Chris Thieneman had his campaign staffers write a letter to the editor on his behalf. “Ostentatious”? Really? Hahaha. [They Get Letters]
Oh, and Thieneman? You did drop out in 2008 and endorsed John Yarmuth. But nice flat-out lie, holmes. [The 'Ville Voice]
It’s election day! And Gunner Is For Jack Conway! [Click the Clicky]
Yesterday, Shannon White sent out an email blast about her polling location. Unfortunately, she sent the message to thousands of people (like myself, who didn’t sign up for her list) and directed them to the incorrect polling place. She sent out an update with a correction later in the day. [Just A Funny Story]
Tyler Allen’s campaign folks are keen on attacking Greg Fischer every breath they get. And I support that. But it could also be argued that Tyler Allen is helping to hand the election to Greg Fischer– the very man his people are fighting against. [Just An Observation]
It’s taken two years, but Robert Felner was finally sentenced yesterday. He’ll serve 63 months in jail. Take a trip down the memory hole. [Page One]
The final push of the mayoral campaigns was strong this weekend. But something about it seemed rather quiet and subdued. No matter how much work the campaigns say they put into things. [C-J]
Yim Yames/Jim James, Daniel Martin Moore, Ben Sollee support mountains. [Press Release]
You should read this story about Mandy Connell in the big city paper. [C-J]
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1 Novena // May 18, 2010 at 8:43 am
“The 64 Dollar Question at UofHell”
April 14th was the date of the final search interview for a new CEHD dean. Questions: No $$$ person found? No sane person wants to work under SW and JR? What’s really going on? Failed search?
2 GtownReader // May 18, 2010 at 8:51 am
Re: Gunner the dog.
Upon first viewing, I thought it terribly politically convenient for Mongiardo’s dog to be named “Gunner.” But with the reference to “firing blanks” I was reminded about Mongiardo’s previously vile campaign in which he tried to paint Conway as gay. Lots of innuendo in this one little ad.
3 Blowin' in the wind // May 18, 2010 at 9:32 am
Novena, I heard on the grapevine they will declare a failed search. Very clear they don’t want a dean who thinks or has ideas.
4 Novena // May 18, 2010 at 9:44 am
“A Campus Without a Brain”
Thanks, Blowin.’ I thought as much. UofL is no “idea” learning center. Its honchos should be moved to Wall St. to give seminars on derivatives. Students who seek broad and genuine academic wisdom will seldom find it at Belknap under this administration.
P.S. The “failed” dean candidates were supremely lucky. And at least one looked very, very good–perhaps too good for UofHell.
5 tom paine // May 18, 2010 at 10:28 am
Is it just me or is it absolutely absurd that JCPS lets school out for a whole day for elections? I know that the teachers unions are dependent upon re-electing Democrats to protect their public sector jobs but a whole day? How many line workers at Ford – also union employees – get the day off to vote?
6 tbrauch // May 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Well, Tom, Ford worker’s can’t get the whole day off, but under Kentucky law they can take up to 4 hours off work today to vote.
Besides, I think in school one thing they are supposed to be teaching is civic responsibility and how to lead by example. It would look poor if the teachers themselves weren’t voting.
7 NJ // May 18, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Chris Thieneman was on the ballot in 2008. He received votes in 2008. Didn’t switch parties in 2008. Give it up.
8 jake // May 18, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Give it up – he said he was switching parties on Francene.
Also… give it up to losing, hard.
9 tom paine // May 18, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Taking a day off from school to vote is a lesson in civics? Plenty of parents give their child a lesson in civics by taking kids to vote with them – and then GO TO WORK. Only a public-sector mentality would think not working is civic-minded participation.
10 jake // May 18, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Before you folks get worked up into a froth: there are many parts of the state where the only place to put polling locations = schools.
11 tbrauch // May 18, 2010 at 12:59 pm
“Only a public-sector mentality would think not working is civic-minded participation.”
I didn’t say that. Good job twisting my words. Go back and read what I did say.
Now, let’s look at why you are so upset. Are you mad because the students are missing a day of school? That’s not true. They need to have 180 instructional days. This, like a snow day, must be made up.
Are you mad because teachers can take time off work to vote but Ford workers can’t? That’s not true, either, since Kentucky law says you can take up to 4 hours off to vote.
So I’m confused why you are so mad, Mr I-Have-A-Job-Where-I-Spend-All-Election-Day-On-The-Internet?
12 Steve Magruder // May 18, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Jake is right — many schools are used for polling places. You can’t exactly keep school in session while that’s going on.
As for the Tyler Allen thing, that can be analyzed a thousand ways to Sunday.
My analysis is that Allen brought in a lot of people who might not have ordinarily voted in a primary, as well as carved out support from Fischer, Tandy and even to some degree King. I think he split the gay community and kept a lot of them away from Fischer and Tandy. I don’t think Allen’s absence from this race would change the result, except that Fischer would have basically breezed through with a lot less challenge.
13 tom paine // May 18, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Yes, I do have a job that lets me spend time on the internet. I created it myself. It’s called “self employed.”
Nice hook, line and sinker on the KEA spin of “schools are needed for polling places.”
Votes are needed by Democrats to keep teachers unions, even bad ones, from having to deal with professional realities like everyone else: possible layoffs, competition for services rendered (e.g. “charter schools”), actually having to contribute a little for their health insurance, having to work and vote on the same day. The list is long….
14 tbrauch // May 18, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Tom, I’m going to say this once again.
SCHOOLS MUST MAKE THIS DAY UP.
It’s not a paid vacation. And, if you wanted to, you, too, could take the day off to go vote. And any Ford worker can take up to 4 hours off today to go vote.
I can see why you are mad, though, it is becoming increasingly obvious that our education system failed you; you should be mad.
The funniest part of your comment is that you say teachers don’t have to face the realities of being laid off. Schools are closing. Teachers are being laid off.
And all of this comes from a man who lives in a bubble of self-employment who does not have to worry about getting laid off, about getting fired because of a bad evaluation, someone who can take off any day he wants. You can can start to complain when you have to face realities.
The list is long….
15 jake // May 18, 2010 at 2:41 pm
It’s a dimmuhcrat conspiracy!!1!
OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!
16 tom paine // May 18, 2010 at 3:49 pm
tbrauch – are you really Brent McKim? Or at least good friends with him?
17 jake // May 18, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Yeah, that’s the ticket. The JCTA controls everything. Amen.
18 Mark H (Not Hebert) // May 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Could mean nothing, but when I voted this morning, there were several people who were Independents that showed up and were pissed they couldn’t vote. The poll worker said that she had turned away over a hundred for the same reason. I wonder how many Paul supporters found out today that they couldn’t vote for him because they were registered Democrats or Independents? Could make it a little closer than it seems in the polls.
19 Steve Magruder // May 18, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Mark H, I think there’s a lot of factors that’s going to lead to several surprises this evening. You listed one of them. Another one is massive apathy in the mayor’s race outside of the activists. Also the weather isn’t very conducive to getting out and voting. Last, I think we’ll see the support for a couple candidates significantly softer than the polls were suggesting.
20 Mark H (Not Hebert) // May 18, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I don’t disagree. It’s all about turn out and I just wonder how many of these newly-involved voters realize we have a closed primary in this state.
You can want to throw the “bums” out all you want, but you have to remember that the “bums” have made the rules difficult to do so.
21 Steve Magruder // May 18, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Maybe all the resultant anger from things not working like people think they should will turn more people into activists. More activism is a good thing.
22 newby722 // May 18, 2010 at 5:53 pm
This may come as a surprise to many of you, but in all the other states where I’ve lived (five), schools are never closed on Election Day, and schools are often used as polling places. They seem to be able to figure out how to hold school and let people vote at the same time.
23 jake // May 18, 2010 at 5:56 pm
newby722: This is Kentucky. We can’t even figure out how to create a state budget every two years.
Your expectations are a bit high, I believe. Heh.
24 Steve Magruder // May 18, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I think Kentucky is smarter in this case. Do you really want the general public mixing it up with schoolchildren?
25 radioman // May 18, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Dumocrats!
26 jake // May 18, 2010 at 6:39 pm
No, no, no.
It’s Dimmuhcrats!
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