Indiana’s unemployment rate rose slightly in July from 8 to 8.2 percent, but the big number from the labor market report released Friday was that the state’s work force declined by about 20,000 last month based on seasonally adjusted figures. [News & Tribune]
Now Greg Fischer wants there to be a vision for the Louisville of the future? Let’s… nah. Don’t even bother. Because it’s his people making sure there is no Waterfront Park. It’s his people costing hundreds of millions of dollars on the East End. And it’s he who is directly responsible for the continuation of the Abramson corruption. [FOX41/WDRB/Whatever]
Mitch McConnell is the 37th richest person in Washington and is the only Republican leader in the top 50. John Yarmuth is the 48th richest. 31 of the richest are Republicans. [The Hill]
You can’t even go to Wendy’s in the 5100 block of Preston Highway without getting shot these days. [WHAS11]
Why on earth is Metro Council wasting time on this? It’s already illegal in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [C-J/AKN]
Remember that serial killer guy in New Albany? He’s baaaack. So now the teevee people can stop talking about his pickemup truck 24/7. [WAVE3]
A shelter, overrun with everything from dogs to alpacas, continues to look to the public for help. The animals were found at a home in Franklin County. [WKYT]
Defense attorneys for Gregory O’Bryan have asked for ANOTHER delay. This time for their own schedules. Because we all know a gay kid doesn’t deserve speedy justice. [WLKY]
Mitch McConnell of Louisville, who has been visiting hospitals across the state to criticize the health plan he calls “Obamacare,” said his first job would be to repeal the plan if he is elected Senate majority leader next year. [H-L]
Don’t even try going outside today. The Louisville Air Pollution Control District is forecasting an unhealthy air day tomorrow, and has put an Air Quality Alert for ozone in effect. [WFPL]
A class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland earlier this month accuses Fifth Third Bank of charging illegally high interest for what the plaintiffs called “payday” loans. [Business First]
4 responses so far ↓
1 lateshiftatthezoo // Aug 22, 2012 at 11:11 am
If Fischer wants to know what Louisville will be like in the future. all he has to do is drive north to Detroit. that’s what happens to a city with a corrupt Mayor
2 Novena // Aug 22, 2012 at 11:54 am
“Difference Between Mitch & Yarmuth”
They are both quite wealthy. One cares about only those who can share fine wine with him and Elaine; the other cares about those who barely have enough to eat and drink. KY needs more politicians like John, and not Mitch.
3 The Highlander // Aug 22, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Let’s see – Mitch McConnell ranks 37th in wealth among Members of Congress!!! How’d that happen? He’s never had a job in the private sector of any magnitude since he was a small case lawyer in the mid-1970s. All the rest — since 1977 have been ‘public tit’ jobs.
Time for a grand jury investigation on all this, because my guess is that any such document required a sworn signature or it isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
4 Stunoland // Aug 24, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Well placed criticism about Louisville’s inability to compete in the global economy and the Fischer administration’s mistakes. It must be first stated that the biggest problem is the tremendous drain on Louisville resources by the state of KY. Last time I heard Louisville was getting 50 cents back on the dollar and this is probably near the worst rate in the country. It takes real money to build infrastructure and build an economically viable economy. No city in the world can compete with this situation. Fischer is right to point out this unsustainable inequity but he has no plan to correct this situation. A local option sales tax is not the answer (though not a bad idea for certain projects). The State of KY has relatively high tax rates and is surrounded by States that are aggressively cutting rates and favoring more regressive tax structures. Though in my opinion these tax codes are not ethical, it is obvious that KY will have to partially follow suit to continue attracting outside investment. For a long time low energy rates have been the backbone of the KY economy but that advantage is disappearing fast. The inevitable death of the coal industry will only increase reliance on the Louisville metro areas’ largess. The sad truth is that many of these rural areas will never be economically viable and the residents show little willingness to relocate to viable population clusters. These factors combined with the State’s poor education levels, bad health, poor air quality, huge pension liabilities and a dysfunctional political structure that favors rural interests (3rd most counties) means that Louisville’s leadership cannot be content with the status quo. Unless bold leadership decisions are made Louisvillians are looking at decades of economic stagnation.
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