed that one could have had a major accident in some areas with limbs hanging out into the roads. I’m all for people doing what they can do to clean up their property and dispose of things but when Metro isn’t doing its job, then some heads need to roll
9 Eden Springs // Apr 26, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I think you gotta give him props for not claiming he won FOUR “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards: Inc., Ernst & Young, Bidness Foist and whoever that other outfit was.
And if why isn’t he creating an Pink Collar jobs?
(Love the spy-cam shot of the hardware, BTW)
10 Stunoland // Apr 26, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I’m no fan of Jerry Abramson but I feel the need to point out that being mayor of Louisville has got to be one of the most challenging jobs in all of america. Louisville sees substantially less money from the state tax dollars it sends to the state capitol than possibly any other city in America. The high state business taxes for all but the mega-corporations (tax incentives), the dysfunctial economy of the eastern part of the state, and the anti-Louisville bias statewide combine to make it so Louisville is fighting on the marketplace with one hand tied behind its back. What’s the solution? I’m not sure. Would a more confrontational mayor make a difference? Is it an effective strategy for Louisville’s representatives to publicly demand at least 60% of the tax dollars it sends to Frankfort be spent in Louisville Metro. Would this strategy backfire by alienating the politicians or the public statewide? Mayor Jerry seemed to take the concilliatory approach so my initial instincts would say that it’s time for a different approach. What do you think?
11 Homey de Klown // Apr 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Yo, Highlander! You hit de nail on de hed when you sayin’ dis town like it’s spin so much. Me? Ize thinkin’ that why they make dem good washers n’ dryers out at G.E. near where I lives. Must be de get sum extra ’spin’ from bein’ made in the ‘Ville n’ all.
Mebbe G.E. hopin’ Mr. Fish-Uh win ‘cuz dey don’t want to lose da vibes. Know whut Ize sayin? But who know…mebbe Mr. Fish-Uh done INVENT de washin’ machine, too!
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