The 'Ville Voice header image 1

Bullying, Breast Feeding And More Local Bullshiz

April 24th, 2012 by jake · 1 Comment

Jeffersonville can’t finish anything it starts and now wants to build a new $7.5 million police station? Yeah, that sounds like a smart idea. [FOX41]

As if listening to Doug Proffitt freak out about it all day yesterday wasn’t enough, you get to hear about it again today. Teddy Gordon and Joy Furman, the mother of the little girl being bullied at Foster, will be on CNN this morning at 8:00 A.M. [Press Release]

Sadly, this bullying incident isn’t the only incident JCPS has on its hands. So Donna Hargens may want to choose her words carefully. [WLKY]

In 2009, the life expectancy in Kentucky 73.3 for men and 78.6 for women. [HuffPo]

Today, Congressman Yarmuth attends the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities series at the Kennedy Center, where Kentucky historian, writer and conservationist Wendell Berry will be recognized. The Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual and public achievement in the humanities. [Press Release]

We’re not exactly sure why Chip Keeling getting a DUI is newsworthy. It sounds like the man is in need of some serious help, not the nasty attacks this will generate. [WHAS11]

You’re smoking some of that really pure crack if you believe the Metro Sewer District is going to improve over night. Or at all. Replacing the people with similar climbers doesn’t clean up the mess. [C-J/AKN]

You trust LMPD but can you really feel good about Jefferson County Public Schools trying to get prescription drugs off the streets when it can’t figure out how to get kids to school without pissing 95% of the region off? [WAVE3]

Did you hear? Because it’s been such a secret? The recession hit Louisville’s job market pretty hard. [Business First]

Yep, breastfeeding ads are what Greg Fischer’s Louisville get recognized for nationally. Possibility City! [WFPL]

The Legislative Research Commission produces a round-up of shenanigans in Frankfort when the legislature is in session and you should check the final installment out. [Page One]

Tags: Economy · Indiana · JCPS · John Yarmuth · LG&E · MSD · Possibility City · State Government

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 marie // Apr 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    And yet, there are places where breast feeding and bullying co-exist! (Certain exceptions apply, naturally).

Leave a Comment

google

couk