In Louisville, there’s something taboo for the Democrats to discuss: buying the black vote. Because that’s truly what happens. You can rest assured that any time you see the name “Clarence Yancey” related to anything political, it’s because he’s buying up the vote with BBQ or by taking politicians that have never stepped foot in [...]

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Buried deep in this story about the Louisville Orchestra was this tidbit: In an effort to bring the parties together, Mayor Greg Fischer met with both parties Friday afternoon, Fischer spokesman Chris Poynter said. “He wanted to hear where things stood, since the Monday deadline was looming,” Poynter said, adding that Fischer encouraged the two [...]

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This week President Barack Obama focused on not waiting on Congress to create jobs and rescue this country from the brink:

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Everybody and their mother is emailing us about ear X-tacy’s abrupt closure or whatever went down. It sucks when a local business fails, for sure. But it’s nearly 2012 and you can’t expect a business to survive if it cannot adapt to the market. [Sometimes Things Suck] Now that Robert White’s been shown the door, [...]

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This week Governor Steve Beshear spends 1:51 discussing the Small Business Credit Initiative:

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Like clockwork, Greg Fischer showed up at the opening of Trader Joe’s this morning: Continuing to solidify our belief that he only ran for office to appear in the local socialite photo rags.

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Greg Fischer still won’t fire a city official after he was caught on camera drinking and driving a city-owned vehicle. What’s it take? Does he have to be Gilles Meloche? Does he have to run a prostitution ring on the side like like Meloche’s replacement? Does he have to bring a dog into work in [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady discusses crazy ass deer on the road:

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By now, everyone has figured out that Jack Conway is only taking his prescription drug campaign stump speech to schools where the Democratic ticket happens to be visiting. He stopped in Louisville yesterday and his paid-for-with-your-tax-dollars spokesperson spent all day getting the press to write about it: And some still want to tell us this [...]

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Here’s the headline: Bridge planners assuming higher tolls on East End bridge. And here is the juice: Drivers crossing an East End bridge would pay a higher toll than those using a new downtown span, according to rates being used to prepare a plan for financing the two-bridge effort. The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges [...]

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