With Diane Porter being appointed to serve the remainder of Ann Elmore’s term on the Jefferson County School Board… I hear Sheldon Berman is pissed. Other board members and educators I speak with are quite happy with the Porter appointment and say it’s a good thing for Jefferson County schools. Thoughts?

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Yesterday we told you Ed Martin would run for U.S. Congress in the 3rd District as a Libertarian. Here’s a fancy interview of Martin in Frankfort yesterday: Meanwhile, the Lally campaign is busily commenting on Page One and The ‘Ville Voice about what a terrible, awful person Martin is for deciding to run for office.

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It’s that time again. Hal Heiner filed his report. Greg Fischer still hasn’t. Imagine that. Mr. Transparency bucks actual transparency yet again! The highlights from Heiner’s report to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance: $346,365.45 cash on hand $345,551.43 spent $321,290 raised $25,075.45 was carried forward from the primary Notable contributions: Sandra Metts $500 Louis [...]

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It’s true. Robert Felner is headed to prison: The Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama, located on Maxwell Air Force Base. Here’s hoping he’ll put us on his visitor list. It’d do him swell to, you know, give me a tell-all interview. Could go a long way toward restoring his reputation for when he’s released [...]

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The rumor was right. Ed Martin filed to run for congress in the 3rd district as a Libertarian. [SoS] Yesterday was awesome in Crescent Hill, in case you didn’t know. [WHAS11] Our investigative work found its way to the Colbert Report. Woopsiedaisy. [Page One] Jurors in the Karen Sypher-Rick Pitino extortion trial had to tell [...]

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I normally wouldn’t excerpt this much from a story, but, uh, just read it: After 28 years of working with animals, Bob Risinger thought he had seen it all. But when the veteran Louisville Metro Animal Services employee responded to a report of an overturned cattle truck back in 2005, his decades of experience wouldn’t [...]

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Greg Fischer may be too busy hosting lavish fundraisers at his Highlands mansion to bother answering your questions about the mayoral race, dear readers, but Republican Hal Heiner and Independent Jackie Green have taken you seriously. You won’t find either of them acting self-important on Twitter. You will, however, find their answers to your questions [...]

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Greg Fischer won’t take time from his busy schedule of visiting unions and not showing up at scheduled appearances to answer questions from everyday voters. But he’s got plenty of time to host lavish fundraisers for conservative Democrats and Kathy Stein: CLICK TO ENLARGE Is that leadership from the bottom up or top down?

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I hear through the political grapevine that Ed Martin will file as an Independent Libertarian in the 3rd District Congressional race early this afternoon. Martin, a guy who is not unknown to our readership, will most certainly eat votes from Todd Lally’s base. And that, in the end, only helps John Yarmuth. Let the fur [...]

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Will Masterson’s be demolished to make way for more student housing at the University of Louisville? Jerry Abramson is pretty mad about it. He’ll be talking about how mad he is at 10:30 today. [Press Release] Wild & Woolly will celebrate its 13th anniversary on Friday. [Buy Tickets!] Dear Paulbots: Ask for permission before you [...]

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