Oh, what’s that? Ed Glasscock going up to Hal Heiner’s campaign manager, Joe Burgan, telling him that Heiner shouldn’t support a proposed anti-tolling ordinance in Metro Councilland. That’s what.

I hear, according to witnesses, that Burgan explained Heiner was on record being in support of the proposed ordinance and had asked his caucus to [...]

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Michael Dalby, a member of Southern Indiana’s chamber of commerce, is supporting tolls. Shocking, I know, that a chamber of commerce would back such an effort and trash any alternative.
That’s all fine and dandy.
The real story, here, is the reader comments left at the News & Tribune.
Here’s a taste:
If you really did your research [...]

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Just read the release from 8664 co-founder JC Stites:
At last Thursday’s Bridges Authority meeting, the Authority Secretary Sandra Frazier of Tandem Public Relations announced that the Bridges Authority would be discussing the 8664 alternative and a bridge project in St. Louis that was scaled down to avoid tolls at their next meeting. Clearly there [...]

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Republican mayoral candidate Hal Heiner doesn’t support tolling Spaghetti Junction, as Wilbur Smith and Associations proposed today.
Here’s what Heiner had to say:
I oppose tolling spaghetti junction. Asking our citizens to pay a toll every time they visit and leave our new arena, restaurants, museums or even hospitals is the kind of idea that will [...]

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No, this isn’t new information. But it should piss you off. The fact that Stu Noland was forced to do five hours of community service for using chalk on the sidewalk is absurd.
ABSURD.
The 31-year-old Phoenix Hill activist didn’t expect to be arrested and handcuffed in June for chalking a downtown sidewalk near the [...]

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Wow. How is it USA Today can be more objective when it comes to the Ohio River Bridges Debacle than newspapers in Kentucky?
Authorities in Louisville and southern Indiana recently said tolls could generate more than half the $4.1 billion needed to build two new bridges across the Ohio River and refurbish a major highway [...]

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What do you mean LEO Weekly has a lot to say about $6 tolls and the ignorance of A Kentucky Newspaper?
Here’s the latest:
For something they laud as Louisville’s “most important civic undertaking,” the C-J alumni/operatives didn’t ask one question about the project during last night’s mayoral “debate,” which served as yet another opportunity to marginalize [...]

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As you’re already aware, Metro Council selected Dr. Deonte Hollowell to fill the vacancy caused by George Unseld’s death. [The 'Ville Voice]
Hollowell – Photo Courtesy Metro Council

Here’s a look back at an old Phillip Bailey story. Hollowell’s top three issues are the reason I think he’ll be solid. [Fat Lip]
The 9th Annual Lebowski Fest [...]

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Maybe not, according to a press release from Say No To Bridge Tolls.
This issue is so important, I’d rather not muddy the waters. Let’s examine the group’s press release in its entirety:
Metro Louisville traffic is NOT ranked within the top 100 traffic bottlenecks within the country, and it is only the 36th most congested [...]

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Todd Lally and his supporters are still foaming at the mouth over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. They think the more they alienate Democrats, the better off they’ll be. Apparently they don’t realize how few gay-haters there are in Louisville these days. [The 'Ville Voice]
You going to this silly budget deficit discussion on the [...]

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