As parties go, the little get-together for the Friends of Lou campaign was a nice warm-up for Derby Week. A hundred or so people showed up at the Bourbon Country Tent at Fest-a-Ville, where the CVB’s Stacey Yates presided over the giving away of Maker’s Mark trinkets. That’s the official Just Add Bourbon T […]

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So let’s see how many local TV stations and newspapers fall for this Churchill Downs gimmick — some dude named Stymie is the track’s Chief Party Officer, based on his 15 years of Infield partying experience and the ability to piece together a video and drunken photos of himself. Don’t forget now, Stymie is […]

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News items about some of our favorite vices.
Tobacco Tax: Jack Conway’s office is reporting that it has collected its annual payment of tobacco money — to the tune of $115 million. That’s a lot of smokes, and a saviour for state government, which had already allocated the money according to a formula set in the […]

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We Win the Drinking Game: Louisville Metro Government gets to figure out how to spend the prize package won by the city for being selected as the twin city of the Bushmills area of Ireland. Half the $40K goes to throwing a party for Irish Fest, and the city will decide how to allocate the […]

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Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw dismissed a lawsuit by business owners in the West End today, so the ban on alcohol sales in Shawnee will start being enforced again tomorrow.
The story has been dragging along since voters in the four Shawnee precincts voted themselves dry last September, and this doesn’t sound like the conclusion of […]

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OK, gang, while Steve was looking the other way, I took control of the ‘Ville Voice Eats keyboard so I could play food critic for a day. Usually, Steve’s doing a much better job than I keeping up with all things culinary. Here’s some stuff to fill you up for the weekend…. Rick
Even Iowa […]

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You’ve got to hand it to those clever folks at Doe-Anderson, we assume, for this clever Makers Mark billboard I found on the Web. The local ad agency pioneered the successful Makers Mark ambassador program, the same concept they’re attempting to use with the Friend of Lou campaign. Doe’s chief, Todd Spencer, told me that […]

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Looks like my man Jake over at Page One thinks the sale of wine in grocery stores is a bad thing. He’s calling state Rep. Joni Jenkins heroic for killing a bill that would have made it easy to pick up a bottle of wine at Kroger. My word to describe that action would […]

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Every Democrat with a hundred bucks to throw away on bad food and expensive, watered-down alcohol will be on-hand for the annual Wendell Ford Dinner in Louisville this evening.
We’ll be there. Will you?
If so, introduce yourself to us during the reception or stop by our table to say hello. That’s the best way […]

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The padlocks are coming off the beer cases at Bako’s Liquors in the West End this morning, thanks to a ruling by Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw yesterday. (C-J) A restraining order prevents enforcement of the ban in two of the four affected Shawnee precincts. The case has become a political football, bouncing its way […]

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Not to overdo our city’s “brand” references, but this week’s LEO brings this to mind:
This is a place where you can pack a cache of semiautomatic weapons in your SUV and legally blow away those who cross your path, especially if they’re driving a Hummer.
It’s also a place where residents can’t walk to their corner […]

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