That guy using a chainsaw on Dixie the other day, causing an assplosion? Turns out he was allegedly stealing… err… “cutting” some pipe. I have confirmed that it was not Rep. Joni Jenkins wearing a fake beard. No word on whether it was Dougie Hawkins, though. [H-L]
Jerry Abramson anticipates an Urban Services extension in Louisville. [WFPL]
In New York City, breaking up bigger schools into smaller ones is being touted as a reform solution. Could it work in Louisville? We’re open to trying just about anything to change and improve Jefferson County Public Schools. [PBS Newshour]
Farmers’ markets are going year-round all over the place. Which means we’re getting more and more excited for the NuLu market as time goes by. [HuffPo]
Did you don a Speedo and some Dougie Hawkins Brand Tan In A Can to walk in the cold for charity? Here’s hoping. [FOX 41]
Oh, here’s hoping Indiana starts selling booze on Sunday. Cause once tolls are implemented, Louisville will sell out of everything on Saturday nights. [More WFPL]
Really, Louisville? We can’t even making it through the holidays without someone getting killed? You couldn’t just drink some bourbon (or a lot of it) to numb the pain for a while? [WAVE3]
Please recycle your dang Christmas tree instead of just leaving it on your front lawn. [WHAS11]
He’s right. Kentucky needs a fair and equitable tax system. If David Williams wanted to win over Democrats in a big way, he’d push comprehensive tax reform and force Steve Beshear to continue fighting against it. And not just the standard big business Republican tax reform – real tax reform for real people who live in the real world. [Ralph Long]
Jackie Green still thinks he’s running for mayor and spams the entirety of the local press corps every day with emails. This morning, he sent along a story about light rail but failed to include a solid link. So here it is for those unable to locate the original. [NPR]
UPDATE: We found out why old people freeze to death. LG&E’s web forms don’t work and their telephone system says to call back later. Haha. Thank goodness it’s not an emergency.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Steven // Dec 27, 2010 at 11:43 am
Breaking up the large schools wouldn’t solve anything in JCPS… if you take a look at the “large and overcrowded” in JCPS, you’ll see that they are all the top-performers in the district. The problem schools all have low enrollment, some incredibly low (Moore High School, for example, was hovering in the 300-400 range before they merged it with the middle school).
2 GtownReader // Dec 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Re Sunday sales in Indiana: If it makes financial sense, will bring additional revenue to the state, & lure Kentucky dollars, INDIANA WILL APPROVE IT. Anyone remember the steady stream of Kentuckians traveling to Indiana on Sundays when archaic “Blue Laws” kept Ky. department stores closed on Sunday??? And then there are the casinos…
3 Mike // Dec 28, 2010 at 11:23 am
I don’t think the JCPS schools should be broken up into smaller schools, I think JCPS itself should be broken up into at least three smaller school districts. One district inside the Watterson, one district outside the Watterson/west of I-65, and one district outside the Watterson/east of I-65. This would give each district approx. 6 HS, 6 MS and 30 ES, which would be much more manageable and allow each district to operate independent of the others. Look at Indianapolis for an example, a city with a larger population than Louisville, but IPS is a much smaller district around the core of the city, and they have multiple suburban school districts. You don’t hear about busing issues there. Why can’t this work in Louisville??!!
4 The Highlander // Dec 28, 2010 at 9:23 pm
I agree with Mike. It might be good to be big in something, but it means NOTHING in education. Big simply means that individual attention becomes a dream instead of a reality.
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