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Entries from August 2011

Day 3: Golden Poo For Public Pearl Clutching

August 25th, 2011 · No Comments

The Third Annual Golden Poo Awards kicked off this week, so be sure to make nominations for the other categories. It’s your chance to give back to the folks who “run” this state. You know the bill of goods they constantly sell you doesn’t flush, so you might as well remind them of it with [...]

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Tags: Awards · Contests · Hype

New Study: Kentucky Kids At HIgh Risk Of Hunger

August 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments

A landmark study, released by Dare to Care Food Bank, reveals there are kids living with or at risk of living with hunger in every county. The study – Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011 – shows rates range from 14% in Fayette County to levels higher than 26% in counties like Carroll [...]

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King Responds Regarding Metro Animal Services

August 25th, 2011 · 16 Comments

Note: It’s a good thing that King and others are waking up. Yesterday we started putting the pressure on Metro Council to do something about Metro Animal Services. To date, only Kelly Downard has had the guts to stand up. Even liberal favorite Tom Owen has cowered behind his desk on the LMAS front. And [...]

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Jim King · Metro Council · Metro Government · Oops

An Update On A Major UofL Scandal From March

August 25th, 2011 · 13 Comments

Remember Alisha Ward and the fraud she wrought with the Equine Trust Fund grant at the University of Louisville? We first told you about it in late March: I hear that there’s a problem with the Equine Trust Fund grant currently administered by the UofL School of Business. -SNIP- Sources at UofL allege off-the-record that [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Scandal · University of Louisville

Look What Greg Wants To Spend Money On Now

August 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Don’t forget to add your two cents by making nominations for the Third Annual Golden Poo Awards. [Page One] Today at 1:00 P.M. John Yarmuth will announce a “major federal investment” to increase the graduation rate in Louisville. He’ll be at Fairdale High School. The new JCPS supe will be there and so will Greg [...]

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Tags: Awards · Bad Behavior · Contests · Education · Festival · Fox 41 · Greg Fischer · Jack Conway · JCPS · John Yarmuth · Metro Council · Music · Republican Party · State Government · WDRB

Day 2: Award Some Golden Poo To The Deserving

August 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments

The Third Annual Golden Poo Awards kicked off yesterday, so be sure to click here to make nominations for the first category. It’s your chance to give back to the folks who “run” this state. You know the bill of goods they constantly sell you doesn’t flush, so you might as well remind them of [...]

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Tags: Awards · Contests

Metro Council Is Big Part Of the LMAS Problem

August 24th, 2011 · 16 Comments

In case you were wondering why nothing ever happens at Metro Animal Services for the better? Here’s what Metro Councilman Tom Owen had to say in an email: I do not believe it would be appropriate for me as a legislator to make an unannounced visit to our Manslick Road animal shelter and to be [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Metro Council · Metro Government

UofL Docs Finally Opening Up The Books, Kinda

August 24th, 2011 · 2 Comments

The Third Annual Golden Poo Awards are upon us and nominations are under way. The first category: Most Constipated Politician – For the Candidate Who Campaigned for Something and Was Counted On to Bring It…. But Couldn’t Produce Shit When the Pressure Was On. Jump into the mess and make your voice heard. [CLICK HERE] [...]

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Tags: Awards · Bad Behavior · Business · Contests · Jeffersontown · Kentucky Kingdom · Legal · Metro Government · State Government · University of Louisville

Alert! Alert! It’s Golden Poo Awards Time Again!

August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Our anniversary was just about two weeks ago but we were too busy to put together our third annual Golden Poo Awards shenanigans. Be sure to take a look at the first and second years to see what all the fuss is about. So… now’s the time. The third annual Golden Poo Awards are upon [...]

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Tags: Awards · Bad Behavior · Contests · Hype · Oops

Greg Fischer: I Told You He Was A Hypocrite

August 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

I’m going to continue to illustrate it. It’s going to be like campaign 2010 until he stops his ridiculous and Abramsonesque behavior. And until he stops being nastier than Larry Clark to anybody and everybody who dares question him (really, Greg, fuck you for promising me – in an email – that you’d never be [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Greg Fischer · Metro Government

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