Yesterday marked the 65th day Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson has questioned zip-lipped Jack Conway: “Jack Conway has been on thin ice with Kentucky voters since the first day he refused to divulge all the information about his involvement in this case,” said Robertson. “Kentuckians don’t want an Attorney General who just protects his own. They want an Attorney General who protects everyone equally.” [Press Release]
Donna Hargens is in town until Monday night and she says she’s ready to lead Jefferson County Public Schools. Is she? [WHAS11]
Against the Grain is apparently going to be woah better than Browning’s. Specifically for vegetarians and vegans. [Consuming Louisville]
You should certainly take this trip down the memory hole with Jack Conway. [Page One]
Branden Klayko has disappeared again. The internets eated him. [Broken Sidewalk]
We’re excited as anyone about the Ford news, so quit emailing us about it. It wasn’t news to us because Ford made the announcement months ago. [FOX41]
Mark Carter has become the permanent CEO of Passport. [Business First]
Kentucky’s obesity rating is horribly upsetting to many people. So you know what people should do? They should turn things around with a tiny bit of effort. [WAVE3]
When more than 30 percent of your population is considered obese? Something is wrong. [Click the Clicky]
Really, now they want a public-private partnership for the bridges that are never going to get built? This would be hilarious if it weren’t so serious. [84WHAS]
Kentucky Special Olympians have returned from the World Games in Athens, Greece with 14 medals. [H-L]
Greg Fischer and his advisers may be absolutely clueless when it comes to animal care and we may need to bulldoze LMAS. But in the meantime? You should consider supporting An Act of Dog – a massive push to visualize how simple it is to be no-kill. [An Act of Dog]
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1 Erin // Jul 8, 2011 at 10:00 am
What’s wrong when more than 30 percent of your population is obese is the fact that BMI is a bunch of BS. Here is a photo of me. According to the BMI chart, I’m .6 of a point away from obesity. Does the fact that my BMI is 29.4 tell you anything about the way I eat or how physically active I am? Would you care to hazard a guess about my cholesterol level or blood sugar? I doubt it, because BMI is actually a pretty meaningless indicator of… anything. But we still use it to whip ourselves into a fat panic and freak out about how unhealthy obese people are.
I’m not disputing that people are more sedentary and are eating crappier foods than they were, or that there are health consequences associated with those facts. But let’s find a way to talk about it that doesn’t depend on some completely arbitrary number that supposedly puts people at risk.
2 Louella Parsnips // Jul 9, 2011 at 12:57 am
This information is not new. It was always the bridge authority’s intention to get funds from the international company Intoll Group who operates tolls roads both in the US and abroad. In 2006, Indiana leased its toll roads for 75 years to this group for $3.8 billion. Now that Indiana’s broke, it begs that question: where’s the $3.8 billion.
3 Stunoland // Jul 9, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Just because it is not news that they are going to privatize our infrastructure does not make it any less disturbing. If the toll collection process is privatized we will be unable to change our infrastructure to reflect evolving needs and values for the next 75-100 year.Should our leadership continue with their efforts to subvert democracy by ignoring the 60% of people opposed to the toll-funded downtown ORBP (CN2) there will be a sustained boycott of downtown toll bridges. This boycott will be justified by the undemocratic, economically detrimental and socially unjust priorities in the ORBP. The most egregious example of unjust priorities in the ORBP is the lack of any aesthetic treatments on our city’s image defining gateway versus the absurd $1/4 billion east end tunnel. If this project gets past the point of no return we will transition to correcting the biggest urban planning mistake of the 21st century by demanding that our city’s leadership address the most egregious example of undemocratic priorities in the ORBP. We will demand that our city’s leadership match dollar for dollar the funds being spent on the absurd tunnel with aesthetic treatments on our city’s central business district riverfront. In an era when the most important economic driver is the retention and attraction of human capitol the most important 1 mile stretch in Louisville (Preston to 9th on the river), our image defining gateway and historical heart is completely inadequate to compete in the 21st century. So far both WFPL and the Courier-Journal both refuse to publicize the calls for a principled stand to defend democracy by boycotting downtown toll bridges but we, the 60% of people opposed to the toll-funded downtown ORBP, will be heard. We are not going away, we will not be silenced, this is happening. The government, business and civic leadership in Louisville has a choice, do they want to spend $1/4 billion dollars on aesthetic improvements on our city’s central business district riverfront or increased bond interest rates on the boondoggle known as the ORBP. Just to be clear we are calling for Louisville’s leaders to step up and show a commitment toward correcting the imbalance in the ORBP or there will be negative consequences to the project’s finances. Anything short of a dollar for dollar match of the absurd east end tunnel’s cost is unacceptable and our target goal is to raise the funds to correct the biggest urban planning mistake of the 21st century before it is complete. Divide the project, not the community. Build the east end bridge now. Defend democracy, boycott downtown toll bridges. Save Louisville.
4 Louella Parsnips // Jul 9, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I didn’t say it wasn’t news, I said it wasn’t new information. Put on your listening ears. The tolls will never, ever go away and will forever be a source of ready cash for greedy politicians just like the MSD surcharge on our water bill and the library tax Abramson tried to get passed. And the beauty of it is that it’s not a “tax” so they won’t really be tainted by it, but you can bet they’ll be rolling in it.
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